Death
Death is the termination of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include biological aging (senescence), predation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, homicide, starvation, dehydration, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death. Death has commonly been considered a sad or unpleasant occasion, due to the termination of social and familial bonds with the deceased or affection for the being that has died. Other concerns include fear of death, necrophobia, anxiety, sorrow, grief, emotional pain, depression, sympathy, compassion, solitude, or saudade.
Etymology
The word death comes from Old English deað, which in turn comes from Proto-Germanic *dauthuz (reconstructed by etymological analysis). This comes from the Proto-Indo-European stem *dheu- meaning the "Process, act, condition of dying".
Associated terms
The concept and symptoms of death, and varying degrees of delicacy used in discussion in public forums, have generated numerous scientific, legal, and socially acceptable terms or euphemisms for death. When a person has died, it is also said they have passed away, passed on, expired, or are gone, among numerous other socially accepted, religiously specific, slang, and irreverent terms. Bereft of life, the dead person is then a corpse, cadaver, a body, a set of remains, and when all flesh has rotted away, a skeleton. The terms carrion and carcass can also be used, though these more often connote the remains of non-human animals. As a polite reference to a dead person, it has become common practice to use the participle form of "decease", as in the deceased; another noun form is decedent. The ashes left after a cremation are sometimes referred to by the neologism cremains, a portmanteau of "cremation" and "remains".
Deceased (band)
Deceased is a death/thrash metal band from Virginia that have attained a cult following throughout a lengthy career. In 1990 they were the first band to sign with Relapse Records, and released four albums and a number of EPs before parting ways with the label in 2003. Their sound centers around themes of horror, with lyrics barked and sometimes narrated by vocalist and founder King Fowley.
History
King Fowley and guitarist Doug Souther started the band in 1984 in Arlington, VA with a goal to “out-thrash Slayer.” They experimented with a number of band names, formations and styles before settling on the Deceased name and first real lineup in 1986 consisting of Fowley on drums and vocals, Mark Adams joining Souther on guitar, and bassist Rob Sterzel. Tragedy struck the group on March 3, 1988 when Sterzel and several friends, including the brother of guitarist Doug Souther, were killed in a hit-and-run accident. Les Snyder became the bassist later that year. Souther quit and was replaced by Mike Smith in 1991. The lineup of King Fowley, Mike Smith, Mark Adams, and Les Snyder lasted over a decade and recorded some of the group's most celebrated works. Changes began to reshape the band in 2003, when Dave "Scarface" Castillo stepped in as drummer, enabling Fowley to be frontman and vocalist. Mark Adams left in 2007 and was replaced by Shane Fuegal. Mike Smith retired from live performances in 2006, but remains a key songwriter and studio guitarist. Les Snyder relocated to Texas in 2009 and usually performs live for shows close to home.
Podcasts:
Deceased
ALBUMS
- Rescue Ladders & Human Barricade: 3rd Bombardment released: 1986
Deceased
ALBUMS
- Surreal Overdose released: 2011
- Worship the Coffin released: 2009
- Fearless Undead Machines released: 2008
- As the Weird Travel On released: 2005
- Legions of Arrggghhhh released: 2004
- Corpses, Souls & Other Strangeness released: 2003
- The Radiation Years released: 2002
- Up the Tombstones!!! Live 2000 released: 2002
- Supernatural Addiction released: 2000
- The Blueprints for Madness released: 1995
- Luck of the Corpse released: 1991
Worship the Coffin
Released 2009- Fading Survival
- Psychedelic Warriors
- Experimenting With Failure
- Industrial Tumor
- Feasting on Skulls
- Terrifying Specters
- Nuclear Exorcist
- Shrieks From the Hearse
- A Trip to the Morgue
- Below the Tombstone
- Planet Graveyard
- Futuristic Doom
- Haunted Cerebellum
- Gutwrench (live)
- Nuclear Exorcist (live)
- Shrieks From the Hearse (live)
- The Cemetery's Full (live)
- Planet Graveyard (live)
- A Trip to the Morgue (live)
Corpses, Souls & Other Strangeness
Released 2003- Fading Survival
- The Cemetery's Full
- Experimenting With Failure
- Futuristic Doom
- Haunted Cerebellum
- Decrepit Coma
- Shrieks From the Hearse
- Psychedelic Warriors
- Feasting on Skulls
- Birth by Radiation
- Gutwrench
- The Thirteen Frightened Souls
- Robotic Village
- Voivod
- Planet Graveyard / Nuclear Exorcist
- The Thirteen Frightened Souls (alternate take)
- Robotic Village (alternate take)
- Fading Survival (live)
- The Cemetery's Full (live)
The Radiation Years
Released 2002- Birth by Radiation
- Vomiting Blood (88 Demo)
- Virus (88 Demo)
- Hallucinating Mutants (88 Demo)
- Worship the Coffin (88 Demo)
- Immune to Burial (88 Demo)
- Decrepit Coma
- Deformed Tomorrows (88 Demo)
- Nuclear Exorcist
- Shrieks From the Hearse
- A Trip to the Morgue (89 Demo)
- Below the Tombstone (89 Demo)
- Planet Graveyard
- Futuristic Doom
- Haunted Cerebellum
- After the Bloodshed '98
- Vomiting Blood '98
- Immune to Burial '98
- Sick Thrash '98
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As the Weird Travel On
by: DeceasedUnselfish the death is passed to someone new
Dreadful dreary night will set the tone
Night, this evil night, for on this night
It knows who'll be the one to die
Night, this evil night, for on this night
The grip of death's closer
Night, this evil night, for on this night
The waiting line to suffer
Night, this evil night, for on this night
It was always you who'd be the one to die!
Say your prayers and lock your doors from a visit from
dread
The only chance you had is gone the visitor's here
Beware the errors in your life a visit from dread
Say your prayers and lock your doors the visitor's here
Say your prayers and lock your doors from a visit from
dread
The only chance you had is gone the visitor's here
Beware the errors in your life a visit from dread
There are no prayers, no doors to lock. The victim is
YOU!
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