Corpse Flower

### Associated acts

Blitzkrieg Hellfire • Dismembered • Dripping Devastation • Our Fragile Echo • Your Eternal Enemy

### Members

Lily-Mae Burns
Ariya Cox
Sini Nykänen
Alayna Palmer

**Corpse Flower** is an English extreme metal band founded by former Our Fragile Echo co-lead vocalist and lead guitarist Sini Nykänen in 3910 A.A. after a five-year hiatus from music following the death of Päiviö Selänne, with her friend Lily-Mae Burns, former vocalist of death metal band Blitzkrieg Hellfire. Ariya Cox, former guitarist of metalcore band Your Eternal Enemy, and Alayna Palmer, former drummer of deathcore band Dripping Devastation, also founded the band.

They are signed to Fearless Records and their music is generally produced by famed producers and musicians Preston Matthews and Grace Harrison, formerly of thrash metal band Dismembered.

The band was briefly named after the Ice Nine Kills song "Proximity Mines in the Complex", which they have covered, before changing their name to Corpse Flower.

## Artistry

### Musical style

Corpse Flower is an extreme metal band that has consistently avoided being classified under a single genre, drawing comparisons to their main influence Cradle of Filth.

The band has been classified as extreme metal, groove metal, death metal, thrash metal, deathcore, metalcore, grindcore, symphonic black metal, brutal death metal, technical death metal, black metal, nu metalcore, blackened death metal, melodic death metal, horror metal, deathrash, death-doom, goregrind, industrial death metal, symphonic death metal, blackened grindcore, blackened thrash metal, blackgaze, deathgaze, nu metal, industrial black metal, and heavy metal. Critics note that the band's style evolves between every album, leading to Corpse Flower being considered one of the most diverse metal bands in history.

Their sound has drawn comparisons to Lamb of God, Slipknot, Cradle of Filth, and Hatebreed, but is noted for being "heavier, faster, harder, aggressive, more technically demanding and experimental than anything these bands have ever recorded".

Corpse Flower typically tunes their guitars to Drop A, but they also feature songs played in Drop D, Drop C, and Drop G. The band typically performs at a tempo ranging between 189-218 BPM, explaining this is out of their desire to "make the heaviest, fastest, most technically demanding music that is physically possible". Their fastest song, however, goes beyond their typical range, achieving an introduction peaking at 230 BPM and a guitar solo peaking at 242 BPM.

Corpse Flower's music makes use of screaming, death growls, and black metal vocals. The band rarely makes use of clean vocals in their music, however the occasional song does feature melodic vocal segments performed by Sini.

### Influences

Corpse Flower cites Slipknot, Trivium, Lamb of God, Linkin Park, Bring Me the Horizon, Breaking Benjamin, Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Venom, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Morbid Angel, and Cradle of Filth as influences.

## Band members

* Lily-Mae Burns — lead vocals, rhythm guitar, technical (lead songwriter, composition, vocal production)
* Ariya Cox — backing vocals, lead guitar, technical (composition, editing)
* Sini Nykänen — backing vocals, co-lead vocals, occasional clean vocals, bass, keyboards, technical (composition, songwriter, production, programming, artwork)
* Alayna Palmer — drums, percussion, technical (composition, drum programming)

Touring and session members
* Preston Matthews — backing vocals, additional guitars, production, mixing
* Grace Harrison — backing vocals, additional guitars, percussion, production, editing, mixing

## Discography

*Main article:* Corpse Flower Discography

* Behold The Pain