Severed Savior
Formed: 1997
From:
San Francisco,
CA,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Background
In early 1997, Murray Fitzpatrick and Tom Stoltz started a death metal band called Christ Denied (not the one from Europe). After writing two songs Murray on guitar and Tom on guitar invited Greg White to drum for the band. The 3-piece continued to write music for a few months. Greg brought Armondo Avalos into the band as the bassist.
In late 1998, Tom moved to Hawaii and Christ Denied asked Mike Gilbert from the band Where? to join. Mike brought the band to a new level with his musical ability. At this point Christ Denied was kicking ass and taking names. The next name they took was Troy Fullerton. Troy was also in the band Where? with Mike. 1999, Mike gave Greg the bad news and Troy was now the full time drummer. Troy also brought the band to a new level with fast brutal drumming. About a month after Troy joined the band, long time friend Dusty Boisjolie was brought in as the vocalist. Christ Denied was now a solid five-piece with a professional sound and five songs.
In March 2000, Christ Denied Recorded the five song demo "Puddle Of Gore" at House of Faith Studios in Oakland California. After destroying a few places, Christ Denied opened up for Incantation. Jared Deaver who was in the band Deeds Of Flesh and was at the show asked Troy for a demo. Troy sent the demo to Unique Leader Records. The band was getting bigger and needed a name change because of the other Christ Denied in Europe.
After months of searching for a new name the name Severed Savior was chosen. The band made the official announcement of the name change to Severed Savior on August 6th 2000 in San Francisco when the band opened up for Deeds Of Flesh and Disgorge. Severed Savior played all over the Bay Area promoting the demo under the new name. The demo CD was released in early 2000.
The year 2001 also brought another line up change when bassist Armondo was released of his duties on bass. The band didn't have a bassist and had some big shows coming up so Murray switched to bass. With Murray's grinding in place on bass, Severed Savior continued to play shows as a four-piece while looking for a second guitarist.
During this time, Jared Deaver was not playing for Deeds Of Flesh anymore so Severed Savior asked him to join. Jared quickly learned all the songs and played his first show as a member of Severed in San Francisco a month after he joined. Jared added the extra brutality the band needed to get ahead.
Jared and Severed Savior wrote new material for an upcoming EP for Skeptic Productions. In August, Severed Savior recorded 3 new songs at J-Lab studios with Larry in Daily City. Unique Leader Records received a copy of the EP and now the band is in negotiations with the label or a full-length album. After the EP was finished Mike Gilbert decided to leave the band. Jared knew of a sick guitar player “Rob Lumbre, who was in the bands Psypheria, Mucus Membrane, Osmium and recorded drums for Punisher. Rob tried out for Severed Savior and got the job. Rob has been in the scene for a long time and Severed Savior was glad he is a part of the brutality.
Things fell through with Skeptic Productions so the EP “Forced To Bleed” was released on Disfigured Records on November 24, 2001. Rob played his first show with Severed Savior on November 24, 2001 in San Jose. Severed Savior is in the middle of writing a full-length album for Unique Leader Records tentatively titled “Brutality Is Law”
Latest Severed Savior News
Below is our complete Severed Savior news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
Deeds of Flesh: Pre-Release Full-Album Streaming
Deeds of Flesh premiere the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "Nucleus", which will be out in stores tomorrow, December 11th via Unique Leader Records.
Check out now "Nucleus" in its entirety below.
The outing marks the group’s first album since the 2018 passing of their guitarist/vocalist and Unique Leader Records founder Erik Lindmark.
“Nucleus” track listing: More...
Deeds of Flesh Premiere New Song & Music Video
Deeds of Flesh premiere a new song and music video named "Nucleus". The single is the title track to their ninth studio album, which will land in stores on December 11th via Unique Leader Records. The song features guest vocals by John Gallagher (Dying Fetus) and a guest guitar solo from Matt Sotelo (Decrepit Birth).
The outing marks the group’s first album since the 2018 passing of their guitarist/vocalist and Unique Leader Records founder Erik Lindmark.
“Nucleus” track listing: More...
