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* AscendedExtra: John "Sparky" Voyles was a roadie before being welcomed in to replace Brian Latta.



* PromotedExtra: John "Sparky" Voyles was a roadie before being welcomed in to replace Brian Latta.

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* PromotedExtra: John "Sparky" Voyles was a roadie before being welcomed in to replace Brian Latta.



* RevolvingDoorBand: Infamous for their generally unstable lineups, though the current lineup seems to be quite stable for now.

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* RevolvingDoorBand: Infamous Had major problems with this for their generally unstable lineups, though the current a while. That being said, they have not had a lineup seems to be quite stable for now.shift since Mike Kimball left in 2008 and are steadily creeping towards LongRunnerLineup territory.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: John Gallagher is pushing forty and hasn't visibly aged very much at all since the early 2000s.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: John Gallagher is pushing forty in his early forties and hasn't visibly aged very much at all since the early 2000s.
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* TeenGenius: Kevin Talley was no older than eighteen or nineteen when Gallagher, Netherton, and Latta first met him, and he was around nineteen when he recorded ''Killing on Adrenaline''.
* TheRival: To Music/{{Suffocation}}, to some degree, but the two bands are good friends with one another and carry deep mutual respect for their work.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: John Gallagher is pushing forty and hasn't visibly aged very much at all since the early 2000s.
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* OneOfUs: Trey's love for video games is quite well known.
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* BaldOfAwesome: John Gallagher.
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* EpicRocking: "Procreate the Malformed" is the longest at 7:05; other than that, there's "Abandon All Hope" (6:22) and "Raping the System" (6:11).
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* CoverVersion: A fair amount. "[[NapalmDeath Scum'', ''Unchallenged Hate]]", "Judgment Day" (Integrity), "Streaks of Blood" (Baphomet), "Bringing Back the Glory" (Next Step Up), "Twisted Truth" (Pestilence), "Fade into Obscurity" (Dehumanized), "Gorehog" (Broken Hope), "Unleashed Upon Mankind" (Bolt Thrower), "[[CannibalCorpse Born in a Casket]]"... they've covered a lot of stuff.

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* CoverVersion: A fair amount. "[[NapalmDeath Scum'', ''Unchallenged Hate]]", "Judgment Day" (Integrity), "Streaks of Blood" (Baphomet), "Bringing Back the Glory" (Next Step Up), "Twisted Truth" (Pestilence), "Fade into Obscurity" (Dehumanized), "Gorehog" (Broken Hope), "Unleashed "[[Music/BrokenHope Gorehog]]", "[[Music/BoltThrower Unleashed Upon Mankind" (Bolt Thrower), Mankind]]", "[[CannibalCorpse Born in a Casket]]"... they've covered a lot of stuff.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Kevin Talley's manic, frenzied, incredibly physical playing style is almost as recognizable as his ability to learn whole sets in a matter of hours.


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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: The reason why Talley is as in demand as a live session fill-in as he is is because he can learn whole setlists in the span of a few hours and play them absolutely 100% perfectly.
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* PromotedFanboy: Trey.


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* RockTrio: Since 2007. They initially decided to try and find a replacement for Mike Kimball but decided to continue on as a trio.

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Netherton did at least half of the vocals on the releases he was on.


* LeadBassist: Jason Netherton and Sean Beasley, both a combination of Type A and C.
** Beasley is also a type B, providing vocals alongside Gallagher.

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* LeadBassist: Jason Netherton and Sean Beasley, both a combination of Type A and C.
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Beasley is also a type both qualify as types A and B, providing vocals alongside Gallagher.with Netherton additionally qualifying as a C due to his status as a founding member.
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** Beasley is also a type B, providing vocals alongside Gallagher.
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* ClusterFBomb: "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog"


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* TakeThat: "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog" is actually one of these against the mainstream music industry, and even goes so far as to specifically name the Spice Girls, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews and REM.
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Several former members have gained some degree of fame on their own, with Netherton having formed Misery Index and Vince Matthews having formed Criminal Element, while Kevin Talley gained his own fame by way of session fill-ins for just about every band imaginable.

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Several former members have gained some degree of fame on their own, with Netherton having formed Misery Index Music/MiseryIndex and Vince Matthews having formed Criminal Element, while Kevin Talley gained his own fame by way of session fill-ins for just about every band imaginable.
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* SpecialGuest: Talley has made an entire career out of this. If there's a band who is currently without a drummer and needs one for live or studio session work, there's a very high chance that Talley will fill the spot.
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* RefugeInVulgarity: Their name, which Gallagher admitted was an attempt to be as offensive as possible. He chalks it up to their being a bunch of teenaged shitheads at the time.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Gallagher, mostly because he's the only consistent member and the only remaining member of the original lineup.



