Dead men tell no tales
18/12/01 Only a week until Christmas, you may have noticed the site is now vaguely festive, and the best Christmas present anyone could ask for, not one but TWO Dead Corpse gigs, is coming in January. First off there's Dave Walker's party in Wivenhoe on the 5th, a fairly exclusive gathering acting as a warm-up gig, and then there's the big one, supporting EFD at the Twist in Colchester on the 17th. This will be the first landmark in the story of DC, and you don't want to miss it. Tickets will be available shortly, details on the site as soon as we have them. Shortly after there may be a live video released as well of this show. Secondly, the first bit of serious original DC songwriting last Wednesday resulted in "Six Feet Under And Rising" being put together, it sounds pretty chilling, should be completed during our busy Christmas rehearsal schedule. Finally, mention should be made of Chainsaw's birthday last Saturay, and the celebratory gathering which resulted in a certain member of the band spewing forth uncleanliness on the pavement outside Chainsaw's house. Also, there is a guestbook entry written by Tom Possessed at Chainsaw's house, although this was written before the, er, fun began. Have a great Christmas, oh loyal fans, and preapare for 2002, the year of Dead Corpse!
5/12/01 Fucking hell, this update has been a long time in coming. What with computer fuckery, generally being a bunch of wasters and college, its been a month of turmoil. However, don't think it's a reflection of the band, because things have never looked brighter for Dead Corpse, apart from when Inhumatus plugged himself into the mains instead of his amp and started glowing. There have been several more rehearsals, today's being the most coolness-laden so far. Tom Possessed had finally sorted out the drum part to "Seek and Destroy," resulting in a deathcellent rendition which was described by the watching guitar maestro Geoff Floyd, our first impartial audience, as "tight." Also today, although "Troops of Doom is still at pretty much the same stage, we embarked on a cover of Megadeth's "Addicted To Chaos." Having never heard the song, Tom was treated to the opening minute or so to get the idea, and once he cracked the drum intro, the atmosphere around Colchester became electric again, dark clouds converging around North Hill and hurling down blood onto the streets. The band also have a tentatively scheduled gig for early in 2002 supporting EFD, more news soon. By the way, soon the site will have pages for Lyrics, Discography and Gigs, but not yet because we haven't got an album out yet, we only have one gig and the lyrics aren't copyrighted so Pantera will steal them all. Today saw Chainsaw leave the so-called "heaviest band in the world," "Fuck Up," a side project started by Mutt of EFD, featuring DC's Tom on drums, another Tom on vocals with Mutt, Quod on bass and Deth Machine on guitar. Chainsaw cited his reason as "Lack of musical challenges and lack of respect for my piece," presumably referring to his guitar. Obviously they're not as heavy as Dead Corpse, but they're worth checking out if they're in your area. Watch out especially for Tom Possessed's vocal debut on "Lead Us To Oblivion." Something else yet to be documented on this site is that Tom has written the lyrics for the title track on "Flesheater Rodeo." It's one fucked up song, featuring lines such as "Zombie hotdogs bathed in semen" and "When an amputee is your god and you fucked my friend in cold blood." On the 15th of December is Chainsaw's 17th birthday, expect earthquakes, unusual numbers of deaths, strange noises in graveyards and bog daemons terrorising villages. Right, see you all again soon. Don't forget to thrash twice a day.
10/10/01 During the last month we have seen all kinds of terrible events happening across the world, with war breaking out this week, and that could only ever mean one thing: Dead Corpse were coming. Like some gargantuan army of the undead, the last few pieces were pulled into place, the venue was set, the time was agreed, everyone came with their weapons, and lo, the first rehearsal ripped a hole in the fabric of reality. That's right- today, for the first time in history, all three members of Dead Corpse played together in a rehearsal that went so well it was almost as if rule was embodied in the music. Although Jim had to contend with a dogy amp and no high E string, and Tom had not a drum kit but a fucked up mess consisting of a bass drum and a stand-less snare drum. Nevertheless, the three soldiers of uncleanliness savaged their way through a veritable cornucopia of songs, some in small fragments, some almost complete. The songs that stood out were the highly polished "Seek and Destroy," originally by Metallica, and the sheer military power of "Troops Of Doom" by Sepultura. Equally orgasmic was DC original "Soldier Of Fortune," which it is fair to say ruled your ass to fuck. The thrashing was angry, the drumming was intense and the bass was like a brooding thunderstorm about to awaken the forces buried deep in the earth. There were also parts of "Angel Of Death" by Slayer, "Train Of Consequences" by Megadeth, several other Metallica numbers and some more crunching Chainsaw riffage, pounding Inhumatus bass and jackhammer Tom Possessed drumming in DC originals "Six Feet Under and Rising" and "Fundamentally Scum." In a word, DEADMOTHERFUCKINGCORPSE. Take my word for it- it was awesome. And from here on in things only get more intense, more evil, more crushingly heavy and skull-splittingly loud.
