ABOMINANT was formed in June of 1993 when 3 of Kentucky's most promising Death Metal acts broke up simultaniously. Mike May (Bass) and Timmie Ball (Guitar) of high speed death masters Sarcoma, got together with Craig Netto (Drums) and Buck Weidman (Guitar) of atmoshperic wonders Effigy, to start a new band that would bring the best elements from each previous outfit and combine them with a dark heaviness to create some of the most vicious and evil Death Metal ever to emerge from Kentucky. Immediately, the band began writing originals and soon were ready to record. With Timmie on vocals, ABOMINANT entered Polaris Studio in January of 1994 and recorded 5 songs under the title "Abominant Promo '94". Soon after, Buck decided to quit the band to join the air force and raise a family, thus ABOMINANT continued as a trio. A few months later ABOMINANT asked former Cataclysm vocalist Mike Barnes if he would fill in on vocals for a local show, and Mike accepted. With no previous experience with ABOMINANT, Mike went through 7 songs flawlessly, and vastly improved both their sound and stage presence. From then on, Mike was a permanant member of ABOMINANT. The band continued writing songs and playing a few shows until finally in November 1994, ABOMINANT re-entered Polaris studio to their first official demo. "Never Truly Dead" was the demos title and it included 4 songs of pure underground Death Metal. Some comparisons to bands like Gorguts, Sinister, and even Deicide were brought up, but with Mikes' undeniably original vocals, ABOMINANT carved their own path through the underground and established themselves as one of the best unsigned bands in the world. The demo eventually sold over 800 copies and got them high praise in vertually all of the underground metal publications (Metal Maniacs, S.O.D., The Requiem, Pit, Aardshock, Ill-Literature, Subversive Agenda, etc.) it also raised the attention of the Michigan based Arctic Circle Records, who they signed with for the release of a 6 song mini CD. In May of 1995 ABOMINANT ventured to New Power Studio to record the afforementioned CD and produced even more original and darker sounding material which further defined their original sound. Over the next few months ABOMINANT played a few shows promoting both the demo and forthcoming CD. The CD's release date was scheduled for a Halloween release and just 2 weeks before that date, Arctic Circle closed it's doors, declared bankruptcy, and disappeared. ABOMINANT continued playing shows including the INTERNATIONAL METALFEST in November with IMMOLATION, GORGUTS, ANCIENT, and others and tried working with other labels for the release. A few labels showed interest like Massacre, Dark Serene, and Pulverizer, but they decided to go with Wild Rags in May of 1996. Not content with a mini-CD. Both Wild Rags and ABOMINANT agreed to record a few more songs and release it as a full length, so in June of 1996 ABOMINANT entered Ramcat Studio and did 3 new songs that surpassed all of their previous efforts. The CD, entitled "Unspeakable Horrors" finally saw the light of day on October 31, 1996, exactly 1 year to the day of it's original release date! This CD is destined to be one of the heaviest releases of the year! Wild Rags also released ABOMINANTS' classic demo "Never Truly Dead" on CD5 format in early 1997. ABOMINANT went on to record 2 more albums with WILD RAGS: 1997's "In Darkness Embrace" and 1999's "The Way After". Later in 1999 Wild Rags too closed its doors and ABOMINANT began seeking a new label to release their music. They found that in Atlanta based DEATHGASM Records. Also in 1999, former guitarist Buck Wiedeman returned to the fold and helped rejuvinate both the bands sounds and their morale. Soon after, they recorded their first album for Deathgasm Records, 2000's "Ungodly" which to this day , many think is their best product. They followed that one up with 2 more full lengths: 2002 "Upon Black Horizons" and 2004's "Conquest". Deathgasm also re-issued "The Way After" in 2003. All of the albums contain versatile death metal with plenty of thrash, black and traditional metal aspects as well as top notch songwriting and musicianship. Today, as always, ABOMINANT are working on material for their seventh full length release which they hope to record in late 2005.
The bands dedication and perseverence is both inspiring and unprecidented in the underground scene, having virtually no line up changes (other than Buck leaving and then returning) in over 12 years!