Crisis (metal band)

American avant-garde metal band (1993–2006)

Crisis

Crisis in 1996. From left to right: Afzaal Nasiruddeen, Karyn Crisis, Fred Waring III and Gia Chuan Wang

Background information
Also known as| Skullsick Nation (2001–2002)
Origin| New York City, U.S.
Genres|

* Avant-garde metal
* death metal
* progressive metal

Years active| 1993–2006
Labels|

* Surge
* Too Damn Hype
* Metal Blade
* The End
* Children of Rage

Past members|

* Karyn Crisis
* Afzaal Nasiruddeen
* Jwyanza Hobson
* Gia Chuan Wang
* Fred Waring III
* Scott Bates
* Jason Bittner
* Tony Costanza
* Christopher Olivas
* Marshall Kilpatric
* Joshua Florian
* Justin Arman

Crisis was an American heavy metal band, formed in New York City in 1993 by vocalist Karyn Crisis, guitarist Afzaal Nasiruddeen, bassist Gia Chuan Wang and drummer Fred Waring III. Karyn, Nasiruddeen and Wang were the only members of the band to appear on all of its albums, with the band cycling through various drummers following Waring's departure in 1996; its final lineup featured second guitarist Jwyanza Hobson, who joined in 1998, and drummer Justin Arman. The band were defined by its dynamics, muscial complexity, combinations of various styles and influences, and Karyn's vocal performances.

In 1993, Crisis its debut album 8 Convulsions, which sold more than 1,000 copies on cassette prior to being reissued by Too Damn Hype Records in 1994. The band signed to Metal Blade Records in 1995, releasing Deathshead Extermination (1996) and The Hollowing (1997) through the label before parting ways due to a lack of support. After relocating to Los Angeles, Crisis underwent a transitional period from 2001 to 2002, experimenting with its songwriting under the alias Skullsick Nation. After reverting to their original name, Crisis signed with the The End Records to release their fourth and final album Like Sheep Led to Slaughter (2004). The band went on an indefinite hiatus in May 2006.

## History

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### Formation and 8 Convulsions (1993–1994)

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Crisis was formed in New York City by guitarist Afzaal Nasiruddeen (a.k.a. Afzaal Deen)[1] and drummer Fred Waring III.[2] Having found his previous band, the industrial metal outfit Stalwart "impossible to make it a working band", Nasiruddeen sought to strip down the band's sound and "turn it into a rock ‘n' roll format band but still use experimentation".[2] Both he and Waring discussed forming "a really heavy band with a female singer".[2] Karyn Crisis, an experimental musician whom had recently moved from Chicago to New York City,[3] heard a practice tape from an ex-roommate and was subsequently connected with Nasiruddeen, who asked her to audition and gave her a rehearsal tape featuring the song "Drilling Me", after which she wrote lyrics for the song and developed her vocal style.[4] The band performed the song at their first rehearsal,[4] where they formed an "instant musical connection".[5] When Karyn agreed to join, Greg Mohr, the bassist whom Nasiruddeen and Waring were playing with at the time, quit because he refused to play with a woman.[3] Gia Chuan Wang was recruited as the band's new bassist through a newspaper advertisement,[6] and Crisis was officially formed in March 1993.[7]

Although Nasiruddeen had made many connections in the New York scene from his work at CBGB and with Stalwart, Crisis initially strugged to book shows due to the band's then-anomalous status as a metal band featuring a woman.[3] The band played their first show at CBGB with some avant-jazz bands, following a last-minute request from Swans drummer Virgil Moorefield.[3] Two or three months after its formation, Crisis recorded a three-song demo, Home. Another two months later, they recorded five more songs and released its debut album, 8 Convulsions.[7][5] Crisis sold cassette copies of the album at their shows along the east coast of the United States,[5] where they would spend two years touring.[8] Karyn said that although the band intended 8 Convulsions as a demo, "people bought them so quickly that we had to make more [copies]."[4] Crisis ended up selling more than 1,000 cassette copies of the album.[7] After Too Damn Hype Records reissued the album on CD in October 1994,[7][9] Metal Blade Records offered the band a record deal.[6]

