Disembowelment

diSEMBOWELMENT
Origin	Melbourne, VIC
Genres	Doom metal
Years active	1989 – 1994
Labels	Relapse
Associated acts	Trial of the Bow, Bacteria, Firebird, Pulgar, Inverloch, d.USK, Abramelin, Necrotomy
Past members	Renato Gallina, Jason Kells, Matthew Skarajew, Paul Mazziotta, Tim Aldridge, Dean Ruprich

Band information

• Final Line-up
  • Renato Gallina (vocals, guitar)
  • Jason Kells (guitar)
  • Matthew Skarajew (bass)
  • Paul Mazziotta (drums)

• Former members
  • Dean Ruprich (bass) 1990
  • Tim Aldridge (bass) 1989 - 1990

Band information

diSEMBOWELMENT was a doom/death band that originally formed as a two-piece grind band called Bacteria in Melbourne in 1989. After recording a demo, Renato Gallina and Paul Mazziotta added Tim Aldridge from Acheron on bass and became diSEMBOWELMENT. Dean Ruprich from Necrotomy replaced Aldridge after about a year and they recorded the demo Mourning September. Jason Kells joined the band shortly after, handling guitar and bass duties on the second demo and a track for the German compilation Pantalgia - An International Death Metal Compilation.

Matt Skarajew became the band's bass player on the Dusk EP. The following year Transcendence Into the Peripheral was released, and following its release the band split. Gallina and Skarajew continued with Trial of the Bow, a band experimenting with a combination of folk, ambience and Middle Eastern music. Kells went on to form Firebird in the late 90s. Skarajew and Mazziotta were later active in a grind band called Pulgar.

In late 2005, Relapse released all of diSEMBOWELMENT's recorded work as a special edition double CD. In 2010, Mazziotta and Skarajew reconvened under the name d.USK for occasional performances. That band is now known as Inverloch.

Discography

Albums:

1993	Transcendence Into the Peripheral	Relapse
2005	diSEMBOWELMENT	Relapse

EP:

1992	Dusk	Relapse