Disinter – A Career Span Catalog (Self Release)

 Disinter is a presence in the Chicago’s death metal scene.  They had been releasing albums since 1997, played countless shows, and continue to grow and expand.  Over the years, there were many Disinter members.  They came and went, but the band is still with us, still faithful to their idea and playing death metal, and having fun.  The two players that navigate the Disinter ship are Guitar players, Mike LeGros and Mike Martocci.

This is a set of 9 CDs released in flat envelopes that outline band’s entire history thus far.  Many of these were released before, but some are available in this format for the first time.  Either way if you were missing any of these albums, this is the perfect time to update all things Disinter.

Putting it in the chronological order, the story begins with demos released back in the 1990s.  Demonstrations of Desecrations 1990-1999 covers all of the demos, and shows the formative years of the band.  Desecrated was their first album, Disinter, released back in 1997.  It officially put the band on the map, and set the stage for a very successful career.  Welcome to Oblivion was released in 2000, and one year later, it was followed by Demonic Portraiture one year later.  At this point, many were noticing Disinter as a serious band with places to go.  They were playing many shows, and their fan base was constantly growing.  From The Grave to The Stage is a live album from NRW Deathfest in Germany in 2002.  You can feel the heat coming from that stage when you listen to this disc.  Disinter was always a brutal and powerful band in a live setting.  As We Burn completed the first Disinter run in 2004.  All of those records were extremely heavy, and showed the spirit of Chicago death metal.  After this release the band took a long break, there were other projects the band members were involved in, but the idea of Disinter never died.  By 2014, they were back with Designed by The Devil, Powered by The Dead.  The title couldn’t be more accurate, Disinter, returned in style with a renewed enthusiasm, and strong album under their belt.  Breaker of Bones is the latest album by the group, and it is a release full of fire and death metal anger.  The set wouldn’t be complete without a disc full of rarities.  Rare, Rotten, and Regurgitated sums up any tracks that were released elsewhere, or only digitally.  The completes the Disinter saga, but undoubtedly there is more to come.

Listening to all these albums it’s like taking a trip down the memory lane.  It’s hard to believe they were able to accomplish so much, but they did.  There was a strong determination and dedication to the cause, and they clearly had goals to accomplish.  It’s absolutely great to get these albums at the same time.  What would make this release even better would be an accompanying booklet with some band members memories written down about these albums and times.  This is a self-release, and the budgets are what they are.  Regardless of that, this is still a big chunk of Chicago metal history that you can now hold in your hand, and listen to repeatedly. 

Mark Kadzielawa