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Audiotopsy is an American heavy rock quartet whose sound is comprised of melodic hooks, straight-ahead metallic riffs, and dynamic, big-production atmospherics. They refer to themselves as a "progressive hard rock band."
Formed in 2014 by
Mudvayne's guitarist
Greg Tribbett (also a former member of
Hellyeah) and drummer
Matt McDonough, the band is fronted by
Skrape vocalist
Billy Keeton and rounded out by bassist
Perry Stern.
The group began jamming and writing together in 2014 with the goal of setting themselves apart with their songwriting and dynamic presentation. Almost immediately, they gelled as a unit and began recording their debut album at the Porch Studio in Orlando, Florida with engineer Tim Laud. After entertaining offers from several labels, they signed with Napalm Records. "Headshot," a preview track, appeared on various websites in July of 2015, followed in August by "The Calling." The full-length
Natural Causes was issued in early October. ~ Thom Jurek