Withered bio

Chris Freeman - guitars and vocals Greg Hess - bass guitar Mike Thompson - guitars and vocals Wes Kever - drums

Withered was formed in the early summer of 2003 in Atlanta, GA. Chris and Mike, founding and current members of the grindcore/crust punk band social infestation, wanted to explore extreme music and create something with black metal overtones and dramatic guitar melodies while still clinging to their punk and grind roots. They needed an unrelenting percussion force to accomplish this so they called upon long time friend and accomplished drummer, Wes Kever (ex puaka balava). the three piece began to write and discovered what kind of band withered was going to become. After a few songs they realized it was time to find the bassist that could fill out withered's sound and audibly obliterate their listeners. They called upon Greg Hess, the former bassist for leechmilk(RIP). He was known for pummeling his instrument and his menacing sludgy background helped shape what would become withered as it is today. withered has been touring and stirring up a frenzy in the eastern US supporting bands like mastodon and exhumed. they spent the first half of 2004 completing their 5 song EP "order born from chaos" (soon to be released) with producer Michael Green (light pupil dilate). They have released 3 of the songs on a demo CD which has been gaining tremendous momentum and praise. Songs like "the fear and pain that cripples me" are an unrelenting force of grind and metal while the almost nine minute epic "like locusts" embraces the darkest attributes of life with lulling guitar melodies, majestic riffage, and blistering verses. this is just a sign of everything that's to come from withered as they are establishing a new standard for heavy music as we know it.