Oppressor

Oppressor was a technical death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1991 and disbanded in 1999. They released three albums. Three of the band's members later formed the alternative metal band Soil. Oppressor was launched in May 1991 by Tim King and Adam Zadel. A month later, they found another guitarist, Jim Stopper, and a drummer, Tom Schofield. They recorded their first demo, World Abomination, in 1991. A second demo, As Blood Flows, recorded in 1992, earned them a recording contract with Red Light Records, which released their first full-length album, Solstice of Oppression, in 1994. Shortly after the album's release, Red Light went bankrupt and the band was forced to find another label.