Deeds Of Flesh Premiere New Song "Alyen Scourge"
Deeds Of Flesh premiere a new single titled “Alyen Scourge“ streaming below. The track is taken from their ninth studio album, “Nucleus“ which will land in stores on December 11th via Unique Leader Records. A vinyl release will follow on January 15th.
The outing marks the group’s first album since the 2018 passing of their guitarist/vocalist and Unique Leader Records founder Erik Lindmark.
“Nucleus” track listing: More...
Arkaik Gearing Up For "Summer Insurrection"
California's Arkaik is gearing up to embark on the "Summer Insurrection" tour in early July, with full details available in the tour poster below or over at the Arkaik Facebook profile here. The band also commented:
"The Summer Insurrection tour w/ Severed Savior, Arkaik, and Genocaust starts in a week and a half! Go to our website to order merch while its cheap to help us out! Sale will end once we leave for tour."
Las Vegas Death Fest IV Line-Up Announced
The Las Vegas Death Fest IV will once again be coming to the Cheyenne Saloon in North Las Vegas, Nevada on June 15th and 16th. Bands keep confirming for the event, and a third day might be added to the festival. Check in for updates and more information on the Las Vegas Death Fest IV event page. Below is a preliminary list of the bands playing, along with a video upload from Germany's Begging For Incest - who will be playing on day one. The track "Diarrhea Dreams" is from its new album "Orgasmic Selfmutilation."
DAY 1 - Friday June 15th
HEADLINER: Disgorge
Carnal Decay
Inherit Disease
Exhumer
Begging For Incest
Indecent Excision
Guttural Secrete
Parasitic Exterpation
Execration
Coprophiliac
Autonomy
Devour The Unborn
Vomit God
Expurgate
Stages of Decomposition
Extremely Rotten
Short Bus Pile Up
Engaged In Mutilating
Crypt Infection
Day 2 - Saturday June 16th - 21+
HEADLINER: Severed Savior
Abuse
Kraanium
Atrocious Abnormality
Celphalotripsy
Face Of Ruin
Viseral Disgorge
Saprogenic
Ingurgitate
Coat Hanger Abortion
Corpsefication
Sexcrement
Abnormality
Desolation
Gortuary
Solidification
Flesh Horder
Dragging Entrails
Pencil Lead Syringe
Eighty-Thousand Dead
Just For Fun
Record Store Employees Try To Decipher Metal Logos
Waterloo Records has posted a video clip online titled "Record Store Olympics Event 3: The Decipher," in which record store employees try to decipher increasingly incomprehensible metal band names based on their logos. Check out the clip below, and see if you can name all the bands based on their logos.
Severed Savior Posts New Song Online
San Francisco death metal band Severed Savior has posted a new song on their MySpace titled "Question". The song is from their upcoming album "Servile Insurrection", which is scheduled for a 2008 release.
The song can be heard here.
Severed Savior Announce New Vocalist
SEVERED SAVIOR have posted the following update:
“We are happy to announce that Anthony Trapani has joined Severed Savior as our new vocalist. Many of you know Anthony from his work on the recent (and crushing) ODIOUS MORTEM release ‘Cryptic Implosion.’ And we feel that his vocal style and lyrical sensibilities will fit perfectly with our new material. The upcoming CD ‘Servile Insurrection’ is still on schedule to come out early ‘08, and we are very excited to finally unleash these new songs onto the public. Expect to hear the best SEVERED SAVIOR release so far. Also, I just want to mention that Anthony will continue to front ODIOUS MORTEM as well.”
Severed Savior Part Ways With Vocalist
Guitarist Mike Gilbert of San Francisco, CA-based brutal death metallers SEVERED SAVIOR has posted the following update:
“Due to a personal issue/conflict that cannot be resolved, we have recently informed Dusty Boisjolie that he is no longer the vocalist for SEVERED SAVIOR. I will not go into the details or exact reason for his being released from the band. We are disappointed that it had to come to this. But the decision to let Dusty go was a necessary one for the survival of the band. Another important announcement will come within the next week.”
