Vital Remains is an American death metal band. Originally comprised of members guitarists Paul Flynn and Tony Lazaro, vocalist Jeff Gruslin, bassist Tom Supkow, and drummer Chris Dupont, the group has been through several line-up changes and record labels over the years. However, it hasn't made any issues with the albums on a regular basis. A pair of demos (1989's "Reduced to Ashes" and 1990's "Excruciating Pain" led to a contract with French label Thrash Records, who in turn released "The Black Mass" in 1991.

A pair of releases followed from the Peaceville label and released "Let Us Pray" in 1992 and "Into Cold Darkness" in 1995. Before moving to another French heavy metal label, Osmose Records, for the release of "Forever Underground" in 1997 and "Dawn of the Apocalypse" in 2000 which the band consider their heavist album. Since "Dawn of the Apocalypse" album, the vocals were taken over by Glen Benton (frontman of the band Deicide), in 2001. Though the lyrics are written by the rest of the band still. Then the controversal "Dechristianize" was released in 2003 which made a lot of Christian Activists and other critics protesting about the release of such album art and aggressive 'Anti-Christian' lyrics.

Early 2007, saw the release of their new album "Icons Of Evil" by Century Media, which features a cover that outraged many religious people.

Present Members

Glen Benton - Vocals (Amon and Deicide)
Tony Lazaro - Rhythm Guitar
Dave Suzuki - Lead Guitar/Bass/Drums (Deicide and Silent Raven Fell)

Present Live Sessons:

Scott Wily - Vocals (zircon, Godless Rising)
"Gator" Collier - Bass (Legion Victorious)

Former Members

Vocals:

Jeff Gruslin (Godless Rising)
Thorn

Guitar:

Paul Flynn (Godless Rising)

Bass:

Kelly Conlon (Monstrosity, Death and Fires of Babylon)
Tom Supkow
Brian Hobbie (Internal Bleeding and Catastrophic)

Drums:

Ace Alonzo (Self Destruct)
Rick Corbett

Past Live Sessions

Vocals

Anthony Geremia
Damien Boynton (Desolation)

Guitar

Ralph Santolla (Deicide, Death, Iced Earth and Obituary)

Bass

Derek Boyer (Decrepit Birth, Suffocation and Dying Fetus)
Istvan Lendvay (Rise)
Joe Lewis (Self Destruct and Belial)
Ron Greene (Leukorrhea)

Drums

Marco Pitruzella (Brain Drill, Anthem 85, Apocrypha, Vile and The Faceless)
Kyle Severn (Incantation and Wolfen Society)
Tim Yeung (ex-Hate Eternal, ex-Decrepit Birth and ex-Council of the Fallen, also in Windbreed,Divine Heresy and Agiel)
Chris Dupont
Antonio ``O' Fenomeno`` Donadeo (Virulent Re-Shapes, and Exhumer)

Official website: http://www.vitalremains.com