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INSANITY: The Rebuilding Process Begins

May 7, 2008

Guitarist/vocalist Dave Gorsuch of the long-running San Francisco Bay Area death metallers INSANITY has issued the following update:

"It's been a rough year losing our second original member and longtime friend drummer Bud Mills [drums] to an illness. After Murderfest in March of 2007, the band was more inspired and sounding better than ever. We had many West Coast shows set up we had to cancel and we were three-quarters of the way ready to re-record the second album but everything came to a halt with Bud's diagnosis. Now that some time had passed, we've decided to get things going again.

"Bassist Chris Tanti (whose backing vocals can be heard on the 'Visions of Apocalypse' tracks as well as the 'From the Grave' release) and I are now auditioning drummers and looking for a second guitar to complete the band and get ready for future shows and tours.

"I'd like to thank some of the most devoted fans and some of my best friends (two of which were with me at Bud's side when he died) for the encouragement to keep it going because 'Bud wouldn't want the music to stop.' Besides, it is in my blood and the best way I know to keep his memory alive!"

INSANITY was formed in 1985 in the San Francisco Bay Area and unleashed some of the most intensely brutal death metal of that time. According to the band's official bio, Bud Mills "innovated the 1-1 drum beat that was faster than the fastest thrash beat used at the time."

In the summer of 2007 as the band was preparing to record and preparing for shows in Northern and Southern California, Bud was diagnosed with bloodclots. After more tests cancer was discovered and it turned out to be esophageal cancer stage 4.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/insanity.

Watch INSANITY performing "Fire Death Fate" live at the Los Angeles Murderfest Version 3.0 on March 24, 2007:

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