Salt the Wound

Salt the Wound is an American deathcore band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed on September 11, 2001.

Salt the Wound have released one demo, two EPs and two full-length studio albums. Salt the Wound have achieved mainstream success in 2008 through their debut studio album, Carnal Repercussions which has attracted radio airplay as well as touring requests. Collectively, they have sold 75,000 records worldwide.Vorlage:Citation needed The band has finished recording their second full-length album, entitled Ares, which was released September 15, 2009.

On October 30, 2009, Salt the Wound announced that they are "haning up the towel" and currently are scheduling a farewell tour that will start at the beginning of 2010.

Musical style

Salt the Wound's musical style is essentially deathcore, which is an amalgamation of metalcore and death metal, they also include influences of melodic death metal in their music. Their vocal style contains death metal-stylized death growl vocals along with metalcore screaming (or yelling) and "pig squeal" vocals. Along with "ultra-fast" drumming that includes blast beats, guitar playing that features down-tuned guitars with melodic breakdowns. Salt the Wound have stated that they are primarily influenced by bands such as All Shall Perish, The Black Dahlia Murder, and The Dillinger Escape Plan.

Band members

Current members

• Matthew Wesolly – vocals
• Vince Stropki – guitar
• Jake Scott – guitar
• Brian Martinez – bass guitar
• Rob Walters – drums

Former members

• Matthew Tanner – vocals
• Kevin Schaefer – vocals
• Dave Mihalik – bass guitar
• Abe Zieleniec – bass guitar
• Jim Agrippe – drums (founding member)
• Nick Cetrone – drums
• Tim McCullough – drums
• Mike Kawkabany – vocals, guitar (founding member)

Discography

Albums

• Carnal Repercussions (2008)
• Ares (2009)

EPs

• It's Taken Too Long (2004)
• Bedsprings and Bloodshed (2005)
• Salt the Wound (2007)

External links

• Vorlage:MySpace