PROFANATICA "Disgusting Blasphemies Against God"

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"Probably the most evil band ever... in a class all its own... Maybe only KATHARSIS and INQUISITION deserve to be mentioned with these guys" -ChronicYouth.com

"Profanatica is in its prime! Combining the old aura that was evident in the old recordings of the band with a production a bit similar to that on the Black Perversion EP of HAVOHEJ, Profanatica's 2010 offering could well stand the test of time" -Currents

"This is some of the sickest, most vile and evil releases I have ever heard. You can just feel the hate as this plays on... this is the way black metal needs to be: evil, sick, raw, vile and extreme. Well, this band hits the mark on all counts... This is a masterpiece of black metal and I am not the biggest black metal fan, but this kills" -Metalcorefanzine.com

"Is it worth the wait and praise? Shit, yes, DBAG is over the-top blasphemic and pissed- as-shit, not only in its raw black metal glories, but in its huge, bottom-end bass guitar and drum assault that pierces ears like a sewing machine relentlessly running over them... Profanatica are already underground heroes and DBAG is one massive, brutal overdose of raw negativity in audio madness: Own it" -SLUG

"Profanatica's importance to black metal - especially in the USA - cannot really be overstated...just oozes everything that makes BM great, which is why there will always be a place in the pantheon for Profanatica" -Zero Tolerance

"Raw, crude, ugly and antisocial in every manner...This album is just what you think about when you hear the word black metal...The production is top-notch, and the bass is so full and heavy, something lacking in a lot of what is called true black metal...Let's be honest, as well - any band that can last 20 years of bullshit and record an album like this gets my vote for groundbreaking" -Absolute Zero Media webzine

METAL MANIACS REVIEW (9/10):
"As usual HHR and it's legion of metal smut releases leave any deviant pervert addicted to the sound of blasphemy and obscenities that only the truly mentally-ill and un- ordained can appreciate. The US Black-Death horde of Profanatica deliver yet again a huge wad of Satan's cum on the alter of decency and traditional black Metal.

For starters, the sound here is raw and distorted... not the Burzumic clone type of band "raw", but the real dirge, sludgey and low-end thundering guitar and bass that sounds like some sort of demonic diesel operated machine, sort of like other acts: Inquisition and Prosanctus Inferi; where they capture that ultimate in deep, low-end rumble and thunder that no one else seems to be able to pull off nearly as well. The weight of the riffs and atmosphere bears down on you like ton of lead as the rhythms manage to be almost catchy but break apart into somewhat more developed patterns just as you think something is becoming comfortable. That's one more way these bastards get you hooked, you think that it's just this aggressive and semi-standard listen for the style, then they go and show you that there's a shit load (or cum-load) of deep and intense buried beneath the vulgar layers like a fungal infection festering among layers of putrid flesh. The drums appear as to pummel and bang out the pattern of a death march as the vocals vomit forth legitimate guttural hymns of pure depravity and hatred. Never underestimate

You can feel the classic Autopsy/Winter raw death metal sound fused with elements of monstrous doom weights within these tracks, but there is always a certain level of sophistication and evolution present as well. Over the two decades Profanatica has grown into a bulldozer of not only blasphemy but also incredible artistic force. They may be considered to belong amongst the grime and slime, but they definitely are the shit that floats to top of the muck pool. Not too many bands can or will ever pull-off what Profanatica has/does/will, and thankfully so. Brilliance in the face of filth and ferocity is what Profanatica brings forth yet again, so rot your soul with this release and may you be gratefully damned for doing so.

Along with "Disgusting Blasphemies Against God", the awesome cassette label No Visible Scars also just put out "The Years of Pestilence", a previously unreleased compilation of rehearsals and live tracks form 90/91 which are un-fucked with to maintain the original sound of that era, I'd like to say virgin form as they are un-remastered and just moderately edited, but Profanatica has nothing virgin or clean about them. The ultimate in depravity, perversion, blasphemy, and brutal low-end heaviness has arrived!!!!! Listen and prepare to have your brain warped by this band like a mature case of Syphilis would."

