List of Malevolent Creation members

Malevolent Creation is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in late 1986, the group originally consisted of rhythm guitarist Phil Fasciana, vocalist Brett Hoffman, lead guitarist Jim Nickles, bassist Jason Blachowicz and drummer Dennis Kubas. The band's current lineup features Fasciana, bassist Jesse Jolly (since 2024), drummer Ronnie Parmer (since 2020), and vocalist/lead guitarist Deron Miller (since 2022).

History

1986–1997

Phil Fasciana, Brett Hoffman and Jim Nickles formed Malevolent Creation in late 1986, writing songs as a trio for "10 months or so", before adding Jason Blachowicz and Dennis Kubas to record the band's first demo in September 1987. Shortly after its release, the group relocated to Florida and replaced Nickles, Blachowicz and Kubas with Jon Rubin, Scott O'Dell and Lee Harrison, respectively, who recorded a live demo in early 1989. Blachowicz returned for a studio demo later in the year, before Mark van Erp and drummer Mark Simpson joined for the band's fourth demo in 1990. When the band recorded its debut studio album The Ten Commandments in early 1991, van Erp had been replaced by the returning Blachowicz; Rubin left during the sessions, with his replacement Jeff Juszkiewicz overdubbing some lead guitar parts.

For 1992's Retribution, Juszkiewicz and Simpson were replaced by Rob Barrett and Alex Marquez of Solstice. In early 1993, Barrett left Malevolent Creation to join Cannibal Corpse. He was replaced by a returning Jon Rubin. Marquez also briefly left around the same time, replaced by Larry Hawke, but returned in time to perform on the recording of Stillborn later in the summer. After a European tour at the beginning of 1994, founding vocalist Hoffmann left Malevolent Creation. Blachowicz subsequently took over on vocals, and later in the year the band recorded Eternal with new drummer Dave Culross. By the end of 1995, Culross had been replaced by Derek Roddy, who Fasciana claimed was "way sicker" than his predecessor. Rubin also left shortly thereafter, replaced briefly by Jason Hagen during writing for In Cold Blood.

Before recording for In Cold Blood began, Hagen was fired after falling out with Roddy. His place was taken by John Paul Soars, who performed on the album. Shortly after In Cold Blood was completed and released, Roddy was also fired after falling out with Blachowicz, with Tony Laureano taking over on drums for the album's promotional tour. Just before a European tour starting in August 1997, Soars left the band to focus on his regular job. He was replaced by the returning Rob Barrett, who had just left Cannibal Corpse; after the tour ended in October, Blachowicz left following a fight with Fasciana.

1998–2009

After a brief hiatus, during which time Phil Fasciana considered disbanding the group, Malevolent Creation returned with former members Bret Hoffmann and Dave Culross back in the lineup, joined by new bassist Gordon Simms. With their original vocalist, the band released The Fine Art of Murder in 1998 and Envenomed in 2000, before parting ways with Hoffmann again in January 2002 due to his ongoing problems with drug and alcohol abuse. He was replaced with Kyle Symons, frontman of Fasciana and Barrett's side project Hateplow. For a European tour starting in March, Culross was replaced by Gus Rios. In June, the group announced that it would be recording its next album The Will to Kill with Justin DiPinto on drums. By the end of the year, DiPinto himself had been replaced by Ariel Alvarado as touring drummer.

Starting in March 2003, Tony Laureano returned to Malevolent Creation on a temporary touring basis. He was briefly replaced by Rios in the summer for a planned tour of Brazil, but returned for the shows when they were postponed until September. In November, the group announced the return of Dave Culross for a third tenure. In July 2004 the band released Warkult, before Barrett and Simms were replaced in October 2005 by returning members Jon Rubin and Jason Blachowicz, respectively. By December, the group had announced a reunion with Bret Hoffmann for a European tour at the beginning of 2006, for which they would also be joined by bassist Marco Martell and drummer David Kinkade – bandmates of Blachowicz in Divine Empire. After the tour's conclusion, Symons did not return and Hoffmann remained.