Severed Savior Offer Update On New Album
Guitarist Mike Gilbert of SEVERED SAVIOR has posted the following update:
“The artwork for our next CD is coming along great. Par Oloffson is almost done, and I think it’s going to be awesome once completed. Shit, it’s awesome at the stage it’s at right now. So I know it’s only going to get better."
"Rhythm guitars are done! Actually I was one song away from being finished over a month ago. Then my worst nightmare came true. For some reason, (probably my fault) Cubase had been saving most of my files in some random ass folder I was not aware of. So, even though I had been meticulously backing up my work. When I cleaned out some space on my drive, I lost over 80% of the guitar wave files. A professional data recovery business could not retrieve a single file I needed, and those that were retrieved were corrupt and unusable. So, to make a long story short. I had to start over. Rather than throwing up, or having a nervous breakdown, I just sucked it up and went back to work. And I must admit, even though it was an absolute nightmare come true, losing all the songs I had worked so hard to complete. They came out even better this time around. Now that rhythm guitars are out of the way. A few solos and the clean/acoustic song are next on the agenda." More...
Severed Savior Sign With Willowtip Records
San Francisco-based death metallers SEVERED SAVIOR have parted ways with Unique Leader Records and are in the process of inking a new deal with Willowtip, according to a posting on the group's MySpace page. "This two-album deal will start with the upcoming 'Servile Insurrection' 12-track CD, which we are currently recording," states guitarist Mike Gilbert.
On the subject of the band's new label home, Gilbert writes, "As many of you may already know, Willowtip has an impeccable reputation in merchandise sales and distribution. And with their partner label in Europe, Neurotic Records, the combined band roster of both labels is awesome. We are very excited to start this new label relationship and look forward to the years to come." More...
Origin Announce Summer Tour
Origin will be touring this summer and have announced the following confirmed dates:
July 19 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
July 20 - Fayetteville, AR @ The Dart Room
July 21 - St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
July 22 - Urbana, IL @ The Canopy (Central Illinois Metalfest)
July 23 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
July 24 - Moorhead, MN @ All Star Bowl
July 26 - Tacoma, WA @ Hell's Kitchen
July 27 - Portland, OR @ Rock N Roll Pizza
July 28 - San Francisco, CA @ The Pound w/ Severed Savior
July 30 - Corona, CA @ Showcase Theater
July 31 - Tijuana, MEX @ The Voodoo House
August 1 - Glendale, AZ @ Bulldogs
August 2 - El Paso, TX @ Chic's
August 4 - Dallas, TX @ Darkside Lounge
August 6 - Beaumont, TX @ Vortex
August 7 - Metairie, LA @ The High Ground
August 9 - Miami, FL @ Churchhill's
August 10 - Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
August 12 - Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
August 13 - Danville, VA @ Plan B
August 14 - Richmond, VA @ Nanci Raygun
August 15 - Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar Tavern
August 16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Khyber Pass
August 19 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East w/ Internal Suffering
August 20 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Backstreet Billiards
August 21 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Lawrenceville Moose Lodge w/ Commit Suicide, Circle of Dead Children
August 23 - Cincinnnati, OH @ Top Cat's
August 25 - Chicago, IL @ Nite Cap w/ Jungle Rot
August 26 - Milwaukee, WI @ Bucketworks
Cannibal Corpse Live Review - July 19 In Vancouver
A live review and photos of the Cannibal Corpse / The Black Dahlia Murder show on Monday, July 19 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC has been posted here. In addition to the concert, photos of the Cannibal Corpse in-store autograph signing, which took place at Scrape Records earlier that day, have also been posted.
Severed Savior, originally scheduled as one of the opening acts, could not make it to the show.
Cannibal Corpse's setlist:
Shredded Humans
Puncture Wound Massacre
Stripped, Raped And Strangled
Fucked With A Knife
Decency Defied
Vomit The Soul
Unleashing The Bloodthirsty
Pounded Into Dust
Cryptic Stench
They Deserve To Die
Dormant Bodies Bursting
Gallery Of Suicide
Pit of Zombies
The Wretched Spawn
Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead
Devoured By Vermin
A Skull Full Of Maggots
Hammer-Smashed Face