Salmon Hater

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Hailing from Glenelg in South Australia, Salmon Hater was born from the ashes of brutal grind-death-core outfit Angry Fish, when vocalist Torv left the band over a dietary dispute. Unwilling to partake of the other Fish member's pre-concert culinary rituals, Torv split to find his vision of extreme aural punishment with other like minded souls. The Salmon Hater lineup was completed with former members of Corpse Shredder, Cannibal Autopsy and Necrotic Spleen as Torv's plan came to realisation.

The Salmon Hater name itself is an autobiographical reference to the Angry Fish break up, and reflects Torv's refusal to be turned from his personal mission. Salmon Hater's earliest shows are the stuff of legend and resulted in the permanent closure of several of Adelaide's most famous underground venues. Propelled by Torv's onstage presence and the band's relentless sonic sadism, the Salmon Hater quickly established itself as Glenelg's foremost speed-death-hate-metal act.

Several live bootleg Salmon Hater recordings have surfaced from these early shows, the most famous featuring the only known recording of Torv's now-abandoned stage act of swallowing then regurgitating his microphone.

Salmon Hater was courted by several independent labels, eventually signing with Crematorial Conveyor Records, home to peers Mandatory Meataxe, Entombed Pope and Lacerated Lung. Their first studio recording, Glorious Arterial Bloodshed set a new benchmark for the genre. Torv's inspired lyrical prowess drove such death-power-speed-core anthems as 'Compulsory Eyelid Removal', 'Suffer My Scalpel' and 'Gangrenous Neck Wound', and the album planted Salmon Hater firmly at the top of the metal ladder.

On the strength of their first release, Salmon Hater toured Norway as headliners at the prestigious Northern Necrosis Festival - the same year as the infamous Angry Fish reformation. This unfortunate double-billing resulted in Torv's deportation and the unexplained disappearance and subsequent discovery in a frozen peat bog of Angry Fish bassist Lars Cadaverholder's mutilated body. The two events where never officially linked, and Torv is today still dismissive of the matter.

This tour also marked the departure of Salmon Hater's original drummer, Nils Severedarm, when Torv found him covertly eating rolmops in the tour bus toilet. His stool was quickly filled by Norwegian native Balzac Festering Innards , who brought to Salmon Hater an authentic traditional Scandinavian satan-core-thrash-metal percussion style.

Energised by their overseas success, Salmon Hater immediately returned to the studio and recorded their now legendary covers EP, which included such chestnuts as the Death Death classic 'Random Finger Loss' as well as obscurities like Perforated Bowel's gem 'Maggot Movements'. Now out of print, this disc continues to command a high price among collectors - especially the first pressing which featured individually blood-encrusted sleeve inserts.

Following this release, Salmon Hater paused for a year long hiatus, during which time the members each pursued their own interests. Torv continued to make music, producing and playing every instrument on his solo concept project Punishment for Priests - now a hard-to-find rarity issued on his own Sadistic Codpiece label.

Back in the studio again to record the follow up to Glorious Arterial Bloodshed, Salmon Hater stripped back the excesses of their early material to pure death-core destruction. The result is the soon to be released A Brief History of Salmon featuring the pounding title track as the first single - included at number 2 in Triple J Breakfast's Top 10 Metal Albums of 2002, and reaching the respectable position of number 26 in the Triple J HoteHottest.

2003 sees Salmon Hater on a relentless touring schedule, bringing their malevolent message to the masses and destroying all non-believers along the way.

Behold, heathen, as history is written...

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