Matthew Plunkett

**Labels:** | * Rottweiler Records
* Sevared Records
* SkyBurnsBlack Records
* Sullen Records
 **Associated Acts:** | Abated Mass of Flesh, Cryptic Rising, Parallax Withering, Cadaverous Contingency, Dysfunctional Rotout, Xantravor, Willow Mount, Essence of Immortality, Apocalypse of the Risen, Numbered with the Transgressors, NGC 4414, Weathertalk, Light Unseen, Atrocity, Dehumanize, Shadow Puncher, Catatonic Profanation

**Matthew "Matt" Plunkett** (born April 13, 1992) is an American musician that began in 2008. Plunkett has been a part of several projects alongside his brother, Zack. Most notably Abated Mass of Flesh, Parallax Withering, Cryptic Rising, Cadaverous Contingency, and Numbered with the Transgressors.

## History

Matthew Plunkett was born on April 13, 1992, out of Unionville, Tennessee. He and his older brother, Zack, were not raised as Christians. Around the same time, the two converted to Christianity. In 2007 and 2008, the two began to form many projects together, including Willow Mount and Xantravor; a black metal project and a thrash/deathcore project respectively. Xantravor would soon change their name to Dysfunctional Rotout. In 2009, Matthew would form Essence of Immortality and Apocalypse of the Risen, release three albums with Dysfunctional Rotout, an album with Apocalypse of the Risen, and an album with Willow Mount.

Dysfunctional Rotout and Apocalypse of the Risen would disband at this time, with fellow AOTR member Steven Sanders joining Essence of Immortality. The band released their debut EP in 2010 before disbanding in 2011. The same year, Willow Mount released an EP titled *Death Refrained, Death Unborn* before splitting up. In 2012, Matt joined his brother's solo project, Abated Mass of Flesh, as well as forming Cryptic Rising, his newest black metal project. Both projects became extremely prolific in releasing material, with AMOF releasing three EPs and a full-length in between 2013 and 2014, while Cryptic Rising released four EPs between 2012-2014.

In 2014, the Plunkett brothers formed Parallax Withering, a deathcore act, alongside Max Tubville, their bandmate in AMOF, Essence of Immortality, and Willow Mount. The band signed to SkyBurnsBlack Records and released their debut EP, *Disintegration*. The band was also featured on several compilations and recorded several songs outside of the EP. Around 2015, the project went on a hiatus. AMOF and Cryptic Rising both released an EP that year, followed by the formation of Matthew's noise project, NGC 4414. The same year, the Plunkett brothers formed another project, Cadaverous Contingency, which was similar to AMOF in the brutal death metal vein. The project recorded a demo and an EP titled *World Hate* in 2015 and released the latter through SkyBurnsBlack Records. Following the releases of the Cadaverous Contingency material, Matthew returned to his primary focuses: Abated Mass of Flesh, Cryptic Rising and NGC 4414, with all three projects releasing material in 2016.

In 2017, Abated Mass of Flesh released two studio albums, *Lacerated* and *Eternal Harvest*, both of which were released independently, with physical copies being distributed by Sevared Records and Chugcore. Cryptic Rising released two demos and an EP the same year, while NGC 4414 also released two albums, an EP, and two splits. In 2018, Cadaverous Contingency released a demo, titled *Demo 2018*. However, following the demo's release, Matthew departed, with his position being filled by former Broken Flesh Vocalist Jacob Mathes. The same year, Matthew and the Wingate brothers - his bandmates in AMOF - began an experimental post-rock project called Weathertalk. Cryptic Rising released an EP and two demos, while NGC 4414 released a plethora of EPs, albums, and splits that year. NGC 4414 released several albums worth of material in 2019 as EPs, splits, and singles. Abated Mass of Flesh is currently working on a new album.