### Deathshead Extermination and The Hollowing (1995–1997)

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After touring in support of 8 Convulsions for a year and a half, Crisis began working on material for its second album, Deathshead Extermination.[8] According to Nasiruddeen, the band wanted to achieve a "achieve a very organic yet abrasive sound" and experiment with greater dynamics on the album.[8][10] Its writing process saw Crisis produce material from jams and rehearsals with Karyn's involvement, marking a change from the band's early days, where Nasiruddeen served as its primary songwriter.[8][10] A&R rep Marco Barberi signed Crisis to a three-album deal with Metal Blade in June 1995;[12] having finished its writing prior to signing, the band recorded Deathshead Extermination in October of that year.[8] It was released on March 26, 1996.[13] Prior to embarking on a nine-week tour of the United States with Pro-Pain and Voivod in support of the album, Waring left Crisis due to the impending birth of his child and other commitments.[14][2] The band played a few shows with Roy Mayorga, who was unable to commit to the tour, after which they enlisted Scott Bates of Gorgon.[14] The band then toured Europe with Spudmonsters and Kickback before returning to the United States for a tour with Fu Manchu.[15]

After the band finished touring, Crisis parted ways with Bates due to creative differences.[14] Now down to a three-piece, Karyn, Nasiruddeen and Wang were unsure of what Crisis should do without a drummer; they contemplated using a drum machine and launching a side project of "4-track experimental stuff" whilst they searched for a replacement.[6][14] "We didn't want to settle for a drummer who wasn't going to completely fit in and not help along with the creative process", Karyn told Terrorizer in 1997. "At the same time, we didn't know where else to look and we didn't want to delay the album too much. So, Afzaal. Gia, and I decided we are the core of the band and we'll continue one way or another".[14] During the recording of its third album, The Hollowing, Crisis utilized a "human drum machine" devised by Nasiruddeen, with Waring, Mayorga, Chris Hamilton and Jason Bittner performing on different tracks, allowing the band to experiment stylistically as they searched for a new permanent drummer.[6][14][16] Karyn credited this method with pulling Crisis out of a "really dark period" and providing the band with a creative spark.[16] Following its completion, Bittner joined Crisis full-time.[6][14] The Hollowing was released in Europe on September 22, 1997,[17] and in the United States on October 7 of that year.[18] The band toured Europe and the United States in support the album.[19]

### Transitional period and Skullsick Nation (1998–2002)

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In 1998,[20] shortly after the release of The Hollowing, Crisis split from Metal Blade Records due to the label's lack of support for the band.[5][21] In an interview with Abrasive Rock, Nasiruddeen attributed this the label's to its "history of supporting more traditional forms of metal" and the departure of Barbieri to work at Century Media Records shortly after signing Crisis to the label.[20] The band continued to tour after leaving Metal Blade, recording a six-track demo with Keith Falgout and contributing "Methodology" (from Deathshead Extermination) and a cover of Twisted Sister's "Captain Howdy" to Dee Snider's Strangeland (1998).[15][22] In December 1998, Crisis recruited Jwyanza Hobson as their second guitarist,[2] allowing Nasiruddeen to focus more on playing atmospheric parts and "guitar weaving" with Wang, according to Karyn.[23][21] By early 1999, former Machine Head drummer Tony Costanza had joined their lineup.[15] At the start of 2000,[24] the members of Crisis relocated from New York City to Los Angeles due to a lack of support from record labels on the east coast of the US.[21] "They said we were too extreme, too weird, you don't have any marketability cause you have a woman", Karyn told BallBuster Music in 2004. "It was these sort of things, and we were like, that can't be possible because people come to our shows. So there's something out of sync there."[25] The band hoped to better understand the music industry,[26] and find stronger label support to push the band to the next level;[21] if they could not, they planned to establish their own record label.[25] Karyn said in contrast to when they were living in New York City and "literally starving for our art", the members of Crisis were able to "live more normal lives" in Los Angeles and "explore outside of Crisis with no expectations or demands".[21]

