Tomonori, thank you for taking the time to answer some questions! Who are all members of Despoilment and their roles in the band?
Hi, thank you for the interview!
I'm Tomonori, guitars and side vocals.
And Tomohisa does the main vocals, Konashi plays the drums.
What is the story of how the band started?
Tomohisa and I were in the same university back in 2016 and he invited me to start a new band. I also played in Strangulation at that time, so Despoilment started as my 2nd band.
After writing 2 songs for the first demo, I talked to Konashi who was also in Hostile Eyes to join the band as drummer.
It has been nearly 6 years since the demo. Now we get to hear this new single and see that an album is on the way!!!! Was the band on a break from 2019 - 2025?
Yes it's been long since the demo indeed, glad we can finally get this out.
We had been very quiet in that period but not on a break actually, I was writing songs and done writing almost everything in 2022.
We're just living in different cities and taking time to get ourselves prepared for recording.
Damn!!! So these new songs have been marinating and are most certainly ready!!! The artwork is already mindblowing! How was it working with Guang Yang?
It was very nice to work with him! I have been a huge fan of his artwork and when I came up with the idea, I thought he was the best choice. I love how he draws buildings or statues in his work, especially with those oriental taste.
Album theme is punishment, to make people suffer in retaliation for their wrong-doings. And I wanted to add some Japanese traditional atmosphere to it, then chose one of the Japanese deities Fudo Myo-o which represent wrath against evil as main character of the artwork.
He understood the concept very well and the process had been flawless.
Guang Yang - "The painting shows the scene where the god is the immobilized king using his power to destroy struggling humans in front of the iconic Japanese building Aviu and Shrine. The scene vibes are violent and brutal, twisted body and face, full of epic effects. Favorite background depicts the blue face of the Impossible King illuminated by the bottom light and the burning background transitioning to the sky."
How has the scene in Japan changed since 2019? Are there more bands?
In terms of BDM, there are not so many bands coming out, especially new bands.
But I think the whole scene is getting better compared to COVID era, with more shows and more active bands playing. I hope for even better in future!
Living away from each other, what is the band's writing process?
I always write riffs first, then I make a demo track with guitars and programmed drums on my PC to share with the guys.
Tomohisa mainly writes lyrics and makes vocal patterns including my part, Konashi also learns to play with the demo but I let him do it with his own arrangement.
Sometimes we got together to rehearse. Other than that, we used virtual meeting and online jamming app to make progress on that.
Yea, this is how the writing process went.
Anything else you can tell the fans about" Vindicated Retaliation"?
To me, the most important thing in this genre is RIFF. So since the beginning of the band I had been trying to make something riff-oriented, aggressive, straightforward and addictive.
I put a lot of effort into it, so I'm very excited to share this with everyone. Hope you will like the whole album will be released early 2026!
How has your relationship with New Standard Elite been?
It's been great! I'm still a big fan of the label and roster. Actually my relationship with NSE started when Strangulation got signed under Daniel back in 2019. And soon after that Despoilment also got signed, with the first demo release.
We got signed under Daniel too but Ryan has been also very patient and supportive for this release. I'm grateful to both of them and honored to get 2 of my bands signed to the best BDM label around.
What are 3 albums that you cannot live without?
Well it's very hard to choose only 3 but,
Gorgasm - Masticate to Dominate
Pyaemia - Cerebral Cereal
Inveracity - Circle of Perversion
Thanks again! Anything else you'd like to say?
Again, thank you for the interview. It was very fun to answer those questions.
Hi this is Ryan Tays (guitars, bass, vocals) and Ian Zapata (drums) from Arterial Vivisection
Can you tell us a little about yourself?
We're a new brutal death metal band from San Antonio, Texas and for this project we really wanted to focus on dialing in that 90s brutal death sound we heard in bands like Pyaemia, Severe Torture, Gorgasm, and Mortal Decay. We were also inspired by a lot of the newer technical brutal death stuff coming out from bands like Nuclear Remains and Regurgitated Entrails to not compromise on sounds/riffs until we got the sound we were going for.
What is the story of how Arterial Vivisection came to be?
The band was something I had in mind for a while and I had been wanting to do some real brutal death stuff, so I started writing songs in my free time late last year. Writing the songs was great because I was able to my time writing them and got the parts down exactly how I wanted them. I wasn't planning on releasing the songs at first but after working on them for so long I figured it would be cool to put them out under a new name, and I asked Ian if he would be down to seriously jam in a bdm band. We had the idea going for a while but finally started rehearsing songs earlier this summer, and after grinding them out we got them down exactly how we wanted.
Arterial Vivisection is dripping in Texas grime and old school death influence. What Texas acts inspire you guys?