The band announced that it would be recording a new album during 2006 with drummer Tony Laureano, however he later stated that he was unable to take part due to "various scheduling conflicts". In his place, Dave Culross returned for a fourth spell. After recording and touring in promotion of Doomsday X, Culross left again in September 2007 for undisclosed reasons. The band also revealed that Blachowicz had left, claiming that both departing members "have prior job obligations and could not try to work things out". The following month, Marco Martell and Fabian Aguirre were unveiled as the replacements on bass and drums, respectively. By September 2008, Blachowicz had returned. At the same time, Martell took over from Rubin on lead guitar and Gus Rios replaced Aguirre on drums, and they returned to touring.

Since 2009

In July 2009, Gio Geraca took over as Malevolent Creation's touring bassist. He became a permanent band member later in the year. When lead guitarist Martell left at the beginning of 2010, Geraca took over his role for the recording of the group's next album Invidious Dominion. By June, Blachowicz had returned yet again to take over on bass. This lineup of Hoffmann, Geraca, Fasciana, Blachowicz and Rios remained stable for almost four years, before Rios left in February 2014 due to "personal differences". He was replaced in July by another returning member, Justin DiPinto. The new lineup recorded the band's next album Dead Man's Path, which was released in September 2015. After cancelling a US tour in promotion of the album, the band went on an unofficial hiatus in starting October 2016.

After just over a year away, Malevolent Creation resurfaced in November 2017, with constant member Phil Fasciana joined in the new lineup by vocalist and guitarist Lee Wollenschlaeger, bassist Josh Gibbs, and drummer Phil Cancilla. On July 7, 2018, founding vocalist Bret Hoffmann died of colorectal cancer. The new lineup of the band recorded The 13th Beast, which was released in January 2019. Just over a year later in February 2020, after the '13th Beast over Latin America' tour, Cancilla was replaced by Ronnie Parmer. Cancilla's last show with the band was Feb 9th, 2020 in Miami. This was the only US show that the 13th Beast lineup had played and was also the band's only US show since 2016. In April 2020 after the European Tour, Wollenschlaeger was replaced by Ryan Taylor. Taylor was replaced by former CKY frontman Deron Miller in October 2022. In March 2024, bassist Josh Gibbs was replaced by Jesse Jolly.

Members

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions	Associated acts
	Phil Fasciana	1986–present	rhythm guitar	all Malevolent Creation (MC) releases	HatePlow, Encefalitis
	Ronnie Parmer	2020–present	drums	none to date	Brutality, BlightMass, Bloodmessiah, Insatanity, Perdition Temple, Phalanx Inferno, Catalysis, Amon, Kerasphorus
	Deron Miller	2022–present	lead guitar vocals		CKY, World Under Blood, 96 Bitter Beings, Foreign Objects, oiL, This End Up
	Jesse Jolly	2024–present	bass

