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AGAINST THE PLAGUES is a extreme metal act based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 2005 when two musicians from the black metal group Forest of Impaled - Varyen on drums and Adrian Adamus on guitar, decided to to create their own project. They started working under the name "AGAINST" but after few months extended it to AGAINST THE PLAGUES. Originally starting as a "project", they hired Swedish musician and producer Wojtek Lisicki (Lost Horizon,Luciferion) to help with arrangements and production of the first album. After a few months of cooperation, the "project" turned in to a full time band with Lisicki becoming a full fledged member and shortly before entering the studio, Orlando Logan Perez (ex VEX) joined the band as their singer and bassist to round out the lineup. In 2007, the band signed with Century Media Records in U.S. and Plastic Head in Europe and released their debiut album "Architecture of Oppression".

AGAINST THE PLAGUES received outstanding reviews in popular metal magazines like Metal Rules, Metal Hammer, Lords of Metal, Metal Maniacs, and Masterful Magazine. In 2010, AGAINST THE PLAGUES signed a deal with Dutch label Vic Records, at which point "Architecture of Oppression" was re-mixed and re-mastered by legendary producer Dan Swano (Katatonia/Marduk/Dark Funeral/Edge of Sanity) and re-released in Europe under the new title "Decoding the Mainframe".

Shortly after "Decoding the Mainframe" came out, guitarist Adrian Adamus left the band and was replaced by Marco Martell (ex Malevolent Creation). In March 2010, AGAINST THE PLAGUES released their first official video for the track "Great are the Eyed" which was shot in Miami, FL. In late fall 2010 the band returned to the studio and recorded 4 new songs for mini album called "The Quaternion". Finally "The Quaternion" was self released on December 21st 2012. AGAINST THE PLAGUES immidiately hit the road in the U.S. to promote "The Quaternion" in 2013. In March 2013 Milo Kovacevic (ex Kommandant/Ezurate) joined the band as a new bass guitarist. In June 2013 after first leg of promotional shows in United States the band parted ways with singer Logan Perez. Perez was replaced by vocalist Shaun Albro (ApotheCarrion/Ebonmortis). In January 2014, band parted ways with Marco Martell and announced Aaron Covarrubias as a new guitarist. In August 2014 Aaron Nobles (ex Delirium, Human Extinction) joined the band as a second guitarist.

In December of 2014, Varyen Entertainment and Kake Multimedia partnered to present Against The Plagues forth coming release, "The Extermination Event", set for international release on January 6th, 2015. The EP will be accompanied by full scale music video productions filmed and directed by Bradley M Scott Cinemotography.