## Bands

**Current**

* Abated Mass of Flesh - Vocals, Keyboards (2012-present)
* Cryptic Rising - Everything (2012-present)
* NGC 4414 - Everything (2015-present)
* Weathertalk - Keyboards (2018-present)

**Hiatus**

* Parallax Withering - Vocals (2011-present)

**Former**

* Apocalypse of the Risen - Vocals, Drums, Keyboards (2009)
* Cadaverous Contingency - Vocals (2015-2018)
* Dysfunctional Rotout - Vocals, Drums (2008-2010)
* Essence of Immortality - Vocals (2009-2011)
* Numbered with the Transgressors - Vocals, Synth (2017-2019)
* Willow Mount - Keyboards (2008-2010), Vocals (2010-2011)
* Xantravor - Vocals (2007-2008)

## Discography

**Abated Mass of Flesh**

* *Brutal Death* (2013)
* *The Anatomy of Impurity* (2013)
* *Deathcrusher* (2014)
* *The Omen King* (2014)
* *Abhorrent Postmortal Vicissity* (2015)
* *Descending Upon the Deceased* (2016)
* *Lacerated* (2017)
* *Eternal Harvest* (2017)
* *Moth and Rust in the Temple of Putridity* (2018; re-recorded)

**Apocalypse of the Risen**

* *The Trial Awaits* (2009)

**Cadaverous Contingency**

* *Demo 2015* (2015)
* *World Hate* (2015)
* *Demo 2018* (2018)

**Cryptic Rising**

* *Hopeless in Dead Winter Storm* (2012)
* *Isolation* (2013)
* *Demo* (2014)
* *Cryptic Rising* (2014)
* *Demo II* (2015)
* *III* (2016)
* *Inheritance* (2016)
* *D e m o* (2017)
* *Emergence* (2017)
* *D e m o II* (2017)
* *Old Wound* (2018)
* *D e m o III* (2018)
* *D e m o IV* (2018)
* *D e m o V* (2018)
* *D e m o VI* (2019)
* *Necrotic Sacramen*t (2019)

**Dysfunctional Rotout**

* *Demo* (2009)
* *The Devouring Feed* (2009)
* *The Three Chapters of Blissful Grace* (2009)
* *Cow Rot* (2010)
* *A Silence Apocalypse* (2010)

**Essence of Immortality**

* *Essence of Immortality* (2010)

**NGC 4414**

* *Ambient Tape* (2015)
* *Customer Service / NGC 4414* (2016; split w/ Customer Service)
* *I - II* (2016)
* *Channels* (2016)
* *ImCoPav / NGC 4414* (2016; split w/ ImCoPav)
* *NGC 4414 / Fahad Baseer* (2016; split w/ Fahad Baseer)
* *Descend / Apart* (2016)
* *Quietly* (2016)
* *NGC 4414 / Hexpressionist* (2016; split w/ Hexapressionist)
* *The Distance* (2017)
* *NGC 4414 / Whyte Hand* (2017; split w/ Whyte Hand)
* *Transparency* (2017; split w/ Sad Speller)
* *Aura* (2017)
* *Moon EP* (2017)
* *Field Communication* (2018; split w/ Hexapressionist)
* *Signals* (2018)
* *Compilation* (2018)
* *Neptune* (2018)
* *Somewhere Forgotten* (2018)
* *NGC 4414 / Whyte Hand* (2018; split w/ Whyte Hand)
* *Grain Death / NGC 4414* (2018; split w/ Grain Death)
* *Remixes* (2019)
* *Ceremony* (2019)
* *Tchernobog / NGC 4414* (2019; split w/ Tchernobog)
* *Five Songs* (2019; collaboration with Thomas Wingate)
* *Turn on the Dark* (2019)
* *🧠* (2019)
* *Where Are You Going? / Evade* (2019)
* *[untitled]* (2019)

**Parallax Withering**

* *Disintegration* (2014)

**Weathertalk**

* *Weathertalk* (2018)

**Willow Mount**

* *Vanitas* (2009)
* *Death Refrained, Death Unborn* (2010)

**Xantravor**

* *Demo* (2008)

**Guest appearances**

* "Mass of Bloated Entrails" - *Promo* - Atrocity (2016)
* "Divine Abomination" - *The Disease of Humanity* - Atrocity (2016)
* "Ritualistic Torture" - *Parasitic Devourment* - Catatonic Profanation (2017)
* "Tomes of Splintered Skulls" - *That Which Is Sown* - Dehumanize (2017)
* "Christus Invictus" - *Visions of Apocalypse and Archetype* - Light Unseen (2018)
* TBA - The Almighty Exorcist - Shadow Puncher (2020)

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7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Cryptic Rising". Unblack-Archives. Retrieved on August 20, 2019.
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