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Against the Plagues is multinational extreme metal act based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 2005 when two musicians previously worked in black metal group Forest of Impaled - Varyen (Damnation/Forest of Impaled)on drums and Adrian Adamus (Forest of Impaled)on guitar decided to create their own project. They started working under "Against" name but after few months extended it to "Against the Plagues". Originally as a project they hired Swedish musician and producer Wojtek Lisicki (Lost Horizon, ex-Luciferion)to help with arrangements and production of the first album. After few months of cooperation "project" turned to full active band and Lisicki become full member of Against the Plagues. Shortly before entering the studio, Orlando Logan Perez (ex-Vex) joined the band as a singer and bass player. Debut album "Architecture of Oppression" took almost 2 years to be finished and was recorded in multiple studios in US and Sweden. All music and vocals were recorded in Studio One in Racine, WI with Chris Djuricic as engineer and final touches were done in Sweden in Lisicki home studio. Due to lack of the labels interested to invest and cover costs of album production, band decided to released this album by their own. In 2007 Against the Plagues played US tour to promote "Architecture of Oppression" along with Visions of the Night and Hellement. In 2008 band signed distribution deals with Century Media Records in US and Plastic Head in Europe.In 2009 Against the Plagues signed deal with Dutch label - Vic Records. "Architecture of Oppression" album was officially re-released in Europe under new title "Decoding the Mainframe". All songs were re-mixed and re-mastered by legendary producer Dan Swano (Katatonia/Marduk/Dark Funeral/Edge of Sanity). In February 2010 band officially stated that guitarist Adrian Adamus left the band due family obligations and was replaced by Marco Martell (ex-Malevolent Creation,ex-Divine Empire). Against the Plagues filmed their first official video "Great are the Eyed" in Miami, FL with Eduardo and Gregg Alvarez from Elephas Production to promote "Decoding The Mainframe" album who was officially released on March 31st 2010. In late summer 2010 co-founder of the group Varyen stated on band's myspace site that Against the Plagues working on new songs for upcoming as yet untitled second album.