Internal Void

{{Short description|American doom metal band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist |  | name = Internal Void | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[Frederick, Maryland]], U.S. | genre = [[Doom metal]], [[stoner metal]] | years_active = 1987–present | label = [[Hellhound Records|Hellhound]], [[Southern Lord Records|Southern Lord]], Dogstreet | associated_acts = [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]], [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]], [[Unorthodox (doom band)|Unorthodox]], [[Earthride]], [[Iron Man (band)|Iron Man]], [[Penance (band)|Penance]], Dream Death | website = | current_members = J.D. Williams Kelly Carmichael Adam Heinzmann Mike Smail | past_members = Eric Little Ronnie Kalimon }}

'''Internal Void''' is an American [[doom metal]] band from [[Frederick, Maryland]].<ref name=amg>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p205355|pure_url=yes}} Internal Void] at [[Allmusic]]</ref>

==Biography== Internal Void came together in 1987 after Kelly Carmichael, Eric Little and Adam Heinzmann attended a [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]] concert.<ref name=doomed>[https://secure.washingtoncitypaper.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=q:\DocRoot/2005/050506/DOOM ''Doomed from the Start'']{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Washington City Paper]] May 6, 2005 (Retrieved May 21, 2007)</ref><ref name=hellride>[http://www.hellridemusic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4075 Internal Void interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805152734/http://www.hellridemusic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4075 |date=August 5, 2009 }} Hellride Music October 4, 2004 (Retrieved May 22, 2008)</ref> The band later recruited J.D. Williams as a vocalist<ref name=doomed/> and put out two demo recordings in the late 80s/early 90s (''Voyage'' and ''Smokestack'').<ref name=hellride/><ref name=MusicMight>[http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{362CDD65-E9AA-4000-8825-142B457 Internal Void]{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [[MusicMight]]</ref> [[Hellhound Records]] picked them up in the early 90s along with several other Maryland doom bands ([[The Obsessed]], [[Wretched (doom metal band)|Wretched]], [[Unorthodox (band)|Unorthodox]], [[Iron Man (band)|Iron Man]], [[Revelation (band)|Revelation]]). They had two songs featured on the Hellhound sampler ''What the Hell!'' in 1991. In 1993 they released their debut album, ''Standing on the Sun''. This would prompt a nationwide tour with label-mates [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]].<ref name=MusicMight/> Not much was heard from the band after Hellhound's demise until 2000, when [[Southern Lord Records]] released the band's second album, ''Unearthed'', and a split single with Italian doom artist Paul Chain. By this time original drummer Eric Little had been replaced with former Unorthodox drummer Ronnie Kalimon.<ref name=amg/> Kalimon would later be replaced by doom veteran Mike Smail ([[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]], Dream Death, [[Penance (band)|Penance]])<ref name="amg" /> and in 2004 the band self-released their latest album, ''Matricide''. Internal Void have appeared on numerous tribute albums, included albums dedicated [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]], [[Blue Cheer]], and Italy's [[Death SS]].

Carmichael, Heinzmann and Smail all joined [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] in 2004 and are featured on Pentagram's album, ''[[Show 'Em How]]''.<ref name=amg/><ref>[http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{36E3EB91-2B3D-431A-BAEC-18D7267 Pentagram]{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [[MusicMight]]</ref>

==Members== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Current members *J.D. Williams – vocals (1987–present) *Kelly Carmichael – guitar (1987–present) *Adam Heinzmann – bass (1987–present) *Mike Smail – drums (2004–present) {{col-2}} ;Former members *Eric Little – drums (1987–1995) *Tony Saunders - drums (1995-1996) *Ronnie Kalimon – drums (1996–2004) {{col-end}}

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==Discography==

===Albums=== *''Standing on the Sun'' – 1992 *''Unearthed'' – 2000 *''Matricide'' – 2004 *''Voyage'' – 2012

===Singles=== *"Window to Hell" split 7-inch with – 2000

===Compilation tracks=== *"Nothing but Misery" and "Internal Void" on ''What the Hell!'' – 1991 *"Blindside" on ''Metal Injection'' – 1998 *"Parchman Farm" on ''Blue Explosion: Tribute to [[Blue Cheer]]'' – 1999 *"Murder Angels" on ''Beyond the Realms of [[Death SS]]'' – 1999 *"Black Wings of Deceit" on ''Doom Capital'' – 2004 *"Prayer for the (M)Asses" on ''A Timeless Tale'' – 2004

===Demos===

*''Unreleased'' – 1988 *''Basement Tapes'' – 1988 *''Voyage'' – 1991 (official released by Svart Records in 2012 as LP)

==References== <references/>

[[Category:American doom metal musical groups]] [[Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Maryland]] [[Category:American stoner rock musical groups]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1987]] [[Category:Musical quartets from Maryland]] [[Category:Hellhound Records artists]] [[Category:1987 establishments in Maryland]]