Coprofago (band)
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Coprofago was formed in Santiago, Chile on June of 1993 by Sebastián Vergara (guitar, vocals) and Pablo Alvarez (guitar), plus two friends of theirs.
With that young line-up (all still at school), the band recorded a standard death metal demo that sold out immediately, getting also the attention of some mags in Chile, but generally without good reviews. With the addition of Marcelo Ruiz on drums and Felipe Castro on bass, the band started to develop a more faster and progressive material, due to Pablo’s growing interest in Jazz-fusion at that time. With the release of 1997´s Images of Despair, and later 2000’s Genesis, the band started to get more attention and was invited to share stage with grindcore masters Krisiun, local heroes Criminal and other Chilean bands.
Silently, but always increasing, the band started to get media and fan attention all over the world and forums, receiving comparisons with technical bands like Cynic, Meshuggah and also words of praise from Atheist, Darkane and even Watchtower members. Those words finally reach the ears of the French label Sekhmet that signed the band and release the Genesis album in Europe. Great reviews from all over the world were received.
Few weeks before the European release, Marcelo and subsequently Pablo moved to Sweden, which led the band to a period of inactivity until mid 2003, when they came back and started to write the music for their following album, "Unorthodox Creative Criteria", released on July 2005. The rather uncommon mixture of death metal with progressive rock bordering at times with jazz fusion was the biggest success in bands' history, leading them to play in one of the biggest festivals in Europe.
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[edit] Current members
- Pablo Alvarez - Guitar, Vocals
- Felipe Castro - Bass
- Marcelo Ruiz - Drums
- Sebastian Vergara - Guitar, Vocals
[edit] Former members
- Rodrigo Castro - Bass
- Pablo Solari - Bass 1993-1996
- Ignacio Suit - Drums 1993-1996
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- Images of Despair 1999
- Genesis 2000
- Unorthodox Creative Criteria 2005
[edit] Demos
- Demo I 1994
