Angelcorpse was a blackened death metal band born on the ashes of Pete Helmkamp's previous band, Order from Chaos, originally from Kansas City, Missouri, and relocated to Tampa, Florida. They formed in 1995, with a line-up of Helmkamp, guitarist Gene Palubicki, and drummer John Longstreth, and recorded a demo, Goats to Azazael, which led to a contract with Osmose Productions. The band's debut album, Hammer of Gods, was released in 1996, after which rhythm guitarist Bill Taylor joined, playing on second album Exterminate (1998). Drummer Tony Laureano joined shortly after its release but Taylor left. The band's third album, The Inexorable, was released in the fall of 1999, after which Taylor rejoined. While on tour with Immortal, Satyricon, and Krisiun, in support of The Inexorable, the band had an accident in their tour van, in which Helmkamp was injured. On the same tour, Helmkamp's girlfriend was stabbed, and he decided to leave the band. The rest of the band continued for a while but decided to split up.
Suckled at the teat of the she-wolf
I was born in the light of the gibbous moon
Fathered by vengeance and carnal lust
Unholy matrimony of blood and sperm
Wolflust
Shape shift moonlight feral scent
Spurting frothing seed raracious dread
Terror bathing ensanguined venom flows
Parting the flesh of the daughters of men
Wolflust
Beast of raping blood
Pillaging unclean desire
Loathsome hellhound nightmare of death
Where shadows fall-beware
Twilight unscathing
Bloodbath infant rending
A spell a cry from limb from limb
Enter on all fours the witch
The hunger slaked my loins now spent
Silence entombs save for the howling of the damned
Hell has fufilled my blackened destiny
Bestial deeds of hell paced death