Desensitised

History

Desensitised was born in 2001. The band was not actually formed but evolved from the band Catafalque, in which Susan Gerl (guitars/additional vocals), Steven Vaassen (vocals) and Rutger Noij (drums) were part of. They recorded a demo-CD titled 'CD 2001'.

In July 2002 their MCD 'Thriving on Carnage' was released by Dutch Bleedin’ Hemorrhoids records and was generally very well received in many magazines worldwide. 'Thriving on Carnage' contains seven songs of old-school death metal incorporating elements of grindcore.

In June 2003 Desensitised entered the studio again to record five new songs for their second release 'Bought Beauty'. These 5 tracks were released as a split CD with French death metal/grindcore band Peach Her. The split was released by Grodhaisn productions, from the Czech Republic, in June 2004. The band shot a video for the track 'Black Gold' in cooperation with Lowlife Media.

After some major changes in their line-up the band seemed to have found the right chemistry in 2004 and started concentrating on writing new songs and playing live. Desensitised have played some successful gigs, amongst others with Arch Enemy, Suffocation, Pungent Stench, Master and Impaled Nazarene.

In February 2005 the band recorded their first full-length CD entitled 'Virus of Violence', which was released on Pathos Productions (USA) in July 2006.

In August 2006 bassist Jeroen was replaced by Raets who also played the bass on 'Thriving on Carnage'.

In 2008 they changed their name to Murder Syndicate.

(source: Desensitised, 2008; last chapter added by AM)
(discography incomplete)