DETRIMENT IS A SMOOTH BLEND OF, "OLD SKOOL", DEATH METAL MIXED WITH HARD GROOVE, AND BRUTAL THRASHING RIFFS. DETRIMENTS UNCOMPROMISING APPROACH TO THEIR MUSIC HAS KEPT IT TRUE, AND BRUTAL FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS. DETRIMENT IS MIKE LANE ON DRUMS, RYAN GOMEZ, AND J.D. GOMEZ ON DUELING GUITARS, RYAN ALSO ON BACK-UP VOCALS, AND SCOTT SCRASIC ON BASS. DETRIMENT WAS FORMED BY MIKE LANE, RYAN GOMEZ, AND J.D. GOMEZ IN 1992. NATIVES OF THE SOUTH BAY, DETRIMENT PLAYED THE L.A. CIRCUIT RELENTLESSLY. THEIR FIRST DEMO, RELEASED IN 1994 ENTITLED,"DETRIMENT", WAS A HIT AMONG LOCAL RECORD STORES AND RADIO STATIONS. DETRIMENT HAS A HUGE NOTORIETY AMONG THE L.A. DEATH METAL SCENE PLAYING WITH SUCH BANDS AS, DISGORGE, SEPSISM, AND RISE. DETRIMENT ALSO BECAME A "GO-TO" BAND. THEY STARTED THROWING DEATH METAL SHOWS WHICH RESULTED IN THEIR OWN UNDERGROUND SCENE. AFTER THE RELEASE OF THEIR FIRST DEMO, DETRIMENT WENT THROUGH SEVERAL LINE-UP CHANGES INCLUDING THE DEPARTURE OF FOUNDING MEMBER RYAN GOMEZ. IN 1996 HE RETURNED TO THE BAND ALONG WITH NEW BASSIST SCOTT SCRASIC WHICH FUELED THE BAND WITH NEW IDEAS AND A NEW SPARK OF INTENSITY. DETRIMENT WAS RIGHT. THEY HAD THE FOUNDING MEMBERS, NEW SONGS, AND THEY WERE READY TO CONQUER ANY CHALLENGES SET AGAINST THEM. DERTRIMENT BEGAN PLAYING BIGGER SHOWS IN HOLLYWOOD, AND STARTED TO APPEAR IN MORE MAGAZINES IN THE L.A. CIRCUIT. DETRIMENT WENT ON TO MAKE THEIR SECOND DEMO GAINING THEM MORE POPULARITY AMONG LOCAL DEATH METALERS. FOR 7 MORE YEARS, DETRIMENT PLAYED MORE HEADLINING, AND SUPPORTING SHOWS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. WITH THE RELEASE OF 2007'S, "DISCORDANCY", DETRIMENT IS FRESHER THAN EVER. WITH AN ARSENAL OF NEW MATERIAL, DETRIMENT IS BACK PLAYING WITH SUCH BANDS AS, MY RUIN, AND VEHEMENCE. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN FEATURED IN PIT MAGAZINE. DETRIMENT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON NEW MATERIAL FOR THEIR Jan 1ST 2009 RELEASE.
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