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Monstrosity
Monstrosity
American death metal band
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Diabolic
Diabolic
American Death Metal Band
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Deeds of Flesh
Deeds of Flesh
band
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Necrophagist
Necrophagist
band
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Phobia
Phobia
band
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Origin
Origin
death metal band from the United States, founded in Topeco, Texas in 1997
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Konkhra
Konkhra
band
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Severe Torture
Severe Torture
band
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Cryptopsy
Cryptopsy
Canadian technical death metal band
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Devourment
Devourment
death metal band from Dallas, Texas, United States
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Thanatos
Thanatos
Dutch death metal band
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Corpus Mortale
Corpus Mortale
Danish death metal group
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Circle of Dead Children
Circle of Dead Children
band
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Arsis
Arsis
band
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Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under
American death metal band
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Thyrfing
Thyrfing
viking metal band from Sweden
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Rob Barrett
Rob Barrett
American musician
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Defeated Sanity
Defeated Sanity
Metal Band
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Impious
Impious
band
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Aeternus
Aeternus
Norwegian band
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Chris Barnes
Chris Barnes
American singer
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Anathema
Anathema
British rock band
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Benümb
Benümb
grindcore band from Millbrae, California
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Obscura
Obscura
band
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Spawn of Possession
Spawn of Possession
band
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Hour of Penance
Hour of Penance
band
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Immolation
Immolation
American death metal band from New York
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Morgion
Morgion
band
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Impiety
Impiety
War Metal band from Singapore
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Avulsed
Avulsed
band
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Blood Red Throne
Blood Red Throne
band
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Disrupt
Disrupt
band
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General Surgery
General Surgery
band
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Cryptic Slaughter
Cryptic Slaughter
band
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Krabathor
Krabathor
band
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Beyond Creation
Beyond Creation
band
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Nocturnus
Nocturnus
band
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Wormed
Wormed
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Mortician
Mortician
death metal/deathgrind band
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Embalmer
Embalmer
American death metal
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Nile
Nile
American technical death metal band
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Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse
American death metal band
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Impaled
Impaled
band that plays death metal
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Rebaelliun
Rebaelliun
band that plays death metal
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Odious Mortem
Odious Mortem
American death metal band
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Minsk
Minsk
Illinois sludge metal band
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Behemoth
Behemoth
Polish extreme metal band
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Dying Fetus
Dying Fetus
American death metal band
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Primal Fear
Primal Fear
German power metal and speed metal band
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Daylight Dies
Daylight Dies
melodic death-doom band from North Carolina, United States
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Goreaphobia
Goreaphobia
musical artist
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Sore Throat
Sore Throat
grindcore band
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Sacrifice
Sacrifice
Canadian thrash metal band
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Obituary
Obituary
American death metal band
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Jucifer
Jucifer
American sludge metal band
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Career Suicide
Career Suicide
band
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Ulcerate
Ulcerate
band
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Lyzanxia
Lyzanxia
band
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Panzerchrist
Panzerchrist
band
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Blood Duster
Blood Duster
band that plays deathgrind
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Repulsion
Repulsion
American band
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Windhand
Windhand
American doom metal band
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Fleshgod Apocalypse
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Italian death metal band
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Pentagram
Pentagram
American heavy metal band
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Capharnaum
Capharnaum
band
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Hate
Hate
Polish band
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Gorerotted
Gorerotted
band
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Autopsy
Autopsy
American death metal band
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Possessed
Possessed
American death metal band
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Malignancy
Malignancy
technical death metal band
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Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien
American musician
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Abysmal Dawn
Abysmal Dawn
American death-metal band
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The Casualties
The Casualties
American street punk band
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Ion Dissonance
Ion Dissonance
Canadian metal band
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Gutworm
Gutworm
band
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Exhumed
Exhumed
American death metal band
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Dave Pybus
Dave Pybus
British bass player
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Victims
Victims
Swedish hardcore punk band
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Disavowed
Disavowed
band
Intro
band
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Vile is an American death metal band, formed in 1996 in Concord, California by guitarist-producer Colin E. Davis (who is now the only original member in the line-up) and singer Juan Urteaga, recruiting the rest of the band from the ranks of disbanded groups such as Lords of Chaos, Entropy, Sporadic Psychosis and Thanatopsis. Vile toured the United States and Europe several times since their inception in 1996 including with Cannibal Corpse in 2004. Their most recent tour was of Japan in December 2013.

The band has released four studio albums between 1999 and 2011 and re-released their demos and some live material on Rare Tracks, distributed by Hammerheart Records. The band started recording of the fourth album Metamorphosis on January 25, 2009, which was released in late 2011 by Willowtip Records in North America and Hammerheart Records in Europe.

Vile found publicity in the late 1990s when members of the band Cannibal Corpse praised their sound and wore their T-shirts in publicity photos. Although Vile's sound has a wide variety of influences, their first album contained riffs clearly influenced by Cannibal Corpse and the name Vile itself is the title of an album by Cannibal Corpse. Founding member Davis has stated that these relations were unintentional and his biggest early influence was the Florida band Morbid Angel. Vile is known for high standards in musicianship and studio quality, and Davis produced and recorded their albums, sometimes in coordination with singer Juan Urteaga.

Several members of the band have held positions in other well known extreme metal bands including Mike Hruboccak and Michael Poggione (both Monstrosity), Mike Hamilton (Deeds of Flesh, Exhumed), Reno Kiilerich (Dimmu Borgir, Hate Eternal), J.J. Hrubovcak (Hate Eternal), James Lee (Origin).