---
title: "Gorguts"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/gorguts"
genre: "Death Metal"
country: "Canada"
formed: 1989
---

# Gorguts

**Gorguts** is a death metal band, from Canada, active 1989 to present.

Gorguts is a Canadian death metal band formed near Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1989. The band has gone through various membership changes since its inception; its only constant member has been guitarist-vocalist and co-founding member Luc Lemay, who remains the driving force of the band. To date, they have released five full-length albums and one EP. Their most recent release, Pleiades' Dust, was released on May 13, 2016. Their latest full-length album, Colored Sands was released in 2013 and was nominated for a Juno Award. Musically, the band is known for its complex, dense form of technical death metal, and has become "one of the most advanced, experimental, and challenging groups in the entire genre."

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorguts

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Gorguts |
| Genre | Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Sherbrooke, Canada |
| Formed | 1989 |
| Releases in catalog | 6 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death) · [Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Colin Marston](https://themetalnet.com/musician/colin-marston) | Bass guitar | 2009 to present | Current |
| [Éric Giguère](https://themetalnet.com/musician/eric-giguere) |  |  | Current |
| [Luc Lemay](https://themetalnet.com/musician/luc-lemay) | Lead vocals, Electric guitar | 1989 to present | Current |
| [Patrick Robert](https://themetalnet.com/musician/patrick-robert) |  |  | Current |
| [Steeve Hurdle](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steeve-hurdle) |  |  | Current |
| [Stéphane Provencher](https://themetalnet.com/musician/stephane-provencher) |  |  | Current |
| [Steve Cloutier](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-cloutier) |  |  | Current |
| [Steve MacDonald](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-macdonald) |  |  | Current |
| [Sylvain Marcoux](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sylvain-marcoux) |  |  | Current |
| [Daniel Mongrain](https://themetalnet.com/musician/daniel-mongrain) |  | 1999 to 2001 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1991 | [Considered Dead](https://themetalnet.com/album/45a7e3ac-5243-31ca-ae45-d77dfb1322be) | Album |
| 1993 | [The Erosion of Sanity](https://themetalnet.com/album/536d8774-5ec6-350a-835f-c5a33b5fd4eb) | Album |
| 1998 | [Obscura](https://themetalnet.com/album/eb122d7a-13d6-3bd8-a3f1-0ae8ffb753e1) | Album |
| 2001 | [From Wisdom to Hate](https://themetalnet.com/album/8e070c46-dd57-370a-81ff-2761dcb80f0a) | Album |
| 2013 | [Colored Sands](https://themetalnet.com/album/6153aa16-7ec4-483d-9592-29039fc27f25) | Album |
| 2016 | [Pleiades’ Dust](https://themetalnet.com/album/c1adc342-c844-4971-9fd1-23e89b148e97) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/death) (listened together)
- [Immolation](https://themetalnet.com/band/immolation) (listened together)
- [Cryptopsy](https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptopsy) (listened together)
- [Morbid Angel](https://themetalnet.com/band/morbid-angel) (listened together)
- [Carcass](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcass) (listened together)
- [Nile](https://themetalnet.com/band/nile) (listened together)
- [Suffocation](https://themetalnet.com/band/suffocation) (listened together)
- [Cannibal Corpse](https://themetalnet.com/band/cannibal-corpse) (listened together)
- [Atheist](https://themetalnet.com/band/atheist) (listened together)
- [Bolt Thrower](https://themetalnet.com/band/bolt-thrower) (listened together)
- [Deicide](https://themetalnet.com/band/deicide) (listened together)
- [Pestilence](https://themetalnet.com/band/pestilence) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Gorguts/1124
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GorgutsOfficial
- bandcamp: https://gorguts.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/64114
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Q4ioaeWOOlKFVPNdFvp9q
- x: https://twitter.com/gorgutsofficial
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/109309091
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/gorgutsofficial
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gorgutsofficial/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/gorguts](https://themetalnet.com/band/gorguts). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt