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In late 2000,
the foundation of Ulcerate was formed by Jamie Saint Merat,
Michael Hoggard, together with the addition of vocalist Mark
Seeny, then under the moniker 'Bloodwreath'. With some line-up
changes by the enlisting of guitarist Jared Commerer, and
James Wallace in 2002, to replace departing members this new
line-up and some more focus the band tracked four tracks of
the first recording effort. This caused the band to change
names to "Ulcerate". While it was fairly removed from
Ulcerate's current sound and direction, this S/T 2003 demo
proved to be a solid platform from which the band could
evolve. Throughout 2003 the band continued to build from the
success off the S/T demo and by late November tracking was
already underway for 'The Coming Of Genocide' EP. During
this recording process Jared Commerer decided he wished to
focus on his jazz bass playing and chose to leave Ulcerate.
Michael Rothwell joined soon after. Also at this time
Ulcerate's first permanent bassist was enlisted in the form
of Phil Kusabs. For the second time in as many years local
support for the band built rapidly off the back of a release
- this time with 'The Coming Of Genocide'. While 2004 proved
to be a highly successful year with a solid line-up, by mid
2005 the decision was made to further refine the Ulcerate 'sound',
and the band opted to move to a cleaner finger style bass
approach, adding an extra dimension to the sound. Thus Paul
Kelland was recruited with the departure of Phil Kusabs.
Early 2006 vocalist James Wallace departed, with Ben Read
(ex-Kill Me Quickly, Misadventures in Self Surgery) filling
his vacancy bringing an entirely different sound and a
formidable set of lungs to the band on the eve of completing
their debut full-length for Holland based Neurotic Records.
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