---
title: "Pungent Stench"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/pungent-stench"
genre: "Death Metal"
country: "Austria"
formed: 1988
disbanded: 2007
---

# Pungent Stench

**Pungent Stench** is a death metal band, from Austria, active 1988 to 2007.

Pungent Stench is a death metal band from Vienna, Austria, formed in 1988. Their current lineup consists of Martin Schirenc (vocals/guitar), Jacek Perkowski (bass), and Mike G. Mayhem (drums). Pungent Stench achieved prominence in the death metal scene due to their unique style of extreme metal and controversial lyrics, a blend of gore, paraphilia, and black comedy. They dissolved in 1995, re-formed in 1999, then split up again 2007 after recording a final studio album, eventually released in 2018, and re-formed again in 2013 as "The Church of Pungent Stench" and renamed themselves again as "Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench" in 2014.

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

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Pungent Stench |
| Genre | Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Wien, Austria |
| Formed | 1988 |
| Disbanded | 2007 |
| Releases in catalog | 11 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Martin Schirenc](https://themetalnet.com/musician/martin-schirenc) | Guitar, Lead vocals | 1988 to 2007 | Former |
| [Gregor Marboe](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gregor-marboe) | Bass guitar | 2006 to 2007 | Former |
| [Alexander Wank](https://themetalnet.com/musician/alexander-wank) | Membranophone | 1988 to 2007 | Former |
| [Fabio Testi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/fabio-testi) | Bass guitar | 2004 to 2004 | Former |
| [Jacek Perkowski](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jacek-perkowski) | Bass guitar | 1988 to 1995 | Former |
| [Mario Klausner](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mario-klausner) | Bass guitar | 2001 to 2004 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1989 | [Extreme Deformity](https://themetalnet.com/album/2214d8ec-3ac5-4c33-ab19-dafefc7cd705) | EP |
| 1989 | [Pungent Stench / Disharmonic Orchestra](https://themetalnet.com/album/cf28d214-b3a7-45a8-a881-07358fd380e2) | Album |
| 1990 | [For God Your Soul… for Me Your Flesh](https://themetalnet.com/album/d584705a-2278-35ed-a8eb-d07bc4fae20f) | Album |
| 1991 | [Been Caught Buttering](https://themetalnet.com/album/c81da162-6ebc-3e0c-9960-cb22de44f5cb) | Album |
| 1991 | [Shisyu](https://themetalnet.com/album/a7e7b788-7086-32a0-8d8d-3d7337830de9) | EP |
| 1993 | [Dirty Rhymes and Psychotronic Beats](https://themetalnet.com/album/e54a875a-2893-387e-8329-b90a52a6fac2) | EP |
| 1994 | ["Club Mondo Bizarre" for Members Only](https://themetalnet.com/album/19183015-7488-3a71-b5c9-c895cf3453e1) | Album |
| 2001 | [Masters of Moral - Servants of Sin](https://themetalnet.com/album/ca3e7a67-3392-3ec7-a515-8afc7bd90f7f) | Album |
| 2004 | [Ampeauty](https://themetalnet.com/album/b3a9e418-fa14-3da0-8dbd-da6e73fa4969) | Album |
| 2010 | [The Pungent Stench Sessions](https://themetalnet.com/album/304d18a4-cbe7-4253-91af-c5eff5ded0bd) | Album |
| 2018 | [Smut Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/album/39a781b0-0f7b-4df3-8b47-7c14000e4bcc) | Album |

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- [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together)
- [Cannibal Corpse](https://themetalnet.com/band/cannibal-corpse) (listened together)
- [Bolt Thrower](https://themetalnet.com/band/bolt-thrower) (listened together)
- [Benediction](https://themetalnet.com/band/benediction) (listened together)
- [Pestilence](https://themetalnet.com/band/pestilence) (listened together)
- [Dismember](https://themetalnet.com/band/dismember) (listened together)
- [Autopsy](https://themetalnet.com/band/autopsy) (listened together)
- [Hypocrisy](https://themetalnet.com/band/hypocrisy) (listened together)
- [Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/death) (listened together)
- [Entombed](https://themetalnet.com/band/entombed) (listened together)
- [Vader](https://themetalnet.com/band/vader) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://pungentstench.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pungentstench.official
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4tZWy2EgSX3pgddGHhbdQ
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7A3kNjGDMpJ0JOGu8W3f9r
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/at/artist/27059318
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/10331
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pungentstenchofficial/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Pungent_Stench/174

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