Costanza did not like Los Angeles, and in March 2001, he quit Crisis to join Crowbar in New Orleans.[2][27] Sometime after Costanza's departure, Hobson purchased a digital studio and began working with drum machines which the band started jamming to, resulting in Crisis' songs becoming more structured and stripped down.[2] Later that month, the band announced they had recruited a new drummer and had written four new songs.[28] Karyn said that the increasing inability of Crisis' drummers after Waring—starting "most notably with Tony"—to play the band's old songs or complex rhythms had caused the band's songwriting to "[travel] away from what we all considered to be a ‘Crisis’ sound." After firing its management and drummer, the members of Crisis decided to put the band on hold until they found a suitable drummer.[29] In December 2001, Crisis changed their name to Skullsick Nation and added drummer Christopher Olivas to their lineup.[15][30] "We couldn't play any songs like Crisis so we changed the name for the sake of the integrity of that music and Crisis", Karyn said in a 2004 interview.[2]

Skullsick Nation's first show took place at the Troubador in Hollywood on January 4, 2002.[30] The band played various shows around California from February to May 2002.[31][32][33] In July, Karyn and Nasiruddeen performed as session guests on the debut album by Debris Inc., led by Ron Holzner of Trouble and Dave Chandler of St. Vitus.[34] In September 2002, the band completed a three-song demo, Dead to the World, produced by Roy Mayorga.[35] Although on reflection Karyn considered the band's songs to be "a lot more boring and unexplorative" than Crisis, she credited the Skullsick Nation era with helping Crisis learn more about its songwriting,[36] in particular providing her with "jump-start in getting me out of out my typical writing style".[21]

### Like Sheep Led to Slaughter (2003–2005)

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In December 2002, Crisis reverted to its original name and recruited drummer Marshall Kilpatric, formerly of Today is the Day.[37] In March 2003, Crisis announced plans to record a new album with producer Billy Anderson; they had planned to begin recording in early June 2003.[38][39] However, when Kilpatric failed to "keep up his end of the bargain" regarding deadlines for unknown reasons, the band parted ways with him in late April 2003 and recruited Josh Florian.[15][39] In December 2003, Crisis signed a two-album deal with The End Records.[40] In January 2004, The band finished recording its fourth and final album, Like Sheep Led to Slaughter.[41] The album was released by The End and the band's own label, Children of Rage Records, on May 25, 2004.[25][42] The band filmed music videos for "Blood Burden" and "Waking the Dead",[43][44] which were both premiered on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball.[45][46]

Following a set of performances around New York in April,[15][42] Crisis toured the United States supporting Soulfly and Ill Niño from July 30 to September 17, 2004.[47] From September 27 to November 10, 2004, Crisis toured with Kittie and Otep as part of the Metal Movement Tour.[48][49] Two days before the tour was due to begin, Florian "busted his appendix", and the band decided to continue without him.[50] "The stress of touring was something he [Florian] couldn't handle", Karyn told TheHVScene in 2005. "So we all needed to move on."[51] Waring returned to Crisis to play on the Metal Movement dates whilst the band searched for a replacement,[52] although due to time contrainsts they were unable to teach him any of their new songs for the tour.[53] In January 2005, the band announced Australian drummer Ryan Ball as Florian's replacement;[54] however, the band would dismiss him after only three rehearsals in mid-February due to immigration issues and "the chaos of his personality".[15][55] Two weeks after his dismissal, Ball was arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Pennyslvania.[15][55]

In February 2005, Crisis cancelled a planned tour with 3 Inches of Blood due to the birth of Gia Chu Wang's daughter.[15][56] In March, the band performed at the Independence-D festival in Japan and at the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas with ex-Society 1 drummer Justin Arman.[57] In April 2005, Crisis made Arman an official member of the band and began working on new material for their fifth album, which the band expected to be completed in early 2006.[58] In June 2005, Crisis opened for M.O.D. and Jacknife on the Killith Fair Tour across the United States.[59] In September 2005, the band announced the departure of Wang due to family commitments; they planned to hold auditions for a new bassist in November.[60] From October 1 to November 4, 2005, the band toured North America with Exodus and 3 Inches of Blood with touring bassist Nick Weitzel.[60][61]