7/10/01 The site's been fucked up the last couple of days, but ironically enough it's come back online just as the world plunges into another stupid fuckin' war. Still, war's a good theme for a song, and Tom Possessed's put together some lyrics for a song on this theme called "Soldier of Fortune." Chainsaw's already coming up with some riffage, and this one's gonna be a real old school heavy motherfucker. So far there are four tentatively named tracks for the album, "Six Feet Under and Rising," "Fundamentally Scum," "Soldier of Fortune" and the uncertain "Love Sick/Sick of Love (Hatred)." This Wednesday should definitely be the first full DC rehearsal, or at least the first one with Tom in. Also, it's Tom's 17th birthday on Tuesday, and so respected is he in the metal world that Sarah Neve of Total Rock radio actually sang "Happy Birthday" to him today live on air before unleashing the monster song he's requested, the crushing "Sellout" by Biohazard. There's some new Fan Art on the site now by Inhumatus, also don't forget to check out the new pics on the Images page and KEEP SIGNING THAT FUCKING GUESTBOOK. Peace, Dead Corpse.
24/9/01 Word up. Sorry this hasn't been updated for fucking ages, but there've been serious things happening with this band, and the bucking broncos of the undead are currently being warmed up for the Flesheater Rodeo. Firstly we should point that Tom Possessed has already expressed his views on the events in America in the guestbook, obviously we're human beings too, Tom was particularly affected by it as he was in New York and Washington only a couple of months ago. Still, life must go on, and the band feel that to change any of the site's content now would be hypocritical. One good point emerging was that the stupidity of the whole "dying for religion" thing inspired Tom to write the lyrics for a song provisionally titled "Fundamentally Scum," which is part of the current 6 song setlist, which also includes Chainsaw's "Six Feet Under and Rising."
What's this you say, a setlist? That's right, we've got our act together, and from now on we should be having weekly 45 minute rehearsals on Wednesdays, starting this Wednesday. Chainsaw and Inhumatus have already run through a few things together at a rehearsal at Inhumatus' house which Tom could not attend because he was having the ball bearings in his spine cleaned.
Of note this week is the fact that Chainsaw was thrashing so hard on his guitar that he actually managed to break his LOW E string. Also the tremolo's still broken from the last time he tried to play the solo form "Mandatory Suicide" by Slayer. Finally, we should remind you that there is a competiton that's still open, and so far we've had ONE fucking entry. Check the last update to the news page and get to it people, or we'll brick your house and violate your mother.
8/9/01 Yo fans, long time no idiotic ranting. This is mainly due to the back to college thing, plus the aftermath of the fuckedfest that was the Kluff Weekender. Anyway, the best news is that- finally- Inhumatus has acquired the Bass of Internal Bleeding, and it really is a monster of a guitar. To celebrate this we're giving you the chance to win - yes, WIN - Tom Possessed's famous reversible EFD/Dead Corpse shirt, complete with blood and beer stains, which he wore at the groundbreaking EFD gig in Feering, which will be signed by all the members of both bands. To win, send us your pictures, either hand or computer drawn, of Dead Corpse complete with The Bass, and the best one wins the shirt. Send 'em here by October 9th, Tom Possessed's Still Birthday.
Also newsworthy, Chainsaw has completed the initial songwriting stages of "Six Feet Under and Rising," and the first DC rehearsal is going to happen soon. This is currently one shit hot band.
28/8/01 Whoa! This site has now had over 500 visitors, which I think is pretty impressive considering we've yet to play a single grating death metal groove together, and somewhat spookily, visitor number 500 was Deth Machine, guitarist from our close friends EFD. Head to their site now and sign up to their newsletter, and while you're at it sign up to ours, unless you're some kind of pussy fuck.
27/8/01 The Fan Art page is now up and running, I know there's only one picture but it's a fuckin' start, so send us some more before I rip your face asunder with my giant metal-clawed hands.
25/8/01 Hope you all like the new look of the site (what do you mean you hadn't noticed?), I personally can't get enough of that navigation bar on the left. However, too much of this site is still down to me alone. Get the fucking message- we want your help!
23/8/01 After over a month of inactivity, the Dead Corpse website is throbbing with the latest cutting edge death metal news once again. The main reasons for the lack of activity have been Tom Possessed's trips to the USA and Holland, and his ongoing battle with the bottle. However, Dead Corpse are very much alive, so to speak, as proved by their participation in another brutal mosh pit at the EFD gig in Chappel on the 20th of August. As well as the fact that the music was awesome, especially new song "Hardcore Number One," Tom Possessed came up with the fucked up creation of the Five Man Wall of Death, in which Chainsaw sacrificed his body by going down first, and also let fly with some hardcore style flying kicks. Other noteworthy contributions came from Ed Pain, Slambert, crowdsurfing Charlie "Hard" Knox, and Hellion McAttack, riding on the back of Big Phill Satan. More excellent news is that Inhumatus will be purchasing The Bass soon, and Chainsaw has taken the decision to do vocals as well as guitar, so Dead Corpse will become a reality as a death metal threepiece. Also, shout outs to Chainsaw and Inhumatus, representing the band at the Reading festival this weekend, and to our friends in the States and Holland. It't great for the band to be globally known already, of ya don't believe me check out the guestbook.
15/7/01 Tom Possessed has had to turn down EFDs request that he sing for them at their concert at Colchester Arts Centre, as he will be in Holland at the time. Said Tom, "That's well annoying, I could have got real drunk and then, like sung." Chainsaw may be approached to do the job, as EFD vocalist Kluff The Barbarian will also be away.
Secondly, Tom Possessed has reviewed the totally insane EFD gig at Feering on the Reviews Page of this site. Don't forget you can still bid for the shirt he wore at the gig by clicking here, and make sure you also check out Sickboy's review of the gig here.
12/7/01 As you may have seen on the home page, an official Dead Corpse desktop wallpaper has been created, which you can get here if you haven't already. However, despite a plea some time ago, we still haven't received any fan art so we've been unable to create the fan art page. Even if it's just a crappy picture of a zombie on Paint, for fuck's sake send it to me personally here.
Secondly, details have emerged about a joint tour between Dead Corpse and EFD in either late 2001 or early 2002, expected to occur after Dead Corpse have recorded their Flesheater Rodeo EP. Tom Possessed has indicated that one track almost certain to be on the record is a cover of "Troops of Doom" by Sepultura. "It kicks ass," he said.
3/7/01 Two pieces of good news first of all. Especially good news is that by the end of August Inhumatus will have purchased the most killer bass I have ever seen, a Jackson KBX. This thing's a beast, check out their site. Secondly, Dead Corpse are likely to be using Colchester Sixth Form College as their place for rehearsals from September. Big things are happening in this band.
Something rather funny came to light today- Chainsaw does not actually know that the band has reformed, and I don't intend to tell the lazy bastard if he can't be bothered to check out the site. He was last seen asleep in Highwoods somewhere.
Inhumatus has flatly denied rumours that he stole £3000 from the Mersea Co-Op to buy lots of really small pieces of carpet, all the same colour. "That's a load of crap," he said, "As if they'd all be the same colour. I can't believe I did that."
And finally, EFD are playing a gig at Colchester Arts Centre in the near future. Anyone wishing to attend is advised to bring some people they don't like so everyone can kick the living shit out of them.
29/6/01 At Wedneday's absolutely killer EFD gig in Feering, Tom Possessed sensationally revealed, while standing on the bass amp chugging Buds, that Dead Corpse are as of now back together! An what's more, all sorts of shit has changed. Tom is now on drums, Chainsaw remains on guitar and Inhumatus is close to obtaining a bass. To celebrate the reunion, and to commemorate such an awesome gig, we are giving you the chance to buy Tom Possessed's unique, one of a kind homemade reversible EFD/Dead Corpse T-shirt he wore at the gig. On the front of the DC side is the old logo and on the back is the coolest zombie hand pic ever, and on the front of the EFD one is the name in blood and on the back is a cool ass ultimate warrior logo. What's more, the shirt is soaked in Budweiser and stained with the blood of Tom Possessed, Chainsaw and legendary DC supporter Jamie Cakes, blood drawn by the intensity of the pit, which actually took place on a harsh gravel surface. Send us your bids, which must be at least £2, and if someone buys it for enough money we'll even get both bands to sign it. Send bids to Tom Possessed now to own part of the band's history.
Unfortunately, as a result of the party and the Budweiser corporation, Tom Possessed was actually proclaimed clinically dead by doctors at 5.07 am on the 28th of June, but he maintains that he will carry on in his role in Dead Corpse.
And finally, the gingers have been released from captivity in Ireland. If you don't understand this then you evidently don't drink enough.
18/6/01 Hope you like the changes this site is going through, particularly the new entrance page and the background getting black and evil on your ass. Any minute now the Review Page is gonna pop up, hope you like it, I'm trying hard to get the band members to do stuff for it. The big news today is that Tom Possessed's new instrument has been revealed as the drums, an area where Dead Corpse were always lacking, suggesting that the band may reform with him on drums and a new vocalist, rumoured by some to be drunken fuck Geoffrey Davey. Also of interest is the news that this Thursday, Chainsaw is having his hair shaved off, as are Mutt, Sickboy and Quad from EFD.
