History & Biography Belgium's Deformity came together in the summer of 1995 when four friends began jamming at Bolle's place. They were Bolle on drums, Christopher on bass, Lookmulle on the mike and Gaze on guitars. To fatten the sound they quickly recruited former Congress guitarist Michaël.
In 1996 they recorded a live demo in Dadizele which went on to sell about 250 copies. In the spring of 1997 Deformity was offered a record deal with Goodlife Recordings. Their first MCD Misanthrope was consequently released in June of the same year. The EP featured five songs with topics ranging from 5 serial killers to UFOs. 1998 brought about a tour of France and Switzerland and appearances on samplers like H8000-compilation and the Goodlife-compilation.
Having left Goodlife Recordings, the band entered the Studio in 1999 to record a full-length album entitled Murder Within Sin. The album was released by Next Sentence Records in Europe and by Blasphemour Recordings in the USA. A track called 33 appeared on a Blasphemour compilation. In October 2000, Next Sentence Records was bust.
Come 2001 Lookmulle left Deformity due to throat problems and Christopher Wolff replaced him as the singer. The band signed with Displeased and released Superior in June, 2002. The album was recorded at Rotterdam's Excess Studio (Sinister, Houwitser, etc.) by Hans Pieters. The group disbanded in 2003 (Bolle had already departed), but reunited for one show at Ieperfest 2012 to coincide with its twentieth anniversary. Tim Vanglabeke of Solid drummed here.
Reviews DEFORMITY - SUPERIOR - DISPLEASED
Superior, eh? Well, Deformity's second album rather fits the bill. Pure death metal to a fault, the four short-haired Belgians are occasionally quite impressive. They have a knack for unleashing short bursts of mayhem in an innovative and vicious way which belies their Sinister-meets-Cannibal Corpse music. The guitar sound, especially, helps the punchy crushing pieces with its Sinister-like sharp sound. What is definitely less successful is the commercial voice interjected in the middle of the album. Ignoring that transgression, death metal should give Deformity a chance. These guys deliver.
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