Embodyment
| Embodyment | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Supplication |
| Origin | Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative metal, alternative rock, death metal, emo, hardcore, metalcore, black metal,deathcore |
| Years active | 1992–2004 |
| Labels | Solid State, XS, One Day Savior |
| Associated acts | The Famine, Society's Finest |
| Past members |
Kris McCaddon Sean Corbray Andrew Godwin Joshua Johnson Mark Garza Jason Lindquist Derrick Wadsworth Kevin Donnini James Lanigan Taylor Smith |
Embodyment was a Christian metal and rock band from Arlington, Texas which formed in 1992 and were first known by the name Supplication. The band played shows with touring acts such as, Living Sacrifice, Zao, Training for Utopia, and No Innocent Victim.
Embodyment started out as a death metal band and released 3 demos under this style, after which they were signed to Solid State Records in 1997 for their debut album, Embrace the Eternal, which contained mostly new material but also new versions of a couple of the old demos. Solid State later distributed a collection of the early Embodyment death metal demos titled [1993-1996]. Embrace the Eternal also featured guest vocals by Bruce Fitzhugh of Living Sacrifice on one song.
After kicking vocalist Kris McCaddon out, Sean Corbray joined the band and introduced a markedly different vocal style to the band, evidenced on the followup to Embrace the Eternal, titled The Narrow Scope of Things. This album was the band's first step away from any of the heavier metal subgenres. Instead, their sound on the album was adjusted to alternative metal with hard rock influences and featured actual singing and some screamed vocal parts rather than any form of death metal vocals.
Embodyment's third and final album for Solid State, Hold Your Breath, continued in the direction seen on The Narrow Scope of Things toward more alternative and hard rock stylings. Hold Your Breath was Embodyment's first album that featured no screamed vocals, only singing vocals. Embodyment's last album, Songs for the Living, was much the same, showing even less of the dwindling metal influence heard on Hold Your Breath. Embodyment had shopped the Songs for the Living material around as an industry demo, looking for a new label, but after finding little interest they released it as an album on XS Records. Embodyment disbanded in early 2004 after having partially written a follow up record.
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