17/6/01 Sorry about the relative inactivity of this site, what with the split and everything, but over the next few weeks things are gonna get real interesting with regards to Dead Corpse. Not just within the band, but also on the site. There will soon be added a Reviews, Fan Art, Merchandise, Letters and News page. However, we need your help. Send any cool fan art of zombies and stuff, in .bmp .gif or .jpg form, and send letters (i.e. emails) about anything you want to us now. Also, the Stampin' Ground gig last night fucking ruled!
15/6/01 You may have noticed a number of cool pictures appearing on the site. This is completely intentional. Official sources have confirmed that rumours of a spoken word solo album by Tom Possessed called "If I Were A Big Butch Lesbian" are, and we quote, "a load of old fuck." However, Tom apparently has been practicing on a new instrument, which would suggest that he has ended his career as a vocalist and may be preparing for a role with a new band, rumoured by some to be Colchester metallers EFD. American scientists are apparently interested in using Chainsaw for research into the abnormal forehead vein condition known as Having A Big Vein On Your Forehead. Inhumatus continues to be ignored by rumour-mongers, but his grandmother has been offered a job in an abbatoir following her impressive feat of catching a bird in mid air with her teeth then ripping it to pieces and putting the pieces around the base of a tree, which has now been declared criminally insane by the Dutch Foreign Legion. More news as we make it up...
14/6/01 The former members of Dead Corpse hereby issue a Death Warrant for Robin Benjamin. Make the fucker pay.
13/6/01 On a good note, we have now had a mindblowing 300 visitors to the site. On the down side, spare a thought for that illest of deathers, Sickboy, the Bentley One, who has been cruelly overpunished by the fascist police forces of Great Shitain. Anyone who wants to help out with the £800 fine should head to his site by clicking here:  Also there are rumours afoot that Noah did not actually save the animals two by two, but actually killed them all with a two by four.
12/6/01 The Internet is alive with rumours that Dead Corpse are set to reform soon, possibly with a new drummer and vocalist. This could spell the end for Tom Possessed's career with the band, and the new drummer is rumoured to be Pantera's Vinnie Paul. These rumours would tie in with those about Tom and Mutt's new cheesecore project, which is apparently going to be called Shitfaced Meat Cookie.
9/6/01 The band still remain apart, apparently not having spoken to each other since the split. However, rumours abound that Tom Possessed and Mutt from EFD are to form a cheesecore two piece and record an EP by the end of the month. Also, rumours are rife from Highwoods that Chainsaw is actually dead, and has been since the band started. Meanwhile Inhumatus is reportedly planning to get together with original DC members Truck Ass, Steven Hawking and Guy Giraudeau to reform the band with a new line up. We'll keep you posted...
6/6/01 The band has split up indefinitely following personal and musical conflict within the band. Rumours are rife that there will be a reunion concert as early as July, but Tom Possessed flatly denied the rumour, saying "They can all go to Hell because I hate them and I wish they were dead." Chainsaw said there wasn't "a hope in Hell" of a reunion- unless free beer was provided. Inhumatus, when questioned, said "What band?" We'll keep you posted on further developments.
5/6/01 Revamped the FAQ, there's now a cool story there, check it out! However, the band faces a technical problem, as Jim in his wisdom sold his mic amp to buy beer. By the way, I want to see all of you in my hood at the Stampin' Ground gig in Colchester on the 16th, it's gonna be ruling!
1/6/01 The site's one month old!
31/5/01 Changed a couple of things. Located original Sepultura guitarist Jairo T. See the link at the bottom of the page to Eminence, his new band!
26/5/01 Changed a few things cos I haven't done anything to the site for ages. Daytime TV's just too addictive. Well, actually it's shit.
18/5/01 Added a search engine and changed the menu a bit. If you don't believe me look down the side or at the bottom.
15/5/01 Finished school, had the Barbecue From Hell, our site has been approved of by Charlie (Knox, not Charlie Williams the famous porno chef) and I've touched up the site. By the way, when Matt read about me falling off my chair he fell off his laughing.
13/5/01 Now 100 visitors since the 4th of May. Hot damn!
10/5/01 Sorted out some picture problems. Remembered how good a word "pumping" is. Jim cut someone in half with his sword, I think.
8/5/01 Matt realised he wasn't in the band, Jim had 2 randoms in a History lesson and I altered the FAQ due to unease in the band about certain aspects.7/5/01 Added FAQ and Images pages, fell off my chair and it was really funny.
6/5/01 Added a guestbook, sign it now!
5/5/01 Added profiles and links, tidied up some rough edges. Now working on history page.
4/5/01 Added entrance page, changed colours and had to reset counter.
3/5/01 Added profile page and Inhumatus might be buying a bass!
2/5/01 Added a cool picture
1/5/01 Launched deadcorpse.iwarp.com!
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