Bruce Fitzhugh

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Bruce Fitzhugh
Birth nameBruce Patrick Fitzhugh
Origin
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
GenresChristian metal, heavy metal
Occupation(s)Singer, musician, record producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1989–2003, 2005, 2008-present
LabelsSeize the Day, Solid State, XS

Bruce Patrick Fitzhugh[1] is an American musician. He the second lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and founding member of Arkansas's Christian metal band Living Sacrifice.[2] The lead vocalist role was left to Bruce shortly after the departure of Darren Johnson and prior to the recording of Living Sacrifice's 1997 album, Reborn. Fitzhugh is featured in Zao's The Lesser Lights of Heaven DVD. Fitzhugh's nephew is Drew Garrison, Vocalist for Descended From Wolves and Becoming Saints.

He has been involved in many other music endeavors such as producing

A Chorus Of Obliteration.[3] He also produced albums for Zao,[4] Further Seems Forever,[5] Few Left Standing,[6] and Eso-Charis.[7] He is also a guest vocalist on Demon Hunter's album Storm the Gates of Hell on the song "Sixteen".[8]

In 2015, Fitzhugh stated in an interview with Mark Salomon, that Living Sacrifice is currently writing new music.[9] Fitzhugh, along with Demon Hunter guitarist and Showdown bassist, Jeremiah Scott, wrote two songs titled "Made for War" and "Defend the Crown" for the Killing Floor 2 Soundtrack.[10] In 2015, Fitzhugh, along with Travis Turner (ex-Aletheian, Solamors) and Alex Kenis (ex-Becoming the Archetype, Aletheian, Solamors), recorded a cover of Megadeth's "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" cover in honor of the 25th anniversary of the song.[11][12][13]

Fitzhugh owned a label titled: "Seize the Day Records".[14] Fitzhugh formed the company, Zambooie with Mike Lewis (Puller, For Love Not Lisa) and later Billy Power (Blenderhead)[15] and currently works at Manhead Merch.[16]

History

Bruce Fitzhugh began his musical career in 1989, joining Darren Johnson and

self-titled album, which would be released through R.E.X. as the band's label debut.[9][16]

Around 1992, the band would switch styles with Johnson switching to a guttural vocal style and Garvin incorporating

Christmas Day in 1993 and began recording on December 27 until early 1993.[16] Following the release, the band came to the realization that R.E.X. was not paying them their royalties, which led to a confrontation that resulted in the band being released from their contract and owning the rights to their first three albums.[16] In 1995, Johnson departed from the band. Not wanting to bring anyone new in as their vocalist, Fitzhugh and Truby would both try for the position.[9][16] However, Truby would lose his voice, while Fitzhugh's continued to get better.[9][16] With this in mind, and still requiring a bassist, the three would hire Chris Truby as their bassist, Jason's older brother.[19]

Taking time to record their demo with this new lineup, featuring four-songs, including "Spirit Fall", "Sellout", "Reborn", and "Awakening".

Wuv Bernardo of P.O.D.[14]

By the end of 1998, the Truby brothers departed from the band, which led to Fitzhugh and Garvin hiring on

metallic hardcore band, Few Left Standing, for their debut album Regeneration of Self. According to Vocalist Chris Stafford, the band likely made Fitzhugh mad during the process, which is why he did not produce their second effort.[23] The five members of Living Sacrifice would begin working on their fifth album, titled The Hammering Process, which would be released in late 2000.[24] The album would be well-received, and like their album before, Reborn, was both released through Solid State and would be credited for being a forefather of the predominant genre, in this case groove metal.[24] Fitzhugh's vocal range would become even lower than Reborn at this time.[16] Two years later, Living Sacrifice would begin recording their sixth album, Conceived in Fire. At the time, Fitzhugh was unimpressed with it but was happy how it turned out in the end.[9] Fitzhugh would begin to get burnt out on the band at this time and felt a need to remain home with his family and be involved with his children growing up.[9]

By 2002, Fitzhugh began the label XS Records alongside former

In Memoriam
, which saw Fitzhugh, Gray, and Garvin reunite to record three new songs.

