Decrepit Birth
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| Country | United States |
| Years active | 2001 — recent |
| Genres | Brutal Death Metal |
| Labels | Unique Leader Records |
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| Website(s) | Official Decrepit Birth website |
Decrepit Birth is a brutal death metal band from Santa Cruz, California. Their musical style is similar to that of New York death metal legends Suffocation.
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[edit] History
Originally formed in the mid 90's by guitarist Matt Sotelo, and vocalist Bill Robinson, the intentions of the band have always been the same...ultimate brutality. In September of 2001, Matt and Bill joined forces with ex-Deprecated bassist Derek Boyer. The three of them started writing material for a full-length CD. The band brought drummer Kevin Talley (ex-Dying Fetus/Misery Index) out, and recorded a pre-release version of "Prelude to the Apocalypse". Luckily, Unique Leader Records offered them a deal, and they happily accepted. They were still one man short for the record, they needed a solid drummer, with all the skills for blasting and lots of fast double bass. Erik of Unique Leader offered to bring Tim Yeung (of Hate Eternal/Agiel/Aurora Borealis fame) out for the session. Tim came out to Matt's home recording studio to begin tracking for the up-coming release titled '...And Time Begins'. The band completed the recording over a four month period. The album became available on Unique Leader Records in stores world wide October 2003.
Shortly afterwards, bassist Derek Boyer got the call from death metal legends Suffocation to join their ranks full time. So it was time for Matt and Bill to search for a new bassist in addition to a second guitarist and drummer. The underground success, and many positive reviews of '...And Time Begins' brought an army of new fans and a huge buzz for Decrepit Birth. Over the first year of the albums release we tried out many different musicians, until we came across a couple of old friends in guitarist Mike Turner and bassist Risha Eryavec. They had worked with Risha back in the mid nineties, so they knew he had the abilities. Mike stepped up to the plate and showed them what he was capable of on the guitar, and from there Mike and Risha became full time members. So Decrepit Birth was complete in the strings department.
After months the hunt for a drummer was on. Matt Sotelo recorded a young, up and coming band called Odious Mortem in his studio, and took notice of the awesome skills of drummer KC Howard. A short time later, KC came out to the rehearsal room for a tryout, and completely nailed three songs right away. So in 2004 KC Howard became a full time member of Decrepit Birth, while still playing in his own band Odious Mortem. From there on Decrepit Birth played many west-coast shows with bands such as Disgorge, Severed Savior, Origin and Suffocation. During that time the band has been working very hard writing new songs for the next album, which will prove to be a much more mature, and multi dimensional album.
In September Bassist Risha Eryavec left the band due to "location changes". Erlend Caspersen of Blood Red Throne took over as live and session bass duties. In November Decrepit Birth parted ways with Mike Turner. No reason was given until the next day.
11.13.06 - We feel that now is the time to come out publicly and let everyone know what happened in the situation of our ex-guitarist Mike Turner. Here is a bulletin from our local TV news station KSBW news:
"SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A Soquel man has been arrested on charges of child molestation and sexual battery.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office officials said Michael Turner was arrested Friday and booked into the county jail with bail set at $450,000.
Investigators said Turner recorded himself on video inappropriately touching at least two children and sexually touching an unconscious adult.
Turner was also found to have hidden a camera in his bathroom, violating the privacy of several people, according to authorities.
Sheriff's officials said the investigation into the case continues and that there are believed to be more victims."
We are absolutely sickened at this, as we had no clue of the situation. This news has deeply troubled us over the past few days since we found out. We thought we knew Mike over the years but his deceptive ways just show us what a monster of a human he is, we trusted him and he violated people very close to us. We have no sympathy for him as we are all coping with the severity of this, it is hitting all of us on a deeply personal level. Our best wishes and prayers go out to the victims, and families that have been affected by this horrible crime. We will do all that we can to help the authorities press full charges against Mike, as we feel that he should receive the maximum penalty that the law will allow, even though that would never make up for what he did. We are asking that fans of Decrepit Birth give us their support and understanding, and to not hold us responsible for his actions. Mike is not an original member of the band, he joined a couple of years back and never contributed to the musical aspect, he was basically a live guitarist. This is the worst thing that has happened to us over the 10 years that Decrepit Birth has been a band. Our emotions are very twisted over this and all we can say is that we hope Mike Turner rots in prison forever.
Later in November Risha rejoined the band. He inceasing became uncomfrontable with Mike in the band,hence the reason why he left. With Risha back on board, Decrepit Birth continue working on their new album to be released in 2007.
[edit] Members
- Bill Robinson - vocals
- Matt Sotelo - guitar, vocals
- Risha Eryavec - bass
- KC Howard - drums
[edit] Former Members
- Kevin Talley - drums
- Tim Yeung - drums
- Derek Boyer - bass
- Erlend Caspersen - (live & session) bass
- Mike Turner - guitar
[edit] Discography
- Prelude to the Apocalypse (2002)
- ...And Time Begins (2003)
