Deeds of Flesh
American metal band
Deeds of Flesh is an American brutal death metal band from Los Osos, California, U.S. They were formed in 1993 by Jacoby Kingston, Erik Lindmark (1972–2018) and Joey Heaslet. They founded the label Unique Leader Records, which has become home to a number of death metal bands from around the world. Deeds of Flesh have released nine studio albums. Their most recent, Nucleus, was released in 2020.
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Deeds of Flesh formed in 1993. They signed to Wild Rags Records and released their first EP, Gradually Melted. They moved to the now-defunct Repulse Records, and released their first full-length album, Trading Pieces, in 1996.
Two years later, in 1998, they released a second album, Inbreeding the Anthropophagi, on the same label, with Brad Palmer replacing Joey Heaslet on drums. After this album was recorded, guitarist Jim Tkacz joined the band. The band lost their contract with the label and self-released a demo.
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