History
Malignancy was formed in February 1992 by vocalist Danny Nelson and guitarist Javier Velez. They released their first demo, Eaten Out from Within, in April 1993. After lineup changes and three more demos, the band signed with United Guttural Records in 1998. Shortly after, the band released their first album, Intrauterine Cannibalism, in 1999, and the EP Motivated By Hunger. In 2001, they released the demo compilation CD Ignorance Is Bliss through Primitive Recordings, which contains material from Eaten Out from Within, Ignorance Is Bliss, 1998 promo CD, and other rehearsal and demo tracks. Cross Species Transmutation was the last EP released on the now defunct label. Slated to be a full-length, the band recorded what they had and Roger J. Beaujard parted ways. Mike Heller joined the group and underwent a year of teaching and practicing for live shows. After the release, the band began searching for a new label, and signed to Willowtip Records in 2006, releasing a full-length, Inhuman Grotesqueries, on August 7, 2007. The band released Eugenics, its third full-length, in 2012, a concept record dealing with the evolution and devolution of a future society. The Epilogue 7-inch, released in 2014 by Haunted Hotel Records, rounds out the story told on Eugenics.
The band completed the demo Malignant Future for a potential new label deal. It was released October 7, 2016. According to an interview with Ron Kachnic in 2015, the band had written ten songs for a new album, and would record after signing with a new label. The album, Discontinued, was released on June 14th, 2024 via Willowtip records.
The band released a re-recording of Intrauterine Cannibalism in 2019, packaged as a 2-CD set with the original 1999 recording.
The band played at Milwaukee Metal Fest in May of 2023.
