---
title: "Ulcerate"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/ulcerate"
genre: "Death Metal"
country: "New Zealand"
formed: 2000
---

# Ulcerate

**Ulcerate** is a death metal band, from New Zealand, active 2000 to present.

Ulcerate is a New Zealand-based technical death metal band formed by guitarist Michael Hoggard and drummer Jamie Saint Merat in 2000. The band have released seven studio albums to date. The band have been featured in numerous articles as one of New Zealand's most prominent extreme metal acts, have toured widely across North America and Europe, and have been compared favourably to bands such as Neurosis and Gorguts. The band's sound has been described as "nauseating, disorienting and gleefully disharmonic", and is characterised by extremely technical death metal with extensive use of dissonance, time signature changes, and complex song structures.

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

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Ulcerate |
| Genre | Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Formed | 2000 |
| Releases in catalog | 7 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death) · [Atmospheric Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-sludge) · [Brutal Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/brutal-death) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Jamie Saint Merat](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jamie-saint-merat) | Drums (drum set) | 2000 to present | Current |
| [Michael Hoggard](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-hoggard) | Electric guitar | 2000 to present | Current |
| [Paul Kelland](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-kelland) | Electric bass guitar, Lead vocals | 2005 to present | Current |
| [Ben Read](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ben-read) | Lead vocals | 2006 to 2008 | Former |
| [Michael Rothwell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-rothwell) | Electric guitar | 2003 to 2008 | Former |
| [James Wallace](https://themetalnet.com/musician/james-wallace) | Lead vocals | 2002 to 2006 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | [Of Fracture and Failure](https://themetalnet.com/album/e1d77962-9de4-35c9-8e80-9d19d085a63d) | Album |
| 2009 | [Everything Is Fire](https://themetalnet.com/album/4a337dce-25d2-3863-beb8-d628601e3f56) | Album |
| 2011 | [The Destroyers of All](https://themetalnet.com/album/df75e477-3f7e-4950-b333-0a12594fccf8) | Album |
| 2013 | [Vermis](https://themetalnet.com/album/ba18ca5c-d14a-4d72-a619-da45e6339477) | Album |
| 2016 | [Shrines of Paralysis](https://themetalnet.com/album/0dafeed2-85f1-4a82-b299-e5b18abcce9b) | Album |
| 2020 | [Stare Into Death and Be Still](https://themetalnet.com/album/26f435b7-3092-41c9-8c41-85f95c86d7b8) | Album |
| 2024 | [Cutting the Throat of God](https://themetalnet.com/album/c302ec77-589f-462f-b6b3-d63508886978) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Gorguts](https://themetalnet.com/band/gorguts) (listened together)
- [Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/death) (listened together)
- [Nile](https://themetalnet.com/band/nile) (listened together)
- [Deathspell Omega](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathspell-omega) (listened together)
- [Immolation](https://themetalnet.com/band/immolation) (listened together)
- [Anaal Nathrakh](https://themetalnet.com/band/anaal-nathrakh) (listened together)
- [Blut aus Nord](https://themetalnet.com/band/blut-aus-nord) (listened together)
- [Obscura](https://themetalnet.com/band/obscura) (listened together)
- [Oranssi Pazuzu](https://themetalnet.com/band/oranssi-pazuzu) (listened together)
- [Origin](https://themetalnet.com/band/origin) (listened together)
- [Cryptopsy](https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptopsy) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ulcerate/4861
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ulcerate
- bandcamp: https://ulcerate.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/150651
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Bv5btxNbwbt79fcjw9DAg
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBCB9KtkSTi96gHZRaI365w
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ulcerateofficial/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/nz/artist/269626062
- website: https://www.ulcerate-official.com/

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