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Psychomanthium:(To conjure the dead) a small six-sided room with mirrored walls and ceiling. This was used as a way to communicate with the dead. Spirits would come through the mirrors and contact the channeler the danger came when any spirit can come through even if it wasn't invited.

The roots of the band "Psychomanthium" goes back a few years. The name was used for a project which included founding member Derek “Neglect” Schilling, Anthony Arkham, & Martin Missy from the old school thrash band Protector. It was a pure old school speed metal band. They recorded only 3 songs, and were set to record a full cd on Still Dead productions, but the label screwed us over big-time, and with us living in NY and Martin living in Sweden/Germany it was hard to keep it going so the band stopped.

PUT TOGETHER IN 2007, DEREK PUT TOGETHER THE NEW PSYCHOMANTHIUM.WITH A NEW LINE UP, AND MORE BRUTAL SOUND... THE MISSION IS SIMPLE, TO BRING BACK THE BRUTALITY OF THE OLD SCHOOL & REMIND PEOPLE WHAT HAS BEEN MISSING FROM TODAYS METAL. THE CATCHINESS, THE BRUTAL GROOVE THAT’S BEEN LOST IN A WORLD OF BLAST BEATS AND GUITAR NOODLING.

WITH DEREK NEGLECT'S DISTINCT RIFFS, PETE MOTIVE'S OWN BRUTAL DRUM STYLE, TED’S THUNDEROUS BASS, AND GARY THE JUGGERNAUT'S SKULLCRUSHING VOCALS & LEADS, YOU GOT A FRESH TAKE ON THE OLD SCHOOL BRUTAL METAL/HARDCORE SOUND.

NOTHING TRENDY, NOTHING "NU", NO AMERICANIZED VERSIONS OF SWEDISH GUITAR RIFFS, NO SUPER DOUBLE BASS AND GRINDS EVERYWHERE AND DEFINITELY NOTHING "EMO". JUST KILLER, HEAVY IN YOUR FACE METAL, BRINGING BACK WHAT WAS LOST FROM THE OLD SCHOOL METAL/HARDCORE SCENES. IT’S METAL WITH A SLIGHT SPINKICK OF HEAVY HARDCORE & A DISEMBOWELMENT FROM DEATH METAL.

PSYCHOMANTHIUM TOOK NO TIME IN WRITING & RECORDING PLENTY OF MATERIAL, & BRINGING A BRUTALLY HEAVY LIVE SHOW. WHICH BROUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE NEW LABEL NO JOKE RECORDS FROM CA..

TOGETHER THEY RELEASED PSYCHOMANTHIUM’S DEBUT C.D. “BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER”, 14 TRACKS OF BRUTAL METAL FOR THE MASSES TO CONSUME.

AFTER PLAYING A BUNCH OF SHOWS TO PROMOTE THE DEBUT CD THE BAND STARTED WRITING FOR THEIR NEXT INSATLLMENT IN BRUTAL METAL.

DURING THE WRITNG PROCESS, DEREK SUFFERED A STROKE WHICH LEFT HIM OUT OF COMISSION, AND PETE AND HIS BABY BORN ON X-MAS DAY WHICH ALSO PUT HIM ON A BRIEF HIATUS.

DURING DEREK'S RECOVERY & PETE CELEBRATING HIS CHILD'S BIRTH, GARY UNEXPECTEDLY QUIT THE BAND. THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE HE FELT THAT WE IGNORE HIS GIRLFRIEND TO MUCH, YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT. SO WE WERE LEFT WITHOUT A SINGER/LEAD-GUITARIST.

BUT THIS DID NOT STOP THE PSYCHOMANTHIUM MACHINE. AFTER LOOKING AROUND FOR A REPLACEMENT GUITARIST/SINGER WE GOT A NEW SINGER IN PHIL SKIZM (ALSO IN THE BAND CIRCADIAN SKIZM). HIS KILLER RANGE OF BRUTAL VOCALS MAKES HIM A KILLER ADDITION TO THE PSYCHO RANKS,, PHIL ALSO HAS TAKEN OVER ON BASS DUTIES. WE ALSO HAVE GOTTEN A NEW 2ND GUITARIST IN BRIAN HOBBIE (EX-INTERNAL BLEEDING, CATASTROPHIC,VITAL REMAINS) HIS BRUTAL STYLE OF RIFFAGE AND OLD SChOOL LEADS MIXED WITH DEREK'S RIFFAGE WILL BRING PSYCHOMANTHIUM TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF BRUTALITY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. WRITNG HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND FOR OUR NEXT RELEASE AND LOOK FOR IT IN 2009!

PSYCHOMANTHIUM HAS MEMBERS FROM MANY A KNOWN METAL/HARDCORE ACTS LIKE: NEGLECT, INTERNAL BLEEDING, CATASTROPHIC, UNEARTHLY TRANCE, VITAL REMAINS, DAY I DREAD, SHALLOWS OF THE MUNDANE, ARKHAM 13, MOTIVE, THE GUILTY PARTY, CLEANSER, JIMMY SMASH, DEATH-HAMMER, TO NAME A FEW.

THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT THE "PSYCHOMANTHIUM" PAGE, CHECK OUT THE TUNES, COME CHECK OUT ONE OF OUR INTENSE, BRUTAL LIVE SHOWS, & LEAVE US A COMMENT LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

PICK UP OR DOWNLOAD A COPY OF OUR DEBUT C.D. “BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER” THE C.D. ROCK ZONE SAYS: “This is not just a Blueprint For Murder but a Blueprint for Hardcore metal at it's best!”

KEEP IT BRUTAL & KEEP IT OLD SCHOOL!

PSYCHOMANTHIUM...OLD SCHOOL LONG ISLAND BRUTAL METAL!

LIVE @ VILLAGE PUB LINDENHURST, LONG ISLAND 9-19-08