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions	Associated acts
	Bret Hoffmann	1986–1994 1997–2002 2005–2016 (died 2018)	vocals	all MC releases from the untitled 1987 demo to Live Death (1994), and from Doomsday X (2007) to Dead Man's Path (2015) Joe Black (1996) The Fine Art of Murder (1998) Envenomed (2000)	Fire for Effect, Silent Death, Down the Drain
	Jason Blachowicz	1986–1987 1989–1990 1991–1997 2005–2007 2008–2009 2010–2016	bass vocals (1994–1997)	untitled 1987 demo untitled 1989 studio demo all MC releases from The Ten Commandments (1991) to In Cold Blood (1997) Doomsday X (2007) Lost Commandments (2008) Death from Down Under (2010) Invidious Dominion (2010) Dead Man's Path (2015)	Doomskull, Divine Empire, Encefalitis, Murder 101, Eternal, Masticator, Murder Suicide
	Jim Nickles	1986–1987	lead guitar	untitled 1987 demo	Hellcannon, Vile Vindication, Hellwitch, Leviathan
	Dennis Kubas		drums
	Jon Rubin	1987–1991 1993–1996 2005–2008	lead guitar	untitled 1989 live and studio demos untitled 1990 demo The Ten Commandments (1991) Stillborn (1993) Eternal (1995) Joe Black (1996) Doomsday X (2007) Lost Commandments (2008)	HatePlow, Monstrosity, Elysium, Paramoure
	Lee Harrison	1987–1990	drums	untitled 1989 live and studio demos	Monstrosity, Submission, Lavoizen, Atheist, Terrorizer, Desecrated Tombs, Midnight
	Scott O'Dell	1987–1989	bass	untitled 1989 live demo	Down the Drain, Pyrax
	Mark Simpson	1990–1992	drums	untitled 1990 demo The Ten Commandments (1991)
	Mark van Erp	1990–1991	bass	untitled 1990 demo	Monstrosity, Cynic, Solstice
	Jeff Juszkiewicz	1991–1992	lead guitar	The Ten Commandments (1991)	Let the Night Roar, Leviathan, Tualatin, Demonaut, Humongous, Sons of Tonatiuh, Major Adept
	Alex Marquez	1992–1993 1993–1994	drums	Retribution (1992) Live EP (1993) Stillborn (1993) Live Death (1994) Joe Black (1996)	Create a Kill, Murder Suicide, Solstice, Wreckage,Brutality, Cephalic Carnage, Demolition Hammer, Excessive Bleeding, Hellwitch, Wreck-Defy, Divine Empire, Hypgnostic, Resurrection, Sargon, Antagonized, Dethroned, The Mortuary Society, Thrash or Die, Anger
	Rob Barrett	1992–1993 1997–2005	lead guitar	Retribution (1992) Live EP (1993) Live Death (1994) all MC releases from The Fine Art of Murder (1998) to Conquering South America (2004) Live at the Whisky a Go Go (2008) Lost Commandments (2008)	Cannibal Corpse, Eulogy, HatePlow, Solstice, Dark Deception, Roadrunner United
	"Crazy" Larry Hawke	1993 (died 1997)	drums	Joe Black (1996) – one track only	Coprophagia, Encefalitis, Hanus, HatePlow