* SignatureSong: "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog", "One Shot, One Kill", "Homicidal Retribution", and "Your Treachery Will Die With You".
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* StartMyOwn: Netherton with Misery Index and Matthews with Criminal Element, respectively.
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* {{Deathcore}}: Not themselves, no, but they helped laid down the foundation for the genre as a whole.

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* {{Deathcore}}: Not themselves, no, but they helped laid lay down the foundation for the genre as a whole.
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* SignatureSound: If you hear a song that mixes extremely fast blasting portions, winding tech portions that make heavy use of sweep picking, and mid-paced mosh riffs that also sports a high rasp/low grunt dual vocal system and frequently follows a rap-like cadence, then it's probably a Fetus song.

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* SignatureSound: SignatureStyle: If you hear a song that mixes extremely fast blasting portions, winding tech portions that make heavy use of sweep picking, and mid-paced mosh riffs that also sports a high rasp/low grunt dual vocal system and frequently follows a rap-like cadence, then it's probably a Fetus song.
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* SignatureSong: "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog" and "Your Treachery Will Die With You".

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* SignatureSong: "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog" Dog", "One Shot, One Kill", "Homicidal Retribution", and "Your Treachery Will Die With You".You".
* SignatureSound: If you hear a song that mixes extremely fast blasting portions, winding tech portions that make heavy use of sweep picking, and mid-paced mosh riffs that also sports a high rasp/low grunt dual vocal system and frequently follows a rap-like cadence, then it's probably a Fetus song.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: The title for "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog" came from Gallagher's high school days, as he went to a Catholic school and was the only person in the school who listened to metal, which his classmates derisively referred to as "'kill your mother, rape your dog' music". Gallagher more or less threw it in to the song in question for the hell of it, with no intention of the song ever becoming the SignatureSong and live staple that it did.

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* AppropriatedAppellation: The title for "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog" came from Gallagher's high school days, as he went to a Catholic school and was the only person in the school who listened to metal, which his classmates derisively referred to as "'kill "that 'kill your mother, rape your dog' music". Gallagher more or less threw it in to the song in question for the hell of it, with no intention of the song ever becoming the SignatureSong and live staple that it did.
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* NoExportForYou: Generally averted, as most of their bonus tracks have showed up on domestic releases at some point or another; "Reduced to Slavery", however, is a straight example.

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* NoExportForYou: Generally averted, as most of their bonus tracks have showed up on domestic releases at some point or another; "Reduced to Slavery", however, is was a straight example.example until the 2010 rerelease of ''Grotesque Impalement'', where it was added along with a few unreleased tracks.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: The title for "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog" came from Gallagher's high school days, as he went to a Catholic school and was the only person in the school who listened to metal, which his classmates derisively referred to as "'kill your mother, rape your dog' music". Gallagher more or less threw it in to the song in question for the hell of it, with no intention of the song ever becoming the SignatureSong and live staple that it did.


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* SignatureSong: "Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog" and "Your Treachery Will Die With You".
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* {{Gorn}}: A common lyrical theme of their early material.

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* {{Gorn}}: A common lyrical theme of their early material. Hell, even their name counts.
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* CoverVersion: A fair amount. "[[NapalmDeath Scum, Unchallenged Hate]]", "Judgment Day" (Integrity), "Streaks of Blood" (Baphomet), "Bringing Back the Glory" (Next Step Up), "Twisted Truth" (Pestilence), "Fade into Obscurity" (Dehumanized), "Gorehog" (Broken Hope), "Unleashed Upon Mankind" (Bolt Thrower), "[[CannibalCorpse Born in a Casket]]"... they've covered a lot of stuff.

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* CoverVersion: A fair amount. "[[NapalmDeath Scum, Unchallenged Scum'', ''Unchallenged Hate]]", "Judgment Day" (Integrity), "Streaks of Blood" (Baphomet), "Bringing Back the Glory" (Next Step Up), "Twisted Truth" (Pestilence), "Fade into Obscurity" (Dehumanized), "Gorehog" (Broken Hope), "Unleashed Upon Mankind" (Bolt Thrower), "[[CannibalCorpse Born in a Casket]]"... they've covered a lot of stuff.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Gallagher, mostly because he's the only consistent member and the only remaining member of the original lineup.
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Dying Fetus is an American technical/brutal death outfit from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Characterized by a mix of spastic technical sections, mid-paced, heavily NYHC-influenced pit riffs, and a dual-vocal approach, Dying Fetus has become one of the most prominent faces of American death metal, having proved highly influential to both their fellow death metal acts and to the [[{{Deathcore}} deathcore]] genre as a whole. They have also gained a reputation as some of the premiere road warriors in metal, with the moments that they're not on tour being few and far between.

Formed in 1991 by John Gallagher (guitar, vocals), and Jason Netherton (bass, vocals), the band was not taken as a particularly serious endeavor until Nick Speleos (guitar, vocals) joined, with Gallagher doubling up on drums in lieu of a full-time drummer. This lineup recorded the ''Bathe in Entrails'' demo. In late 1993, a drummer, Rob Belton, was found, while Brian Latta replaced the departing Speleos, the latter pushing Gallagher back into the vocalist role. From there on out, they have had a fairly unstable lineup, with Gallagher being the only consistent figure, though Sean Beasley (bass, vocals) and Trey Williams (drums) have been the longest-lived members since Netherton himself.

Several former members have gained some degree of fame on their own, with Netherton having formed Misery Index and Vince Matthews having formed Criminal Element, while Kevin Talley gained his own fame by way of session fill-ins for just about every band imaginable.

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Discography:

* ''Bathe in Entrails'', 1993 - demo
* ''Infatuation with Malevolence'', 1994 - demo
* ''Infatuation with Malevolence'', 1995 - compilation of first two demos
* ''Purification Through Violence'', 1996
* ''Killing on Adrenaline'', 1998
* ''Grotesque Impalement'', 2000 - EP
* ''Destroy the Opposition'', 2000
* ''Killing on Live'', 2002 - live DVD
* ''Vengeance Unleashed/The Beating Goes On'', 2002 - split with Deepred
* ''Stop at Nothing'', 2003
* ''War of Attrition'', 2007
* ''Descend into Depravity'', 2009
* ''History Repeats...'', 2011 - cover EP
* ''Reign Supreme'', 2012

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This band provides examples of the following tropes:

* CoverVersion: A fair amount. "[[NapalmDeath Scum, Unchallenged Hate]]", "Judgment Day" (Integrity), "Streaks of Blood" (Baphomet), "Bringing Back the Glory" (Next Step Up), "Twisted Truth" (Pestilence), "Fade into Obscurity" (Dehumanized), "Gorehog" (Broken Hope), "Unleashed Upon Mankind" (Bolt Thrower), "[[CannibalCorpse Born in a Casket]]"... they've covered a lot of stuff.
* {{Deathcore}}: Not themselves, no, but they helped laid down the foundation for the genre as a whole.
* DeathMetal: One of the [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifiers]] for brutal death, along with Suffocation, Internal Bleeding, and Pyrexia.
* {{Gorn}}: A common lyrical theme of their early material.
* HardcorePunk: Takes heavy influence from NYHC, something that Netherton expanded upon with Misery Index.
* IndecipherableLyrics: Even for death metal thanks to Gallagher's notoriously low grunt.
* LeadBassist: Jason Netherton and Sean Beasley, both a combination of Type A and C.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: A very solid 10.
* MotorMouth: Gallagher does this occasionally, most notably on "Fornication Terrorists".
* MurderBallad: "Subjected to a Beating", "Your Treachery Will Die With You", "Permanently Disfigured"... they have a lot of these.
* NoExportForYou: Generally averted, as most of their bonus tracks have showed up on domestic releases at some point or another; "Reduced to Slavery", however, is a straight example.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Gallagher has been accused of wiggerdom in the past, primarily due to his stated love of hip-hop.
* ProtestSong: A good portion of their songs from ''Destroy the Opposition'' onward.
* ReligionRantSong: "Praise the Lord (Opium of the Masses)", among others.
* RevolvingDoorBand: Infamous for their generally unstable lineups, though the current lineup seems to be quite stable for now.
* SopranoAndGravel: Sort of. Clean vocals are nowhere to be found and would be very out of place, but Beasley (and Netherton, by extent) contrasts Gallagher's extremely low grunts with his somewhat higher vocals, which are fairly reminiscent of the Tampa Bay Area sound.
* TechnicalDeathMetal: They focus on pit breaks enough to not entirely qualify, but they are known for their technical sections as much as they are known for their breakdowns.
* TropeMaker: For Baltimore-style death metal; while they weren't the first band from that area to gain prominence, they did lay the groundwork for the heavily NYHC-influenced brand of death metal as played by Misery Index, Criminal Element, Covenance, Severed Head, Fuck U All, and other Baltimore-area death metal outfits.

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