{{Short description|American death metal band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Horrendous | image = Horrendous (band) 2024.webp | image_size = | landscape = yes | caption = Horrendous performing at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland | origin = Philadelphia, United States | genre = Death metal, progressive metal | years_active = 2009–present | label = {{flatlist| * Dark Descent Records * Season of Mist }} | website = | current_members = * Damian Herring * Matt Knox * Jamie Knox * Alex Kulick }}
'''Horrendous''' is an American progressive death metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band has released five full-length studio albums to date, the most recent being ''Ontological Mysterium'', released through Season of Mist on August 18, 2023.
==History== The band was formed by Damian Herring and brothers Matt and Jamie Knox in 2009, with bassist Alex Kulick joining the band in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/horrendous|title=Horrendous, Idol album, Death Metal (news, biography, releases, downloads, line-up, tour dates) {{!}} Season of Mist, Metal Label|website=www.season-of-mist.com|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> While the band's debut album ''The Chills'' displayed a relatively traditional approach to the death metal genre, the band has since moved towards a more progressive metal sound, a development and style which has been compared with that of Death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21134-anareta/|title=Horrendous: Anareta Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Brian |date=September 28, 2018 |title=The Horrendous Future Of Death Metal Has Arrived |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/the-horrendous-future-of-death-metal-has-arrived/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928205156/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/the-horrendous-future-of-death-metal-has-arrived/ |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=Invisible Oranges |language=en}}</ref> The band's 2014 album ''Ecdysis'' and more recent albums have received critical acclaim from major publications such as ''Pitchfork'', ''Decibel'', ''Stereogum'' and ''Spin''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9772-the-best-metal-albums-of-2015/|title=The Best Metal Albums of 2015 {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|date=21 December 2015 |access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.axs.com/uk/decibel-magazine-names-horrendous-anareta-album-of-the-year-70886|title=Decibel Magazine names Horrendous' 'Anareta' album of the year|work=AXS|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1722663/the-50-best-metal-albums-of-2014/franchises/2014-in-review/attachment/ecdysis-horrendous-2/|title=Horrendous – Ecdysis (Dark Descent) Stereogum|website=www.stereogum.com|date=3 December 2014 |access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/10/review-horrendous-anareta/|title=Review: Horrendous, Anareta|date=2015-10-27|work=Spin|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> The band participated in Maryland Deathfest in May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=BrooklynVegan |title=Maryland Deathfest 2016 Friday pics & review (Horrendous, Paradise Lost, Wormed, Magrudergrind & more) |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/maryland-deathfest-2016-friday-may-27/ |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}}</ref> Their most recent album ''Ontological Mysterium'' was chosen as Decibel's top album of 2023.<ref name="db2023">{{cite web |last1=Decibel Magazine |title=SPOILER: Here Are Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2023 |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2023/11/16/spoiler-here-are-decibels-top-40-albums-of-2023/ |website=Decibel |date=16 November 2023 |access-date=2023-11-17}}</ref>
== Members == * Damian Herring – guitars, vocals (2009–present) * Matt Knox – guitars, vocals (2009–present) * Jamie Knox – drums (2009–present) * Alex Kulick – bass (2016–present)
== Discography == '''Studio albums''' * ''The Chills'' (2012) * ''Ecdysis'' (2014) * ''Anareta'' (2015) * ''Idol'' (2018) * ''Ontological Mysterium'' (2023)
'''EPs and singles''' * ''Sweet Blasphemies'' (2009) * ''Sentenced'' (2016)
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