	Dave Culross	1994–1995 1997–2001 2003–2005 2006–2007		Eternal (1995) Joe Black (1996) The Fine Art of Murder (1998) Envenomed (2000) Warkult (2004) Doomsday X (2007) Live at the Whisky a Go Go (2008) Lost Commandments (2008)	Disgorged, Malebolgia, Phantasmagoria, HatePlow, Pyrexia, Suffocation,
	Derek Roddy	1995–1997		In Cold Blood (1997)	Doomsilla, Fire for Effect, Isotropy, Khavar, Menace, Serpents Rise, The Deboning Method, The Great Die, Metal Against Coronavirus, Aurora Borealis, Blotted Science, Gothic Outcasts, Hate Eternal, Council of the Fallen, Divine Empire, Today Is the Day, Nile
	Jason Hagen	1996–1997	lead guitar	none
	John Paul Soars	1997		In Cold Blood (1997)	Raped Ape, Wynjara, Paingod, JP Soars and the Red Hots, Divine Empire, Burner
	Gordon Simms	1997–2005	bass	all MC releases from The Fine Art of Murder (1998) to Lost Commandments (2008) (except Doomsday X)
	Kyle Symons	2002–2005	vocals	The Will to Kill (2002) Warkult (2004) Conquering South America (2004) Lost Commandments (2008)	Kill Division, Upon Infliction, Sickness, HatePlow
	Gus Rios	2002 2003 (both touring) 2008–2014	drums	Death from Down Under (2010) Invidious Dominion (2010)	Create a Kill, Gruesome, Kill Division, Meat Flag, The Evil Amidst, Upon Infliction, Divine Empire, Impure, Sickness, Left to Die, Living Monstrosity, Union Black, Manntis, Murder Suicide, Resurrection
	Justin DiPinto	2002 (session) 2014–2016		The Will to Kill (2002) Dead Man's Path (2015)	High Reeper, Scorched, Waco Jesus, Evil Divine, American Blood Cult, Insatanity, Mortal Decay, Pyrexia, Seeds of Perdition, Divine Rapture
	Marco Martell	2006 (touring) 2007–2010	lead guitar bass (2006)	Death from Down Under (2010)	The Monarch, Deadhand System, Glacier, Morbid Saint, Against the Plagues, Divine Empire, Road's End
	Gio Geraca	2009–2016	lead guitar bass (until 2010)	Invidious Dominion (2010) Dead Man's Path (2015)	Fire for Effect, The Evil Amidst, Upon Infliction, Crucifeast, Wykked Wytch, Murder Suicide
	Lee Wollenschlaeger	2017–2020	vocals lead guitar	The 13th Beast (2019)	Unblessed Divine, Imperial Empire, Throne of Nails, DieVersion, City Under Siege
	Phil Cancilla		drums		Intimidation, Misericordiam, Hank Williams III, Nocturnal Wind, Tristram, Disfiguring the Goddess, Incinerate, Narcotic Wasteland, Primitive Brutality, Zorakarer
	Ryan Taylor	2020–2022	lead guitar vocals	The 13th Beast (2019) – guest appearance on two tracks	Solstice, Atomik, Combat, Body Blow, United Forces, Condition Critical, Thrash or Die,
	Josh Gibbs	2017–2024	bass lead guitar	The 13th Beast (2019)	Atrophy, Solstice Swamp Gas, Thrash or Die, Alphanumeric, United Forces