After the breakup, Fitzhugh and his former business partner and labelmate Mike Lewis would create the merchandise company known as Zambooie.

Death Machine, which would be released independently.[27]

Re-signing with Solid State, the band began working on a new album, which would be titled The Infinite Order, which would be produced by their longtime friend Jeremiah Scott (Demon Hunter, The Showdown, Destroy Destroy Destroy) and mixed by Andy Sneap (Hell).[27] In 2013, the band would release their eight studio album, Ghost Thief, which also saw Scott producing the record again.[28] In 2015, Tripwire Interactive, a video game company owned by John Gibson, released the video game Killing Floor 2, with the soundtrack featuring several Living Sacrifice tracks, including a re-recorded version of "Something More" off of Reject. Fitzhugh and Scott would also write two songs, "Made for War" and "Defend the Crown", exclusively for the video game release.[29] In 2020, Living Sacrifice planned a release for their 30th anniversary of a documentary of the band, which would also see a show with them and The Blamed, with members of the current lineup and former lineups performing, as well as Mark Garza of Embodyment and The Famine.[30] However, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the release and show was postponed.[30]

Discography

With Living Sacrifice

As Bruce Fitzhugh & Jeremiah Scott

  • "Made for War" (2015)
  • "Defend the Crown" (2015)

As Megabruce

Guest vocals

Production

References

  1. ^ "ALTERED LIFE". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
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  3. ^ a b burningcold_05 (August 12, 2006). "The Showdown - A Chorus of Obliteration". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved January 28, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  6. ^ "Bruce Fitzhugh credits". AllMusic. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
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  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Fitzhugh, Bruce. "Bruce Fitzhugh on Never Was Podcast". Never Was. Interviewed by Mark Salomon. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  10. ^ "Killing Floor 2 Soundtrack Revealed". Tripwire Interactive. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  11. ^ "Holy wars... The Punishment Due". As the Story Grows. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  12. ^ Wookubus (September 30, 2015). "Hear Living Sacrifice, Ex-Becoming the Archetype, ETC. Members Cover Megadeth". Theprp. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  13. ^ Fitzhugh, Bruce (September 23, 2015). "Megadeth Tribute with Bruce Fitzhugh and Alex Kenis". Interviewed by Trav Turner & Alex Kenis. As The Story Grows. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  14. ^ a b c Putman, Matt (February 1, 2015). "Matt Putman of Living Sacrifice". Interviewed by Trav Turner & Jesse Jeremiah. As The Story Grows. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  15. ^ a b Sciaretto, Amy (December 24, 2009). "Living Sacrifice's Bruce Fitzhugh talks about his Interesting day job". Noisecreep. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Fitzhugh, Bruce (September 20, 2015). "Bruce Fitzhugh of Living Sacrifice". Interviewed by Trav Turner & Stephen Sarro. As The Story Grows. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  17. ^ "First time playing live in front of an audience". March 25, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
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  22. ^ a b Godwin, Andrew (March 11, 2020). "Andrew Godwin of Embodyment and The Famine". As The Story Grows Podcast. Interviewed by Bryan Patton. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  23. ^ Stafford, Chris (January 15, 2020). "Chris Stafford of Few Left Standing". As The Story Grows Podcast. Interviewed by Bryan Patton. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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  25. ^ "XS Records". Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  26. ^ "Embodyment - Songs For the Living". Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  27. ^ a b "Living Sacrifice Entire New Album Available for Streaming". Blabbermouth.net. January 16, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  28. ^ "Living Sacrifice to Release Ghost Thief in November". Blabbermouth.net. October 9, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  29. ^ "Killing Floor 2 Official Game Soundtrack Announced". Tripwire Interactive. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  30. ^ a b Fitzhugh, Bruce (June 26, 2020). "Bruce Fitzhugh of Living Sacrifice". Labeled. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  31. ^ wookubus (March 31, 2022). "Islander Release Guest Filled New Album, Share Skin Crawl Lyric Video Featuring Korn, Zao, and Living Sacrifice Members". Theprp. Retrieved April 3, 2022.

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