Scour (band)

Scour's original lineup featured Anselmo, guitarist Derek Engemann, guitarist Chase Fraser, bassist John Jarvis, and drummer Jesse Schobel.^[2]

The band debuted with the single "Dispatched" in 2016.^[3] The same year, they released their first EP, The Grey EP, through Anselmo's Housecore Records.^[4] The group's second extended play, The Red EP, followed in 2017.^[4] The title track and the song "Piles" were made available for streaming ahead of the release of the EP.^[5][6]

After a hiatus, Scour returned in 2020 with The Black EP, released through Housecore Records and Nuclear Blast.^[7] Released on November 27, 2020, the EP featured guest appearances from Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse), Pat O'Brien (ex-Cannibal Corpse), and actor Jason Momoa who provides guest vocals on one track.^[8][9] Ahead of the EP's release, Scour had released the Bathory cover "Massacre" as a single.^[10]

In 2024, the band announced their first full-length album, Gold, which includes a guest solo by Gary Holt (Slayer, Exodus) on the track "Coin".^[11][4] Recording began in February 2023 at Anselmo's personal studio, Nodferatu's Lair, with the album officially released on February 21, 2025.^[11]

Scour has performed at major metal festivals such as Roskilde, Hellfest, Tecate Metal Fest, and Maryland Deathfest.^[12]

Scour is stylistically black metal, with the exception of Phil Anselmo's use of lower growling instead of the higher, raspier vocals commonly associated with the genre.^[13] Anselmo called the group's sound "modern, thrashy black metal", saying that he wants to "put [his] own spin on it" and that he does not "have to sound like [Infernus] from Gorgoroth to get the point across. There's other ways of singing over that style of music".^[14] James Christopher Monger of AllMusic described the band's sound as a "punishing mix of black metal, grindcore, and thrash".^[1] Metal Insider called Scour a death metal band.^[14]

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  Phil Anselmo
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  Derek Engemann
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  Mark Kloeppel
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  Adam Jarvis