### Indefinite hiatus (2006–present)

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At the end of 2005, Karyn Crisis left Crisis and moved out of the Los Angeles area.[62] On May 2, 2006, Crisis announced in a statement that they were going on an indefinite hiatus for unspecified reasons, after which its members would focus on their personal lives and other musical interests.[63] The announcement left the fates of the band's fifth album, DVD and the Children of Rage label uncertain.[64] In an interview with Rocknworld shortly after the announcement, Karyn stated that the split was amicable and that "everybody [in Crisis] just decided to make their own personal decisions".[64] Karyn left the music industry and did not sing or attend shows for a few years following Crisis' hiatus, citing her exhaustion in "trying to make it in music", problems with Crisis' booking agent and manager, and frustrations with being questioned about other, more successful female-fronted bands in interviews.[65] She instead chose to focus on "other parts of [her] life",[65] including painting and making leather designs.[66][67]

In 2007, Nasiruddeen and Hobson formed The Angels Whispered Danger with Dan Kaufman and Nicky Bernardi of Eyes of Fire.[1] Despite her initial reservations about returning to music,[64] Karyn began working on a solo album in Italy in 2008 with Davide Tiso of Ephel Duath,[68][69] whom she would later marry.[65] In 2011, she became the vocalist for Ephel Duath. In 2014, Karyn and Tiso launched the doom metal band Gospel Of The Witches.[70] In 2024, Nasiruddeen and Waring formed a new band, Master's Ashes, with former members of Voivod, White Zombie, Crowbar and the Convalescence.[71]

## Musical style, lyrics and influences

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Crisis have been described as avant-garde metal,[72][73][74] death metal,[75][76] and progressive metal.[77] Karyn and Nasiruddeen both described the band's sound as "experimental metal".[6][78] Largely defying categorization,[8][76][79] the band were defined by its dynamics,[80][81] musical complexity[74][82] and combinations of various influences and styles,[76] mixing elements from industrial music,[8][83] hardcore,[59][84] extreme metal,[84][85] thrash metal,[59] grindcore,[86] avant-garde[83] and noise music.[83][84] Deathshead Extermination was primarily categorized as a death metal album,[79][86][87] with Kerrang! characterizing it as "Cannibal Corpse meets Babes in Toyland".[88] The Hollowing saw Crisis incorporate Middle Eastern elements into its sound,[16] and was described as both "sludgier"[86] and "more ominous"[89] than its predecessor. As Skullsick Nation, the band experimented with its style and simplified song structures.[36] Ann Morrow of Metroland described Skullsick Nation as "a more accessible yet bizarrely hypnotic incarnation" of Crisis,[90] whilst Amy Sciarretto of CMJ New Music Report categorized the band's Dead to the World demo as rock 'n' roll and stoner rock.[91] Like Sheep to Slaughter showcased an experimental metalcore sound.[73][84][92] Karyn Crisis's vocals alternate between clean singing, screaming,[76] growling,[87][90] groaning,[89] whispering,[89] crooning, and squeaking.[79][73] Her style has drawn comparisons to Babes in Toyland[93] Hole,[94] and Mike Patton;[77] Eduardo Rivadiva, writing for Loudwire, described her as "a bridge connecting Jarboe to Julie Christmas".[85]

### Influences

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Einstürzende Neubauten (pictured) were an important influence on Crisis, influencing both its music and Karyn's vocal style.[95][96]

Crisis was influenced by a variety of bands coming from each of its members' diverse backgrounds.[8][10] Nasiruddeen, who is originally from Pakistan, grew up listening to Sufi devotional music.[78] He lived in England from 1979 to 1981, where he was exposed to bands from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal including Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Diamond Head.[78][8] After moving to Chicago in 1982, Nasiruddeen began listening to early industrial bands including Cabaret Voltaire and Swans;[78] he also worked as a DJ playing industrial, post-punk, gothic and new wave music.[29] Karyn grew up playing piano and violin and classical music, and later got into pop and industrial music.[4] She cited Björk,[3][95] Cocteau Twins,[95][97] Cranes,[36][97] Diamanda Galas,[95] Suzanne Vega,[95] Sinéad O'Connor,[95][98] the Sugarcubes,[36][97] Siouxsie and the Banshees,[3] Skinny Puppy[19][36] and Z'EV[36] as influences on her style. In a 1997 interview with Metal Maidens, she named Dax Riggs of Acid Bath as her favorite singer.[6] The grandson of Fred Waring,[4] founding drummer Fred Waring III studied under Steve Gadd and helped bring jazz influences into Crisis.[2][8] Wang is a classical trained trombonist[8] who cited death metal, Ministry, and Igor Stravinsky as influences,[78] In 2004, Jwyanza Hobson described Leeway as an inspiration.[29]

