Aborted

Aborted, formed in 1995, is a Belgian death metal band.

History

Founded by vocalist Sven de Caluwé, who was able to find additional members in 1997, they released a demo tape and eventually got the band signed to their first deal on 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 also on French label Listenable Records. Aborted are currently signed to Century Media and have toured with such acts as Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Cephalic Carnage, Cryptopsy, Grave, Hatesphere, Immolation, Impaled, Kataklysm, Krisiun, Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Visceral Bleeding and Vesania.

In 2007 a fanbase for Aborted arose under the collective name of the Aborted Army. Organised primarily for the attendance at the metal festival Hellfest Summer Open Air, the Aborted Army soon made a name for themselves and has since grown to include many worldwide members. The Aborted Army are a loyal fanbase who attend Aborted shows dressed in blood splattered surgical gear such as surgical masks and gloves. The inspiration for this was taken from the 2003 release of the album Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done which included a demented surgeon on the cover artwork. The Aborted Army are constantly adding new members to their ranks via their MySpace page and festival forums.

Members

Current members

• Sven de Caluwé - vocals (1995–present)
• Sebastien "Seb Purulator" Tuvi - guitar/backing vocals (2005-present)
• Peter Goemaere - guitar (2006-present)
• Sven 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)

Guest appearances

• Hendrik "Henne" Vanwynsberghe (Demonizer) - Vocals on "The Sanctification Of Fornication" from the album The Purity of Perversion (2000)
• Kurt (Ectopia) - Vocals on "Wrenched Carnal Ornaments" from the album The Purity of Perversion (2000)
• Michael Bøgballe (Mnemic) - Vocals on "Dead Wreckoning" from the album The Archaic Abattoir (2005)
• Bo Summer (Illdisposed) - Vocals on "The Gangrenous Epitaph" from the album The Archaic Abattoir (2005)
• Jacob Bredahl (Hatesphere) - Vocals on "Threading on Vermillion Deception" from the album The Archaic Abattoir (2005)
• Jacob Bredahl (Hatesphere) - Vocals on "Avenious" from the album Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (2007)
• Jeff Walker (Carcass) - Vocals on "An Odious Emanation" and "A Methodical Overture" from the album Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (2007)
• Mark "Barney" Greenway (Napalm Death) - Guest vocals on the album Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture
• Sianevsky (Bastard Son of Gwad) - Vocals on "Hereditary Band" from the album Strychnine.213 (2008)

Trivia

It has been rumored that original members (and brothers) Koen (guitar) and Niek Verstraete (bass) have started up a death metal project of their own, in the vein of (early) Aborted, this however has been refuted by frontman/vocalist (and sole original member) Sven de Caluwé.

• Vocalist Sven de Caluwé has been the founding member/drummer of Leng Tch'e, a grindcore side project that grew in prominence alongside Aborted. He recently quit this project to prioritize his main band.
• De Caluwé is currently working on a new grindcore related side project in Israel.^{[citation needed]}
• Aborted is a member of Metalheads against racism.
  

Discography

Demos

• The Necrotorous Chronicles (1997)
• The Splat Pack (1998)

Albums and EPs

• The Purity of Perversion (1999)
• Engineering the Dead (2001)
• Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003)
• The Haematobic (EP, 2004)
• The Archaic Abattoir (2005)
• Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (2007)
• Strychnine.213 (2008)

Splits

• Eructations Of Carnal Artistry (split CD with Christ Denied) (2000)
• 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)

DVDs

• The Auricular Chronicles (Live DVD) (2006)