Aborted

Biography :

Aborted is a European death metal band formed in Waregem, Belgium in 1995. The band comprises vocalist and founder Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Ken Sorceron, bassist Cole Martinez and and drummer Dirk Verbeuren. The band members of Aborted hail from Belgium, France, Israel and the United Kingdom. Aborted has released six studio albums, two EPs and one live performance DVD.

Allmusic stated, that Aborted "had grown into the role of key contributors to the death-grind genres" and described the band's style as "unrestrained grindcore savagery and meticulously crafted death metal technicality".


History :

Aborted was founded by the Belgian vocalist Sven de Caluwé in 1995; susequently released a demo tape and eventually were signed to Uxicon Records. Since then the band has released three splits (on Soulreaper Records, Bones Brigade, and Listenable Records, respectively), six full albums, an EP, and a DVD. Aborted are currently signed to Century Media. According to Allmusic, Aborted "had grown into the role of key contributors to the death-grind genres".

On December 1, 2009, frontman Sven de Caluwé has announced the band's current line-up, including his former Whorecore co-member Eran Segal on guitar, his System Divide co-member Cole Martinez on bass, guitarist Ken Sorceron and former collaborator Dirk Verbeuren on drums. The band released a the Coronary Reconstruction EP, the first with the new line-up, on January 14, 2010. Since May 2010, Aborted is working on new material.


Band Members :

Current Members :

* Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé - Lead Vocals (1995–present)
* Eran Segal - Guitar (2009–present)
* Ken Sorceron - Guitar (2009–present)
* Cole Martinez - Bass (2009–present)
* Dirk Verbeuren - Drums and Percussion (2003–2004, 2009–present)

Studio Session and Live Members :

* Étienne Gallo - Live Drums (2006)
* Dave Haley - Studio Drums For Slaughter and Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (2006)
* Matan Shmuely - Live Drums in Israel (2006)
* Ariën van Wesenbeek - Live Drums (2007)
* Ken Bedene - Live Drums (2009–present)

Former Members :

* Niek Verstraete - Guitar (1997–2002)
* Christophe Herreman - Guitar (1998–2000)
* Thijs De Cloedt - Guitar (2000–2006)
* Bart Vergaert - Guitar (2002–2005)
* Stephane Soutreyard - Guitar (2005–2006)
* Matty Dupont - Guitar (2006)
* Sebastien "Seb Purulator" Tuvi - Guitar, Backing Vocals (2006–2009)
* Peter Goemaere - Guitar (2007–2009), Bass (2006–2007)
* Koen Verstraete - Bass (1997–2002)
* Frederik Vanmassenhove - Bass (2002–2006)
* Olivia Scemama - Bass (2006)
* Sven "Svenchi" Janssens - Bass (2007–2009)
* Steven Logie - Drums (1997–1998)
* Frank Rousseau - Drums (1998–2003)
* Gilles Delecroix - Drums (2004–2006)
* Daniel Wilding - Drums (2007–2009)


Discography :

Studio Albums :

* Aborted - The Purity of Perversion (Uxicon, 1999)
* Aborted - Engineering the Dead (Listenable, 2001)
* Aborted - Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (Listenable, 2003)
* Aborted - The Archaic Abattoir (Listenable, 2005)
* Aborted - Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (Century Media, 2007)
* Aborted - Strychnine.213 (Century Media, 2008)

Extended Plays :

* Aborted - The Haematobic EP (Listenable, 2004)
* Aborted - Coronary Reconstruction (Century Media, 2010)

DVDs :

* Aborted - The Auricular Chronicles (Listenable, Live DVD, 2006)

Demos :

* Aborted - The Necrotorous Chronicles (Demo, Esophagus, 1997)
* Aborted - The Splat Pack (Demo, 1998)

Splits :

* Aborted - Eructations of Carnal Artistry (split CD with Christ Denied, 2000)
* Aborted - Created to Kill (4-way split CD with Misery Index, Brodequin and Drowning) (2002)
* Aborted - Deceased in the East/Extirpated Live Emanations (live split 10" vinyl with Exhumed, 2003)