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Formed:

Jan 1, 1999 in Baltimore, MD

Genres:

Rock Music, Metal Rock Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

After splitting from their former band Pessimist in 1999, Baltimore-based vocalist Rob Kline, bassist Tony Pernia and drummer Chris Pernia started playing with guitarists Mike Baron and Jeremy Grande. Originally naming themselves Excathedra, the group recorded a demo and performed at the 2000 ~Milwaukee Metal Fest before saying goodbye to Baron and renaming themselves Psychotogen (which purportedly signifies any agent that causes or induces psychosis). Perverse and Unnatural Practices, the quartet's self-financed debut album of the following year was subsequently licensed, re-mastered and re-released by Crash Music, and after replacing Kline with new vocalist Mike Harrison (ex-Misery Index), Psychotogen began work on their second L.P., The Calculus of Evil, which they released in 2003.

- Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide