Ulcerate

Ulcerate
Guitarist Michael Hoggard at Hellfest 2014
Background information
Also known asBloodwreath (2000-2003)
OriginAuckland, New Zealand
GenresTechnical death metal, post-metal
Years active2000–present
LabelsNeurotic, Deepsend, Willowtip, Candlelight, Relapse, Debemur Morti
MembersJamie Saint Merat
Michael Hoggard
Paul Kelland
Past membersMark Seeney
Jared Commerer
James Wallace
Michael Rothwell
Phil Kusabs
Ben Read
Oliver Goater
William Cleverdon
Websitewww.ulcerate-official.com

Ulcerate is a New Zealand-based extreme metal band formed by guitarist Michael Hoggard and drummer Jamie Saint Merat in 2000. The band have released seven studio albums to date. The band have been featured in numerous articles as one of New Zealand's most prominent extreme metal acts, have toured widely across North America and Europe, and have been compared favourably to bands such as Neurosis and Gorguts. The band's sound has been described as "nauseating, disorienting and gleefully disharmonic", and is characterised by extremely technical death metal with extensive use of dissonance, time signature changes, and complex song structures.