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PROLAPSE, EX-LAPSED
Leicester's biggest exports of aggro bliss since Engelbert Humperdinck wake from an extended slumber


First off: A non-death metal band calling itself Prolapse is more devious in spirit than the moniker choices of legions of the medical-related bands: Autopsy, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Exhumed, etc. If you Google those names, you will likely be greeted with info on those bands, or unpleasant photos, none of which are as fucking awful as what you get if you Google Prolapse. Just a heads-up there if you are looking for their Instagram reels. In truth, this Leicester, U.K.-born combo formed while studying at the local Poly around 1992, so assured they would never be popular that they chose “the most miserable name" they could think of. Their rough-hewn trademark sound progressed stylistically, if ever so slightly, as time went on, eventually leading to a brief flirtation with U.K. indie charts (“Autocade,” off of 1997’s The Italian Flag), with the band eventually going on hiatus following their 1999 Ghosts of Dead Aeroplanes release.

