Corrupted

Corrupted is a Japanese sludge/doom metal band, formed in 1994. Their sound is characterized by incredibly downtuned guitars and bass playing slow, minimalist riffs under deep layers of feedback. The vocals are harsh guttural grunts, and the music alternates between long instrumental sections and sections with vocals which go for long periods of time without rest. They are considered by most familiar with the genre to be one of the heaviest and darkest doom metal bands of all. However, they sometimes have long acoustic sections, spoken-word interludes, and other breaks in the style, even other instruments, as on their album El Mundo Frio, a 71-minute song which contains long sections of harp. To this effect, they recently added a keyboardist, Takehito Miyagi, to their lineup, which had previously consisted only of guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.

Corrupted has a few notable idiosyncrasies which seem to create an air of mystery around the band. Although they hail from Japan, and their members on most releases are all Japanese, they sing almost exclusively in Spanish, though some songs contain sections in Japanese or English. In addition, the band has never taken promotional pictures nor do any of the albums contain group photos. The only known existing photographs are taken by fans at concerts, and they refuse to give interviews.

Corrupted’s albums typically contain extensive liner notes in the form of bleak black-and-white photographs, which add to the gloomy atmosphere of the music.

1995 - Anciano [Japan Overseas, 192]
1995 - El Dios Queja [Tag Rag, 192]
1995 - Nadie [Third Culture, VBR 128~160]
1995 - Split (w/Grief) [HG Fact, VBR 192~320]
1997 - Split (w/Enemy Soil) [HG Fact, 160]
1997 - Live At Fandango [Bootleg, 192]
1997 - Live On KJFC [Bootleg, 192]
1997 - Live On WFMU [Bootleg, 192]
1997 - Paso Inferior [Frigidity Discos, 256]
1999 - Dios Injusto [Frigidity Discos, 192]
1999 - Driven To Kill/Existence (w/Scarvers Calling) [Gouge, 192]
1999 - Llenandose De Gusanos [HG Fact, 128]
2000 - Split (w/Machetazo) [Frigidity Discos, 192]
2000 - Split (w/Sloth) [Not On Label, VBR 256~320]
2001 - La Victima Es Tu Mismo [View Beyond Records, 192]
2003 - Live @ 20,000V 3.24.03 [Bootleg, 128]
2004 - Se Hace Por Los Suenos Asesinos [HG Fact, VBR 160~320]
2005 - El Mundo Frio [HG Fact, 224]
2007 - An Island Insane [HG Fact, 320]
2007 - Vesana [HG Fact, 320]