Oppressor

Oppressor is a death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, which formed in 1991 and disbanded in 1999. They released three albums, "Elements of Corrosion", "Agony", and "Solstice of Oppression". Three of the band's members went on to form alternative metal band Soil.

==History== Oppressor was started in May 1991 by Tim King and Adam Zadel. A month later, they found another guitarist, Jim Stopper, and a drummer, Tom Schofield. They recorded their first demo, World Abomination, in 1991. A second demo, As Blood Flows, recorded in 1993, got them a record deal with Red Light Records, who released their first full-length album, Solstice of Oppression, in 1994. Shortly after the album's release, Red Light went bankrupt. In the meantime before finding another label, the band released a one-off live album/compilation album with Megalithic Records, entitled Oppression Live/As Blood Flows. Megalithic, a Milwaukee, WI label, also went bankrupt after a few months of activity. They managed to score a record deal with Olympic Recordings and released Agony in 1996.