Ulcerate is a New Zealand-based extreme metal band formed by guitarist Michael Hoggard and drummer Jamie Saint Merat in 2000.

[1][2][3] The band's sound has been described as "nauseating, disorienting and gleefully disharmonic", and is characterised by extremely technical death metal with extensive use of dissonance, time signature changes, and complex song structures.

[4][5] The core membership of Ulcerate, including Jamie Saint Merat, Michael Hoggard and Mark Seeney, formed in 2000 under the name "Bloodwreath".

In early 2002, guitarist Jared Commerer and vocalist James Wallace were added to the line-up while Seeney departed.

[6] In 2008, Read and Rothwell departed the band, with Oliver Goater recruited as Ulcerate's new guitarist and bassist Paul Kelland assuming vocal duties.

The album was acknowledged by critics for its unique approach to death metal, with Allmusic's Phil Freeman praising Everything Is Fire for incorporating the "percussive intricacy of Isis", "intricate scaffold of jagged, art-metal guitar", and use of repetition that was closer to Shellac than Suffocation.

In March 2017 the band performed at the two-day festival 'Direct Underground Fest' in Sydney and Melbourne, alongside Gorguts, Marduk, Mgła, and Départe.

Their music is extremely dense, compositionally complex, technically demanding, and makes frequent use of unpredictable tempo changes.

[24][25][26] The band's drummer, Jamie Saint Merat, is considered an extremely important aspect of Ulcerate's sound due to his technical skill and role in composing, recording, producing, and mixing their music, as well as creating the artwork.

[24][27] Guitarist Michael Hoggard is notable for his extensive use of dissonance and guitar effects, and what has been described as "a frenetic mix of exotic chords and unorthodox progressions.