Perversity
History
The band was founded in October 1995 by Martin Marincak (vocals) and Jozef "Dodi" Kosc (guitar). The first two demos ('The Embarrassed' – 1997, 'Personal' – 1999) opened the band the door to the underground scene. After some personal changes, in January 2001, the new line-up was formed: Martin (vocals), Dodi (guitar), Marek Stasak (drums), Dano Kochanik (guitar) and Martin Kukol (bass). These five guys managed to record two albums.
At the beginning of 2003 the debut album 'In the Garment of Lust' was released by the French label Perennial Quest Records.The material contains 8 new songs and 1 song, 'Disillusioned' (re-recorded), from the first demo. It is a brutal death metal stuff and it helped Perversity to get to the world UG.
In November 2004 the second album 'Words Like Poison' was released by the Slovak label Forensick Music. The CD contains 33 minutes of brutal technical death metal.
The new vocalist Juraj "Kazatel" Handzuš joined the band in September 2003. Since May 2004 the band has had a new drummer Martin "Mystik" Horgoš and the era of unholy death metal has started. The band has managed to support "gods" Suffocation and Vital Remains. The new guitarist Robert Vanya joined the band in July 2005. The line-up working on the next album was: Jozef Košč (guitar), Martin Kukol (bass), Juraj Handzuš (vocals), Martin Horgoš (drums) and Robert Vanya (guitar). Meanwhile the CDr 'Demos & Rarities Collection' was done in April 2006. It contains remastered demos and a couple of live tracks.
The third album 'Beyond the Reach of Heaven' was recorded in February/March 2007. It contains 9 tracks, 35 minutes of pure death metal music with message from Immolation or Incantation. The CD was released by the Czech label Grodhaisn Production at the beginning of 2008.
In September 2007 the new bassis Slavomir "Sly" Koval joined the band. In April 2009 the next personal change occured. Marian "Elvis" Petrík became the new guitarist. He had been the vocalist in the Slovak death metal legend Insepultus in the years 2000-2002.
The 15th anniversary of the band was celebrated at the concert in Presov on September 25, 2010. At the end of March 2011 Perversity recorded their 4th album entitled 'Ablaze' in the studio Klakson in Slovakia. The line-up was Jozef Košč (guitar), Slavomir Kovaľ (bass), Juraj Handzuš (vocals), Martin Horgoš (drums) and Marian Petrík (guitar). It came out via Czech label Lavadome Productions in August 2011.
In summer 2012 new drummer Peter "Necrocyklo" Jakubík became a member. He had played in the Presov bands Demonoid Virtue, Khadaver, Wayd and Symetria.
In 2013 the band recorded a new EP 'Infamy Divine' with the line-up Juraj Handzuš (vocals), Jozef Košč (guitar), Slavomir Kovaľ (bass) and Peter Jakubík (drums). The EP features 5 songs plus outro. Musically, the band continues to brush the subterranean, blasphemous brutality, deeply rooted in European and US death metal. The EP will be out towards the end of 2013 via Lavadome Productions.
(source: Perversity, November 2013, last chapter added by AM)