Arsis
Arsis, a young band from Virginia, have been turning heads with
their 2004 release
A Celebration Of Guilt .
Labelled a melodic death metal album,
Guilt breathes new life
into a genre that peaked several years ago and has been
oversaturated for some time now -- simply put, there is more punch,
vigor, and energy here than any album released under the melodic
death banner over the past several years.
And all this from a studio duo, a pair of guys who got together
in 2000 and recorded a couple of demos before wowing crowds with
some live shows (assisted by session musicians).
Well done indeed.
Discography
Studio
A Celebration Of Guilt
2004
Willowtip
Maddening Disdain
Seven Whispers Fell Silent
Return
Worship Depraved
Carnal Ways to Recreate the Heart
Dust and Guilt
Elegant and Perverse
The Sadistic Motives Behind Bereavement Letters
Looking to Nothing
Wholly Night
James Malone
Michael Van Dyne
A Diamond For Disease
EP
2005
Willowtip
A Diamond for Disease
Roses on White Lace
The Promise of Never
James Malone
Michael Van Dyne
United In Regret
2006
Willowtip
Oh, The Humanity
... And The Blind One Came
United In Regret
I Speak Through Shadows
Lust Before The Maggots Conquest
The Marriage Bed
The Cold Resistance
The Things You Said
Hopeless Truth
James Malone
Noah Martin
Michael Van Dyne
2006 Readers' Album
#74
As Regret Becomes Guilt
2007
Neg. Existence
Elegant and Perverse (2002 demo)
Wholly Night (2002 demo)
Worship Depraved (2002 demo)
Seven Whispers Fell Silent (2002 demo)
Veil of Mourning Black (2002 demo)
Fortune's Envy (2001 demo)
Close (2001 demo)
Painted Eyes (2001 demo)
Elegant and Perverse (2002 alternate version)
Seven Whispers Fell Silent (2002 alternate version)
James Malone
Michael Van Dyne
We Are The Nightmare
2008
Nuclear Blast
We Are The Nightmare
Shattering The Spell
Sightless Wisdom
Servants To The Night
Failing Winds Of Hopeless Greed
Overthrown
Progressive Entrapment
A Feast For The Liars Tongue
My Oath To Madness
Failures Conquest
James Malone
Ryan Knight
Noah Martin
Darren Cesca
2008 Readers' Album
#37
Starve For The Devil
2010
Nuclear Blast
Forced to Rock
A March for the Sick
From Soulless to Shattered (Art in Dying)
Beyond Forlorn
The Ten of Swords
Closer to Cold
Sick Perfection
Half Past Corpse O'Clock
Escape Artist
Sable Rising
Pound Of Flesh (For The Hell Of It)
James Malone
Nick Cordle
Nathaniel Carter
Michael Van Dyne
Lepers Caress
EP
2012
Scion A/V
Haunted, Fragile and Frozen
Six Coffins Wide
Veil of Mourning Black
A Tearful Haunt, Condemned
Carve My Cross
Denied
James Malone
Brandon Ellis
Noah Martin
Shawn Priest
Unwelcome
2013
Nuclear Blast
Unwelcome
Carve My Cross
Handbook For The Recently Deceased
Choking On Sand
Let Me Be The One
Sunglasses At Night
Martyred Or Mourning
No One Lies To The Dead
I Share In Shame
Scornstar
James Malone
Brandon Ellis
Noah Martin
Shawn Priest
Visitant
2018
Agonia
Tricking the Gods
Hell Sworn
Easy Prey
Fathoms
As Deep as Your Flesh
A Pulse Keeping Time with the Dark
Funeral Might
Death Vow
Dead Is Better
Unto the Knife
His Eyes (Pseudo Echo cover)
James Malone
Brandon Ellis
Noah Martin
Shawn Priest