Gruesome

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he idea for Gruesome came about after guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey (ex-Dekapitator/Exhumed) and drummer Gus Rios completed a stint with the Death tribute tour Death To All, the pair deciding to go all out on a Death tribute, focusing on that band's seminal early albums, particularly 1988's Leprosy. Recruiting another pair of Death metal veterans, Robin Mazen on bass, and Daniel Gonzalez on guitars, Gruesome was born and in short order Savage Land was written and recorded in 2015, featuring not only a spot-on recreation of the Leprosy style and sound but even similar artwork by the same artist, famed Death/thrash metal album cover legend Ed Repka.

The Dimensions of Horror (2016), Fragments of Psyche (2017) EPs as well as Twisted Prayers (2018) and Silent Echoes (2025) would follow with the 2025 release the final with Mazen.

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