Desecration

Formed in 1992 and releasing its first demo in 1993, the band stirred controversy in 1995 when its first album Gore and Perversion (original version on Anoxic Records) was infamously seized and incinerated by the local police because of the album's offensive content, for what they considered its obscene nature, and banned upon its release. The printers of the original artwork and lyrics, after taking the money for the pressing and without sending any copies to the band, sent the albums to the police authorities and they were then incinerated. Members of the band were arrested. The ensuing trial and media furor firmly established the name of Desecration on the South Wales scene and beyond.