The German experimental music group Einstürzende Neubauten were an important influence on Crisis.[4][95] In a 1996 interview with Metal Hammer Germany, Nasiruddeen described the group as a "significant influence" on the band's "organic" and formless approach to music.[96] Karyn has called the band's third and fourth albums Halber Mensch (1985) and Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala (1987) the "two most important albums [she has] ever heard",[99] citing the performance of vocalist Blixa Bargeld on the latter album with "[opening] my eyes to a way of expressing my dark side".[97]

### Lyrics

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According to Joel McIver, Crisis "stood out thematically for their penchant for challenging lyrics that addressed personal and social issues with an unflinching zeal."[82] Unlike the band's other albums, 8 Convulsions does not feature a unifying concept and was titled as such "because each song was a different convulsion", according to Nasiruddeen.[10] Jesse Rutherford of Terrorizer described the album as a "bout of belligrence".[89] The band's next two albums featured more introspective lyrics.[20][89] According to Karyn, the songs on Deathshead Extermination dealt with "decayed emotional state, or paranoia, or pure rage".[4] They also deal with blood, hatred, depression and self-loathing.[86] The Hollowing was written about Karyn's past,[6] and "fighting demons, capturing them or destroying them, and sailing them away and moving on".[14] On Like Sheep Led to Slaughter, she avoided writing "self-confessional songs",[23] instead focussing on real world topics such as war, control, abuse of power, fake histories, and rape.[21][23][51]

In a 2005 interview with Peace Dog Man, Karyn outlined her lyric writing process:

> [It's] something that starts of kind of cerebral. I'll get an idea based on a word or an image or a feeling and I take a journey with that idea. I'll dig through the dictionary, or the thesaurus, or art books and try to figure out where this idea came from in my head, and how to explore it to the fullest. In a song, you're using words as representatives for feelings or concepts and in sound. So, I really like that process. It's not an easy process, but I feel like there's a lot of power to certain word choices.[36]

## Band members

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Final lineup

* Karyn Crisis (1993–2005)
* Afzaal Nasiruddeen – guitar (1993–2006)
* Jwyanza Hobson – guitar (1998–2006)
* Justin Arman – drums (2005–2006)

Touring/session members

* Roy Mayorga – drums (touring 1996; session 1997)
* Chris Hamilton - drums (session; 1997)
* Nick Weitzel – bass (touring; 2005)

| Past members

* Gia Chuan Wang – bass (1993–2005)
* Fred Waring III – drums (1993–1996; session musician 1997; touring 2004)
* Scott Bates – drums (1996–1997)
* Jason Bittner – drums (1997–1999)
* Tony Costanza – drums (1999–2001; died 2020)
* Christopher Olivas – drums (2001–2002)
* Marshall Kilpatric – drums (2002–2003)
* Joshua Florian – drums (2003–2004)

|

Timeline

## Discography

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Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details  Title  | Album details

|

8 Convulsions |

* Released: 1993[7]
* Label: Surge, Too Damn Hype
* Format: CD, CS, LP, DD

Deathshead Extermination |

* Released: March 26, 1996[13]
* Label: Metal Blade
* Format: CD, CS, DD

The Hollowing |

* Released: September 22, 1997[17]
* Label: Metal Blade
* Format: CD, CS, DD

Like Sheep Led to Slaughter |

* Released: May 25, 2004[42]
* Label: The End, Children of Rage
* Format: CD, DD

Music videos

* "Different Ways of Decay" (1996)[100]
* "Blood Burden" (2004)
* "Waking the Dead" (2005)

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## Further reading

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* Dillion, Sam (November 7, 1996). "Crisis: Life is harsh. Scream a little" (PDF). The Chanticleer. p. 7 - via jsu.edu.

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* Gia Chuan Wang
* Fred Waring III
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* Tony Costanza
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* Joshua Florian
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