Massacre

US Death Metal band from Tampa, Florida. Formed in 1984.
Massacre early incarnation consisted of Terry Butler.
They disbanded and re-united again several times.

In 1987, Rozz, Andrews and Butler ed From Beyond, followed by an EP a year later. After the release of the EP the band split up again.

Rozz reformed the band in 1993 and released a new album Promise in 1996. That same year, Kam Lee left the band.

Kam Lee, Terry Butler and Curtis Beeson temporarily reunited as Massacre in 2006.
In 2008 Butler, Lee, Beeson & Williams then founded Denial Fiend with Blaine Cook replacing Lee and Rob Rampy replacing Beeson in 2008. Later that year they split up.

Butler and Rozz reformed Massacre in late 2011, with Mike Mazzonetto on drums and Back From The Dead album in 2014.
On December 11, 2014 it was announced that bassist Terry Butler and vocalist Ed Webb left the band. As the result, Massacre disbanded.

Massacre reformed once more in 2017 under the name Massacre X, in reference to it being the band's tenth lineup.

Original drummer Bill Andrews threatened to sue the band over the use of them name, leading to them rebranding themselves as "Gods of Death", in reference to their significance in the development of death metal. They were active under that name till July 2019, as the court has official decided, that Lee is the legal rightholder.
Now under the official Massacre moniker again with the line up of Mike Mazzonetto (drums).