Vastum is an American

death metal Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ...

band, formed in 2009 in

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. The current line-up of the band consists of guitarist and vocalist Leila Abdul-Rauf, vocalist Daniel Butler, drummer Adam Perry, guitarist Greg Brace, and bassist Colin Tarvin. The band is noted for its lyrics, which deal with themes such as

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and

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, and are influenced by French writer

Georges Bataille Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; ; 10 September 1897 – 8 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, ...

and psychoanalyst

Jean Laplanche Jean Laplanche (; 21 June 1924 – 6 May 2012) was a French author, psychoanalyst and winemaker. Laplanche is best known for his work on psychosexual development and Sigmund Freud's seduction theory, and wrote more than a dozen books on psych ...

. Musically, the band's releases feature a

sound based on "slow to mid-tempo, grinding grooves, interspersed with up-tempo shifts, and a bellowing, enunciated growl." The band's third studio album, ''Hole Below'', was listed as number 19 on

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's list of "The Best Metal Albums of 2015."

Members

;Current * Leila Abdul-Rauf — guitar, vocals (2009—present) * Daniel Butler — vocals (2009—present) * Shelby Lermo — guitar (2013—present) * Chad Gailey — drums (2013—2015, 2018—present) * Colin Tarvin - bass (2023—present) ;Past * Luca Indrio — bass guitar (2009—2023) * R.D. Davies — drums (2009—2011) * Kyle House — guitar (2009—2013) * Adam Perry — drums (2011—2013, 2015—2018) Timeline

Discography

;Studio albums * ''Carnal Law'' (2011) * ''Patricidal Lust'' (2013) * ''Hole Below'' (2015) * ''Orificial Purge'' (2019) * ''Inward to Gethsemane'' (2023)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Musical groups established in 2009 Death metal musical groups from California Musical groups from San Francisco 2009 establishments in California