Touring

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Tony Laureano	1997 2003 2006	drums	Conquering South America (2004)
	Ariel Alvarado	2002–2003		none
	David Kinkade	2006
	Fabian Aguirre	2007–2008
	Sean Martinez	2011	bass
	John Cooke	2011–2012
	James Walford	2011	lead guitar
	Kevin Peace	2013	bass

Timeline

Lineups

Note: Bold text indicates a new member in the lineup.

Period	Members	Releases
Late 1986 – summer 1987	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jim Nickles – lead guitar	none
Summer – fall 1987	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jim Nickles – lead guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass Dennis Kubas – drums	untitled 1987 studio demo
Late 1987 – early 1989	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jon Rubin – lead guitar Lee Harrison – drums Scott O'Dell – bass	untitled 1989 live demo
Spring 1989 – early 1990	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jon Rubin – lead guitar Lee Harrison – drums Jason Blachowicz – bass	untitled 1989 studio demo
Early 1990 – early 1991	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jon Rubin – lead guitar Mark van Erp – bass Mark Simpson – drums	untitled 1990 demo
Early – spring 1991	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jon Rubin – lead guitar Mark Simpson – drums Jason Blachowicz – bass	The Ten Commandments (1991) – basic master recordings
Spring 1991 – spring 1992	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Mark Simpson – drums Jason Blachowicz – bass Jeff Juszkiewicz – lead guitar	The Ten Commandments (1991) – lead guitar overdubbing
Spring 1992 – spring 1993	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jason Blachowicz – bass Rob Barrett – lead guitar Alex Marquez – drums	Retribution (1992) Live EP (1993) Live Death (1994)
Spring – summer 1993	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jason Blachowicz – bass Jon Rubin – lead guitar Larry Hawke – drums	Joe Black (1996) – one track
Summer 1993 – March 1994	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jason Blachowicz – bass Jon Rubin – lead guitar Alex Marquez – drums	Stillborn (1993) Joe Black (1996) – one track
Spring 1994 – late 1995	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass, vocals Jon Rubin – lead guitar Dave Culross – drums	Eternal (1995) Joe Black (1996) – three tracks
Late 1995 – late 1996	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass, vocals Jon Rubin – lead guitar Derek Roddy – drums	none
Late 1996 – early 1997	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass, vocals Derek Roddy – drums Jason Hagen – lead guitar
Early – June 1997	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass, vocals Derek Roddy – drums John Paul Soars – lead guitar	In Cold Blood (1997)
June – August 1997	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass, vocals John Paul Soars – lead guitar Tony Laureano – drums (touring)	none
August – October 1997	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass, vocals Tony Laureano – drums Rob Barrett – lead guitar
Late 1997 – January 2002	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Dave Culross – drums Gordon Simms – bass	The Fine Art of Murder (1998) Envenomed (2000) Live at the Whisky a Go Go (2008)
January – March 2002	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Dave Culross – drums Gordon Simms – bass Kyle Symons – vocals	none
March – April 2002	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Gordon Simms – bass Kyle Symons – vocals Gus Rios – drums (touring)
June – late 2002	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Gordon Simms – bass Kyle Symons – vocals Justin DiPinto – drums (session)	The Will to Kill (2002)
Late 2002 – March 2003	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Gordon Simms – bass Kyle Symons – vocals Ariel Alvarado – drums (touring)	none
March – May 2003	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Gordon Simms – bass Kyle Symons – vocals Tony Laureano – drums (touring)
June – July 2003	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Gordon Simms – bass Kyle Symons – vocals Gus Rios – drums (touring)
August – September 2003	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Gordon Simms – bass Kyle Symons – vocals Tony Laureano – drums (touring)	Conquering South America (2004)
November 2003 – October 2005	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Rob Barrett – lead guitar Gordon Simms – bass Kyle Symons – vocals Dave Culross – drums	Warkult (2004) Lost Commandments (2008)
October – December 2005	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Kyle Symons – vocals Dave Culross – drums Jason Blachowicz – bass Jon Rubin – lead guitar	none
December 2005 – March 2006	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jon Rubin – lead guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Marco Martell – bass (touring) David Kinkade – drums (touring)
March – July 2006	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jon Rubin – lead guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jason Blachowicz – bass Tony Laureano – drums
Fall 2006 – September 2007	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jon Rubin – lead guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Jason Blachowicz – bass Dave Culross – drums	Doomsday X (2007) Lost Commandments (2008)
October 2007 – September 2008	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Jon Rubin – lead guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Marco Martell – bass Fabian Aguirre – drums (touring)	none
September 2008 – July 2009	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Marco Martell – lead guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass Gus Rios – drums	Australian Onslaught (2010)
July 2009 – February 2010	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Marco Martell – lead guitar Gus Rios – drums Gio Geraca – bass	none
February – June 2010	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Gus Rios – drums Gio Geraca – lead guitar, bass
June 2010 – February 2014	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Gus Rios – drums Gio Geraca – lead guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass	Invidious Dominion (2010)
July 2014 – September 2016	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Bret Hoffmann – vocals Gio Geraca – lead guitar Jason Blachowicz – bass Justin DiPinto – drums	Dead Man's Path (2015)
Band on hiatus September 2016 – November 2017
November 2017 – April 2020	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Josh Gibbs – bass Lee Wollenschlaeger – lead guitar, vocals Phil Cancilla – drums	The 13th Beast (2019)
April 2020 – October 2022	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Josh Gibbs – bass Ryan Taylor – lead guitar, vocals Ronnie Parmer – drums	none
October 2022 – March 2024	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Josh Gibbs – bass Ronnie Parmer – drums Deron Miller – lead guitar, vocals	none to date
March 2024 – present	Phil Fasciana – rhythm guitar Ronnie Parmer – drums Deron Miller – lead guitar, vocals Jesse Jolly – bass	none to date