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Repulsion were an early Grindcore / Thrash Metal band from Flint, MI . Their innovations were significant to the development of the death metal, Black Metal , and grindcore genres. Repulsion is sometimes credited with the introduction of Blast Beat s to metal. HISTORY Matt Olivo and Scott Carlson formed Tempter in 1984 , a Metal act covering Bay Area Thrash bands such as Slayer and Metallica . The group's sound became increasingly infused with Punk when Phil Hines of Flint hardcore punk band Dissonance joined as a drummer. They juggled band names, first renaming themselves 'Ultraviolence' and then ''Genocide'' before recording their first demo in 1984. In spite of their growing popularity in the underground Genocide struggled to survive and faced difficulty maintaining a consistent lineup. In the summer of 1985 Chuck Schuldiner of pioneering death metal act Death invited Carlson and Olivo to Florida to complete the Death lineup. The two parties failed to settle on a uniform creative direction and the merger proved short lived. Carlson and Olivo returned to Flint that summer, determined to reform Genocide. Local punk Dave 'Grave' Hollingshead was recruited as drummer. In 1985 the reformed Genocide recorded the ''Violent Death'' demo tape and resumed gigging locally. In early 1986 Aaron Freeman was invited into the band as a second guitarist. With their line-up fleshed out, Genocide recorded in a studio for the first time to lay down the tracks for what was supposed to be their first album ''The Stench of Burning Death'' - it ended up being their third demo. By 1986 Repulsion's trademark style had matured; charactarised by raspy shouted vocals, extremely distorted down-tuned guitars, overdriven punkish riffs, absurd rambling solos interjected as if only as an afterthought, rumbling bass lines, and machine-gun drumming. Repulsion was experimenting with a hammering, static clouded, Lo-fi sound that was on a level of extreme that had been touched on by few bands before. To complement the band's sound they penned gruesome lyrics; focusing on fantastic apocalyptic themes ranging from Zombie epidemics to nuclear war. Finally in re-released ''Horrified'' again in 2003 , drawing attention to Repulsion once more, and prompting the band to resume live performance. In 2004 Repulsion also released a live DVD . Venom , Hellhammer , Slayer , Slaughter (Canada) , and Discharge have been repeatedly cited in interviews as major influences. Various band recorded covers of Repulsion, including Napalm Death and Entombed . MEMBERS Current
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