Cianide

This US death metal band was formed in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois, by Mike Perun (bass/vocals) and Scott Carroll (guitar). Like so many others from their genre, Cianide made their initial impression with two demo cassettes, Funeral and Second Life. The addition of drummer Jeff Kabella helped bring their crushing musicianship and steadfast exhortations on the nature of decomposition to a wider audience, and the trio went overground in 1992 with The Dying Truth. Building on their influences (Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Venom, Death), A Descent Into Hell (1994) delivered a further c...