ANUS.COM REVIEW:
"Profanatica's DBAG can be best understood by its comparison to Georges Bataille's "The Story of the Eye", a literary work that begins with disgustingly filthy acts of sodomatic lust and ends with the necrophilia of a priest raped, murdered, & mutilated in his god's confessional booth. The story's body is one of absurdity, one that strips away moral layers with simplistically presented transgressions until the morality itself is the only thing that stands out as ridiculous, all in preparation for a dramatic ending or new beginning.

Musically, DBAG seems to be in a way close to what Profanatica was doing in the early 1990's with songs such as Crucifixion Wounds or Jehovah Fading, using series of even, but almost radically different riffs that give the listener a perpetually uneasy feeling, but instead of driving the proverbial point home with simple structural repetition, this album uses more narrative, layering song structures similar to those on Demoncy's Joined in Darkness, that plod ominously and build heavy, doom ridden atmosphere with dirge reminiscent guitar work and interchanging unholy pounding and neurotic Triumph of Death drumming to strike catatonia in the listener.

This is almost a more dramatic, musically matured Profanatica, but matured only in that the've seemingly fine tuned and regrouped the ideas of song structure and atmosphere from past releases and completed their original artistic vision. DBAG is the formation of knowledge from atavistic purity." - Antichristus

The year was 1989, Aragon Amori, Paul Ledney, Brett Makowski and John McEntee joined forces to form a Death Metal act by the name of INCANTATION. Prior to INCANTATION, Aragon and Brett were involved in a band called BLOOD THIRSTY DEATH, while Ledney and McEntee played in REVENANT. Due to artistic differences, Paul, Aragon and Brett left the band to form PROFANATICA the following year. Influenced by such classic cults as VENOM, NECROVORE, SARCOFAGO and BATHORY, the unholy trinity together had a passion to create raw and sacrilegious Black Metal.

In the summer of 1990, they unleashed their first demo entitled "Putrescence Of..." After receiving much praise in the underground from this tape, PROFANATICA released a second demo called "Broken Throne of Christ" in December of the same year. Brett Makowski was unable to participate in the recording of this demo, so the band recruited an old friend John Gelso to step in on guitar. John was previously involved with Paul in the Black / Death band TOTEN during 1987-1988. Both demo tapes eventually caught the interest of After World Records and PROFANATICA signed a deal with the label. In 1991 they released the infamous "Weeping In Heaven" 7" EP, strictly limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. Following the success of this EP, After World chose to re-release it on cassette with two bonus live tracks the following year. Also in 1992, the band signed a deal with the French Osmose Productions (a fairly new and uprising label at the time) to release the "Tormenting Holy Flesh" split 12" LP/CD with the Colombian band MASACRE.

During this time, PROFANATICA extensively toured the North Eastern United States, often shocking many with their sick and blasphemous live act. As the end of the year approached, both guitarists officially left the band. Paul and Aragon invited their close comrade Wicked Warlock of Demonic Blasphemy (these days known as Ixithra) of the band DEMONCY, to perform the guitar work. The three of them played one gig together, and were planned to participate in an American Black Metal festival that Halloween appearing with ORDER FROM CHAOS, VITAL REMAINS, ACHERON, etc. However, this gathering unfortunately never took place. Instead, they entered the studio together to record a full-length PROFANATICA release initially entitled "The Raping Of The Virgin Mary."

Sadly, the master tapes of these recordings were destroyed in the studio (there are conflicting stories about this), and the band parted ways quickly after. By then Osmose Productions had also re-released the bands first demo on a 7" EP entitled "As Tears Of Blood Stain The Altar Of Christ".

Paul formed HAVOHEJ in 1993 with some assistance from Brett Makowski on bass and guitars. Aragon pursued his Black / Death project CONTRIVISTI with Gelso until his untimely death in April of 1996, and Wicked Warlock continued on with DEMONCY, who are still very much active in the American Black Metal underground to this day.

In 1999 the underground U.S. cult label Samhain Productions broke silence with the "Unholy Masters of Darkness" split 7" EP with Singaporean cult IMPIETY. This limited pressing of only 600 copies featured unreleased tracks from a 1991 rehearsal and the final studio sessions.

