Japanese goregrind (mixed with old school death and thrash metal) band.
Formed by ( ex-, ex-) and (, ex-) in 1994.
The bands direction was a raw/low goregrind style, influenced by early goregrind bands and Cental/South American bands like early Cenotaph, Colmesis, Pseudostratified Epithelium, etc.
In 1996 Analtoshit and Grotes-Q went separate ways.
In 2000 Analtoshit reformed the band with all new members taking Butcher ABC in a different musical direction from the original incarnation, adding elements of old school death metal and thrash to the previous goregrind style.
On March 8th 2002 Butcher ABC played their first live show at Shinjuku WALL.
In May of that year their Promo Demo 2002 was released on their own label Obliteration Records. The tape sold out over 800 copies so far and is still selling.
The band joined World Wide Gore Grind comp GORE LAND released by Brazilian BLACK HOLE PRODUCTION.
Feb 2003, Vocalist () joined the band. They played their first show with him on March 15th at Shinjuku URGA.
November 21-24 2003, Butcher ABC toured Japan with Polish grind gods, DEAD INFECTION.
July 9th 2004, the band played their first overseas show at Obscene Extreme in Czech.
October 8-11 2004, Butcher ABC did their 2nd Japan tour with Germanys DEAD.
After touring with DEAD, the band fired Butcher K.
In May 2005, Butcher S/ (ex ) joined the band taking over on bass and vocals.
May 2006, Butcher ABC played the Maryland Death Fest in the U.S.
Sep 2006, 3rd Japan tour Gore Over Japan with (Sweden) and (USA).
Sep 2006, After playing for several months as a live drummer, HSO ( from /) joined the band on a full-time basis.
Current Line-up:
/ : Guitar and Vocals
Butcher S / : Bass and Vocals
Hso / : Drums
Past Members:
/ / : Drums
/ : Vocals
/ / : Bass, Vocals, Guitar
Members
- Susumu
- Sumito Sekine
- Narutoshi Sekine
- Hisao Hashimoto
- Takanori Kubo
- Kenji Sato
- Yamocho Hagamoto
- Steve Eagle
- Takeshi Toshima