Defecation

Artist: Defecation
Country of origin: United States
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Status: Active

Formed in: 1987
Years active: 1987-1992, 2000-present
Genre: Death Metal/Grindcore
Lyrical themes: Death, Violence, Society, Politics
Current label: Nuclear Blast



Members:
Mitch Harris  Drums, Guitars, Bass, Vocals 







Split up in 1992 while working on a second album, but reformed in 2000.

When the project was resurrected in the early 2000s, Defecation became a solo project while Mitch became the only member to return, making the second album completely by himself which resulted in 2003's Intention Surpassed.

Compilation Appearances:
 - "Vestige of Earthly Remains" and "Recovery" on The Pleasures in Life (Nuclear Blast, 1989)
 - "Intro/Granted Wish" and "Side Effects" on Death...is Just the Beginning (Nuclear Blast, 1990)
 - "Side Effects" on Death...is Just the Beginning II (Nuclear Blast/Relapse, 1992)
 - "Popular Belief" on Ich Zahl' Nicht Mehr! (Steamhammer, 1992)
 - "Side Effects" on 10 Years Nuclear Blast (Nuclear Blast, 1997)
 - "Undesirable" on Mish Mash Mush Maximum Mega Mix Volume One (label unknown, 1997)
 - "Protective Rage" on Death is Just the Beginning Vol. 7 (Nuclear Blast, 2002)
 - "Protective Rage" on Psychosonic! Volume 42 (Psycho!, 1993)
 - "Protective Rage" on Off Road Tracks Vol. 64 (Metal Hammer, 2003)
 - "Protective Rage" on Let the Hammer Fall Vol. 15 (Metal & Hard Rock Hammer World, 2003)
 - "Continuum" on New Music Annihilation 2003 Sampler (Nuclear Blast, 2003)
 - "Protective Rage" on Hell Awaits CD Sampler N° 20 (Hell Awaits, 2003)

Discography:

  Purity Dilution (1989)

Album: Purity Dilution
Type: Full-length
Release date: 1992 (1989)
Catalog ID: NB 018 CD
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD, Reissue
MP3 | 192Kbps | 30:20 | 41,9Mb

Tracklist:
1. Intro-Megaton  01:55  instrumental
2. Vestige of Earthly Remains  03:00
3. Life on Planet Earth Is Fucken Cancerous  01:26
4. Contagion  02:08
5. Predominance  01:40
6. Recovery  02:23
7. Side Effects  02:15
8. Mutual Trust  02:21
9. Focus  02:18
10. Popular Belief  02:03
11. Scrutiny  02:52
12. Underestimation  02:21
13. Granted Wish* 03:38

- Bonus track 13 taken from the 1990 Death...is Just the Beginning compilation.
- Issued with alternate artwork/cover.

- Recorded and mixed in 29 hours between 3/6-8/1989 at Birdsong Studios, Worcester, England.
- Mastered at Elaton Studios, Offenbach, Germany.
- Co-produced by Defecation.

  Intention Surpassed (2003)

Album: Intention Surpassed
Type: Full-length
Release date: January 13th, 2003
Catalog ID: NB 1007-2
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 39:05 | 53,7Mb

Tracklist:
1. Continuum  01:28
2. Worldly Whys  02:51
3. Fibre Optical Illusion  03:05
4. Fever Pitch  03:14
5. 2/3 Pure  02:58
6. Under Surveilance  03:13
7. Cryonically Preserved  03:25
8. Overself  02:56
9. Protective Rage  02:36
10. Granted Wish  03:05
11. Shortfall  03:00
12. Incline  03:12
13. Time Folding Machine  03:54

Produced, recorded, engineered and mastered in July 2002, on location with Roland VS1680 16-track Mobile Studio within the U.K.

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