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Ulcerate is a New Zealand-based technical death metal band formed by guitarist Michael Hoggard and drummer Jamie Saint Merat in 2000. The band have released seven studio albums to date. The band have been featured in numerous articles as one of New Zealand's most prominent extreme metal acts, have toured widely across North America and Europe, and have been compared favourably to bands such as Neurosis and Gorguts. The band's sound has been described as "nauseating, disorienting and gleefully disharmonic", and is characterised by extremely technical death metal with extensive use of dissonance

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Musical artist.name
Ulcerate
Musical artist.background
group_or_band
Musical artist.image
Ulcerate 2014.jpg
Musical artist.landscape
yes
Musical artist.caption
Guitarist Michael Hoggard at Hellfest 2014
Musical artist.alias
Bloodwreath (2000-2003)
Musical artist.origin
Auckland, New Zealand
Musical artist.genre
Technical death metal, post-metal
Musical artist.years_active
2000–present
Musical artist.label
Neurotic, Deepsend, Willowtip, Candlelight, Relapse, Debemur Morti
Musical artist.current_members
Jamie Saint MeratMichael HoggardPaul Kelland
Musical artist.past_members
Mark SeeneyJared CommererJames WallaceMichael RothwellPhil KusabsBen ReadOliver GoaterWilliam Cleverdon

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2000-00-00
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2000-00-00
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Contents
  • History
  • Early days (2000–2005)
  • ''Of Fracture and Failure'' and ''Everything is Fire'' (2006–2009)
  • ''The Destroyers of All'' and ''Vermis'' (2010–2014)
  • ''Shrines of Paralysis'' and ''Stare Into Death and Be Still'' (2015–2023)
  • ''Cutting the Throat of God'' (2024–present)
  • Musical style and influences
  • Band members
  • Discography
  • Studio albums
  • Extended plays
  • Compilation albums
  • References
  • External links

Ulcerate is a New Zealand-based technical death metal band formed by guitarist Michael Hoggard and drummer Jamie Saint Merat in 2000. The band have released seven studio albums to date. The band have been featured in numerous articles as one of New Zealand's most prominent extreme metal acts, have toured widely across North America and Europe, and have been compared favourably to bands such as Neurosis and Gorguts. The band's sound has been described as "nauseating, disorienting and gleefully disharmonic", and is characterised by extremely technical death metal with extensive use of dissonance, time signature changes, and complex song structures.

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