Angelcorpse was a blackened death metal band.They formed in 1995, with a line-up of bassist/vocalist Pete Helmkamp, guitarist Gene Palubicki, and drummer John Longstreth, and recorded a demo, Goats to Azazael, which led to a contract with Osmose Productions. The band’s debut album, Hammer of Gods, was released in 1996, after which rhythm guitarist Bill Taylor joined, playing on second album Exterminate (1998). Drummer Tony Laureano joined shortly after its release but Taylor left. The band’s third album, The Inexorable, was released in the fall of 1999, after which Taylor rejoined. Between 1997 and 2000 the band had done extensive live shows and touring with bands such as IMMORTAL, IMPALED NAZARENE, KRISIUN, CANNIBAL CORPSE, INCANTATION, MARDUK, and SATYRICON… as well as several festival type events with other contemporaries of the time…
In early 2000, due to various circumstances, ANGELCORPSE disbanded…
In 2006, the band reformed(HELMKAMP/PALUBICKI/LONGSTRETH) and recorded a new album, “Of Lucifer and Lightning”. Longstreth, however, was not to continue for any live activity after the recordings…
The band then proceeded to do headlining tours with a few session drummers throughout 2007 and 2008 in the USA and Europe with prominent bands such as REVENGE, ARKHON INFAUSTUS, WATAIN, CEMETARY URN, GOSPEL OF THE HORNS, ARES KINGDOM and others…
In April 2009 the members announced disbandment, citing “musical differences” as the reason.
