Debauchery is a death metal/rock 'n' roll band from Stuttgart, Germany.
The band was formed in 2000 as Maggotcunt, but changed their name in 2002 to Debauchery. Debauchery consisted of Thomas Gurrath (vocals, guitars and bass) and Dani (drums) until Dani was forced to leave the band in 2006 after an onstage fight with Thomas. Since then, Thomas is the only official member of Debauchery, singing, playing guitar and bass in the studio, and producing all albums. Thomas hires studio musicians to play drums and guitar leads. As of 2008, the Debauchery live members, called the Kill Team, were ever changing.
In May 2010, Thomas Gurrath made news when he was ordered to quit his day job as a teacher. Officials stated that his performances were "a form of mental instability that made him unsafe to be around children" and he was informed he would have to choose between teaching and his music. Gurrath chose the latter. Gurrath is also famous for his liking of artificial blood and splatter movies - but as a vegetarian he produced a video for the song "Animal Holocaust" which is dedicated against industrial livestock farming.
Much of their music is inspired by the Warhammer 40k faction Chaos, namely one of their gods, Khorne. This can be heard in the "Blood for the Bloodgod" and "Kill, Maim, Burn" songs as the Chaos god Khorne is known as the "Bloodgod" and the battle-cry his berserker's scream out as they attack is "Kill, maim, burn!" and "Blood for the Bloodgod, Skulls for the Skullthrone!"
Apart from Debauchery Thomas Gurrath founded another Rock'n'Roll band named Blood God 2012 and released the album "No brain but balls" but he also worked on a new Debauchery album names "Kings of Carnage" which is going to be released August 2nd 2013 on Massacre Records. In 2016 the new release "Thunderbeast" a double cd featuring Blood God the side project band