Aborted

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Aborted
Aborted performing live at Coolness'tival 2007
Background information
Origin	Beveren, Belgium
Genre(s)	Deathgrind (early) Death metal
Years active	1995–present
Label(s)	Listenable, Century Media
Associated acts	Leng Tch'e, Whorecore, Distorted, System Divide, Benighted
Website	www.goremageddon.be
Members
Sven de Caluwé Sebastian "Seb Purulator" Tuvi Peter Goemaere Sven Janssens Dan Wilding

Aborted, formed in 1995, is a Belgian death metal band. Founded by vocalist Sven de Caluwé, Aborted released a demo tape and eventually were signed to Uxicon Records. Since then the band has released three splits (on Soulreaper Records, Bones Brigade, and Listenable Records, respectively), five full albums, an EP, and a DVD. Aborted are currently signed to Century Media.

Aborted have a dedicated fanbase organized under the collective name of the Aborted Army, who attend Aborted shows dressed in blood splattered surgical gear, inspired by the cover of the album Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done, which included a demented surgeon.

Members

Current members

• Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé - vocals (1995–present)
• Sebastien "Seb Purulator" Tuvi - guitar/backing vocals (2005-present)
• Peter Goemaere - guitar (2006-present)
• Sven "Svenchi" Janssens - bass (2007-present)
• Dan Wilding - drums (2007-present)

Previous members

• Matty Dupont - guitar (2006)
• Jess Moyle - guitar (2006)
• Stephane Soutreyard - guitar (2005–2006)
• Bart Vergaert - guitar (2002–2005)
• Thijs De Cloedt - guitar (2000-2006)
• Christophe Herreman - guitar (1998-2000)
• Niek Verstraete - guitar (1997-2002)
• Olivia Scemama - bass (2006)
• Frederik Vanmassenhove - bass (2002-2006)
• Koen Verstraete - bass (1997-2002)
• Gilles Delecroix - drums (2004-2006)
• Frank Rousseau - drums (1998-2003)
• Steven Logie - drums (1997-1998)

Studio session & live members

• Ariën van Wesenbeek - live drums (2007)
• Étienne Gallo - live drums (2006)
• Dave Haley - studio drums for Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (2006)
• Dirk Verbeuren - live & studio drums (2003-2004)
• Matan Shmuely - live drums in Israel (2006)

Discography

CDs, demos, splits

• The Necrotorous Chronicles (Demo, Esophagus, 1997)
• The Splat Pack (Demo, 1998)
• The Purity of Perversion (CD, 1999)
• Eructations of Carnal Artistry (split CD with Christ Denied, 2000)
• Engineering the Dead (CD, Listenable, 2001)
• Created to Kill (4-way split CD with Misery Index, Brodequin and Drowning) (2002)
• Deceased in the East/Extirpated Live Emanations (live split 10" vinyl with Exhumed, 2003)
• Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (CD, Listenable, 2003)
• The Haematobic EP (CD, Listenable, 2004)
• The Archaic Abattoir (CD, Listenable, 2005)
• Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (CD, Century Media, 2007)
• Strychnine.213 (CD, Century Media, 2008)

DVDs

• The Auricular Chronicles (Listenable, Live DVD, 2006)^[1]

References

External links

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• Aborted's official website
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