Gross Misconduct

There has been no script, adherence to the outside, nor even so much a thought given to what happens outside of four walls, two guitars, a bass, drums and a few microphones.

Established in 1999 and consisting of David London, Jesse Brint, John Kurucz and Julian Kenchenten, the four-piece recently released its most complete offering with the band's third full-length release, Equinox.

Equinox builds upon the foundation laid in Gross Misconduct's first two albums, The Process of Indoctrination (2007) and The Disconnect (2011). Equinox is an amalgam of the frantic thrash found on the band's debut and the more progressive death metal elements of its followup. The fast parts are faster, the slow parts are moodier. Songs breathe.

Imagine Cynic with a dollop of Death, a smattering of The Crown/Mastodon/Gojira and healthy doses of 1980s Metallica and Slayer. This is where Equinox finds its home. The lyrical content straddles a myriad of inspirations from personal tragedy and death, to the natural world and observations on the human condition.

Hundreds of shows later, Gross Misconduct has shared the stage with seminal bands from across the globe: Napalm Death, At the Gates, Amon Amarth, The Haunted, Dark Tranquility, Insomnium, Amorphis, Brutal Truth, Skeletonwitch, Forbidden, Rotten Sound, Archspire, Augury, Fuck the Facts, Martyr, Neuraxis, No Means No, The Dayglo Abortions, Anonymus among many others.