Contumacy was born in 1991 with Manolo Fernandez (Cannibalistic, Spasm, etc) on vocals, Erick Hendrick on guitars, Santiago Paz Soldan on bass and Antero Hidalgo (Necropsya) on drums as an Occult Death Metal band like Abhorrence, Funebre, Malediction etc. They recorded a demo rehearsal called "The Dark One", re-released on 7" as "Fall of the Structure" by Putrescense Recs in 2010 and on a split CD with Spasm and Pulverized Necro Brain called "Rebirth of the Ancient Corpses" in 2012.
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played a few shows with Hadez, Diabolica, Supplicium, Coprofagia, etc and in 1992 they appeared on a tape compilation called "No Hemos Muertos" (Coyote Recs) with Hadez, Supplicium etc. Later that year they recorded another demo rehearsal now with Hugo Peña on guitars. In september contumacy played at the Metal Masacre III in Arequipa city with Fosa Comun, Sanguinaria etc and finally split up after that. Manolo joined Kranium and later Funeral Mist/Illapa etc.
In 2013 Contumacy returned with Manolo, Chris Possessed (Dismorfia) on guitars, Franco Noriega (Vlad, Blasphemous Division, etc) on drums and Andres Vargas on bass playing a show in Bolivia and a few shows in Lima. By 2014 Andres left the band and the trio recorded a demo rehearsal (Rawblackult Prods) and next year they released another demo called "Ciudad del Infierno". In 2015 the band released a compilation of all the demos called "Reverence of Putrefaction", released on CD by NecroNausea Recs and later on vinyl by Iron Bonehead Prods (Germany) and Digipack CD by Ablaze Prods (Mexico). Sadly in 2022 Franco Noriega passed away and the band stays in standby until now.