History Trivia / Gorguts

* ReferencedBy: Several of their song titles are parodied by the weed-themed metal band Cannabis Corpse. "With Their Flesh, He'll Create" became "With Their Hash He Will Create"; "From Wisdom to Hate" became "From Wisdom to Baked"; "Faceless Ones" became "Weedless Ones"; "Considered Dead" became "Considered Dank".

* FollowTheLeader: The sound of ''Obscura'' was utterly unique when it came out. It proved influential on an entire generation of DeathMetal bands that followed, however, as well as on some BlackMetal bands (Music/DeathspellOmega is a good example. Interestingly, Gorguts named Deathspell Omega as an influence on ''them'' with the material on ''Pleiades' Dust'').

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Steeve Hurdle, despite leaving Gorguts, was still involved in music. His band Negativa was in the midst of recording material when he died, and it's not clear whether it was in a finished state or if it will ever be released. [=MacDonald=] plays it more straight.

* BigNameFan: As much as an AnonymousBand can be, anyhow. The BlackMetal band Music/DeathspellOmega confirmed in a [[http://www.cultneverdies.com/p/deathspell-omega.html 2020 interview]] the [[IKnewIt long-held fan suspicion]] that Gorguts influenced their work. In turn, Lemay has confirmed that Deathspell Omega is an influence on Gorguts' recent output.

** ''Obscura'', too, because they found it impossible to get record labels interested in the completely unprecedented atonal death metal they'd composed until much later. Many of the songs were written and demoed as far back as 1993; only Music/{{Demilich}} had done anything remotely like it at the time.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: CD editions of ''Obscura'' are super rare and go for hundreds of dollars in good condition. The album was re-released on vinyl, however. It is very unlikely that it will be re-released on CD, because the band have said that they like the fact that it is a collector's item.
** It's finally being reissued on CD by Century Media. They're also printing another vinyl edition.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: ''Colored Sands'' had five years worth of development before it came to fruition.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: ''Colored Sands'' had five years worth of development before it came to fruition.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Steeve Hurdle, despite leaving Gorguts, was still involved in music. [=MacDonald=] plays it more straight.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: ''Colored Sands'' had five years worth of development before it came to fruition.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: CD editions of ''Obscura'' are super rare and go for hundreds of dollars in good condition. The album was re-released on vinyl, however.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: CD editions of ''Obscura'' are super rare and go for hundreds of dollars in good condition.