By early 2001, Paul Ledney recruited two new members and resurrected the black cult of PROFANATICA. Paul soon released on his own label Necroscope Productions, the "Live" CD consisting of three PROFANATICA performances from 1991-1992. This same year, the now defunct War Hammer Records released the "Collection" on CD and a 12" Picture Disc edition under Necroscope Productions soon followed. Shortly after the band had recorded two brand new blasphemies and released the "Broken Jew/Fuck the Messiah" 7" EP on Metal War Productions in 2002. A 7" single crowned "Passion Of A Liar" was also recorded and to be unleashed on Supreme Art Productions although never surfaced. Since the return of PROFANATICA not much activity had occurred and during this silence Paul formed CROWNED IN SEMEN which is defined as "Profanatica Style Black Metal" & have issued a split 7" with TYPHUS under Dark Horizon Records.

By 2006 the black cult forged a pact with Hells Headbangers Records and ejaculated "The Enemy of Virtue" 12" LP. This double LP set featured all of the bands work up until that time, including the unreleased "Passion Of A Liar" 7" single, an obscure rehearsal of TOTEN cover songs, and the bands first performance in nine years at "The Return of Darkness and Evil Festival" in Clifton, New Jersey. The response to the LP set was immense and quickly sold out in 2,000 copies with various collectable editions.

2007 was a groundbreaking year; the band unleashed their much awaited & overdue debut full-length studio album entitled "Profanatitas De Domonatia." Easily the best fucking Black Metal album of the year, "Profanatitas..." featured 10 brand new hymns and was presented in a luxurious fashion on CD, LP and Picture LP formats via Hells Headbangers. Later this same year "The Enemy of Virtue" was issued as a double CD set under the same label. A single disc digipak CD was also circulated by the short-lived record label Invocation Records (formerly known as War Hammer Records) in a strict limited quantity of 1,000 pieces.

Early 2008 saw the release of the bands first ever DVD documenting the shocking & legendary Profanatica performances throughout the early 90's in the North Eastern United States. This double DVD set presented by Deathgasm & Negative Existence Records was also entitled "The Enemy of Virtue" and featured the controversial and much gossiped 1992 interview. A few months later year Gasmask Productions in France featured two new Profanatica songs on the vinyl only "Trampling the Holy Faith" 4-way split LP with Nuclear Desecration, Unholy Crucifix and GoatSodomy

Up to this point, live activity had ceased for nearly seven years until the black cult crushed the stage in the scorching hell of Texas at the "Sacrifice of the Nazarene Child Fest IX" on June 21, 2008. Despite some drama surrounding this performance the bands' reeking black filth destroyed the crowd. Come October another performance was made in Clifton, NJ although proved to be not so notable due to several unforeseen variables. For these live performances Ledney & Gelso had recruited two session members (Alex Cox - bass, Blake Jones - drums) and in preparation had recorded a "live in the studio" session known today as "The Grand Masters Session."

The creative momentum of the two years prior had led Ledney and Gelso to form yet another project known as PALLID SAVIOR although the final material proved to better suit another Profanatica album bluntly entitled "Disgusting Blasphemies Against God."

Thus, Pallid Savior was placed on the back burner and "DBAG" was fully complete by May of 2009 although shelved while Ledney focused on the definite HAVOHEJ album "Kembatinan Premaster" and Gelso collaborated with KRIEG's N. Imperial for a side project christened THE ROYAL ARCH BLASPHEME.

Come 2010 the band had reached their 20th year anniversary and by February after several months of manufacturing delays Hells Headbangers released the glorious "The Grand Masters Session" triple 8" Box Set recorded two years prior. Desecration of God Productions unearthed an even older rehearsal session from 1990/1991 entitled "The Years of Pestilence" on 7" EP and by Novisible Scars on Cassette with bonus tracks.

By now, the time was right to unleash the highly anticipated second album "Disgusting Blasphemies Against God" which saw the black light of day on August 31, 2010 by Hells Headbangers on both CD & Vinyl formats. Currently the band remains restless and further new material and select live performances are to be expected.