We're heavily inspired by a lot of Texas bands, namely Putrilage, Prophecy, Sintury, Devourment, Exulcerate, Flesh Hoarder, Horrific Visions, Viral Load/Insidious Decrepancy/Shawn Whitaker, Stabbing, Putrid Womb, Unnecessary Surgery, Necrogilistic Anomaly, Intestinal Sodomy, Defiled Crypt, Coprolalia, and any other ones we forgot that someone will probably end up poser checking us over
How did you guys land on the name?
I wanted something that was unique and not just a movie quote or song title, so I originally had the word 'vivisected' in mind because of the Mortal Decay song "Monkey Cage." The phrasings and lyrics on that album get stuck in my head all the time since they're so creative, but vivisect sounded good for a band name. Then 'Arterial' was inspired by Artery Eruption, and putting two together for Arterial Vivisection made sense as it basically means surgery on a live subject’s arteries. We wanted a pathology-related name to relate to the sound of the music, and I think it works
Well we really love the sound and feel of the project!!! What does the future of AV look like?
Hell yea man glad you guys are enjoying the demo so far! Our next step definitely starts with playing shows, so we've been in talks with a few people about booking a debut show with some other brutal Texas acts, so that will hopefully be soon and we'll announce it on our IG page. We've also begun writing for our next release, we were originally thinking about putting out a new promo this Winter, but might hold off until we have another EP-length release to put out in Spring/Summer next year. We also plan to make merch for the 'Shrouded' demo in the next few weeks, including demo art shirts so keep an eye out for that!
What can you tell us about Human Blister Records?
Human Blister Records is a DIY label ran by my homie Eddie based out of California. I met Eddie in January last year when both of our bands did a two-day run out there. He started up the label in May of last year, and I got in contact with him about releasing Arterial stuff earlier this year. He was down to release it based off the early demos, and was originally down to mix and master the release too until my homie Seb said he could do it. Now that it's out we're proud to have such a sick label helping push our stuff, so go check em out and get a CD while you can!
Thanks again guys! Any last words??
Ryan and Ian - Thanks again for putting us on man, we appreciate the opportunity! We just want to say keep supporting real brutal death and all extreme music no matter where you are! Stay true and support all forms of sick shit whether it's music, art, movies/shows, games, etc and keep 'em alive! And listen to Mortal Decay !!!
Every so often I stumble upon something. Something that catches my by surprise. Enter:Noth
I really cannot recall how I stumbled upon this demo. It is only 2 songs but they have fed my cravings for techy, brutality full of creative riffs for months now. Noth is an international project made up of two powerhouses: Baran from Türkiye, and Florent from Switzerland. Together these two bring a crazy range of influences to pull from, some bands they are part of, to name a few; Twitch of The Death Nerve, Omnicidal Instinct, Cenotaph, Empyreuma, Kakothanasy, Burial Invocation, Poisoned Dream. You get the idea. Learn more below!
Hello and thanks for answering some questions! Can you tell us who is in Noth?
Just me (Baran) and Florent Duployer from Kakothanasy
What is the story of how the band started?
Ankara includes lots of Turkish BDM bands and hosts the culture since 1996. Because it is a deep-rooted culture, I wanted to put another brick in the wall as a new generation musician. In this way, my close friends like Baha (Genorbit), Orkun (Desecrated Ubiquity), Erkin (Meshum and Molested Divinity), Batu and Cihan (Cenotaph) inspired the idea.
Inhomogeneities is crazy!! What is the band's writing process like?
As a prog music and BDM enjoyer, I am influenced by many bands like Cephalic Carnage, Paroxysm Unit, Encenathrakh, Suffocation and Defeated Sanity also guitar masters like Guthrie Govan and Allan Holdsworth, guided me to progress my musical style. And I started to create the dual guitar riffs, basses and vocals. When the music took its form, I talked with Florent and he nailed the drums on the riffs.
Can we expect some new music soon?
We are planning a huge split with TRDM bands and of course full length Noth album will come.
What things, other than music, influence your art?
Death and rebirth cycle of nature. Astronomy, universal laws, philosophy and surrealist paintings. If you are a good enough observer, you can get inspiration from anything.
If you were stranded on an island, what 3 albums would you take with you?
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Gorguts - Obscura
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
and What 3 things (not music) would you take with you?
Nylon string guitar, bong and huge telescope. (I trust my surviving skills so I don't think there will be any problems.)
Thank you so much! Anything you'd like to say to your fans?
Thank you for checking us out! Crazier riffs on the way, stay tuned.
Who are we speaking with and what is your role in the band?
Hi I’m Adrien I play drums in Scasm
How did Scasm get started?
Scasm got started spring of 2023 by me, Kadin who plays guitar in Scasm currently, and past members Jimmy Duffy and Tyler Kuhn. We used to be in a band in highschool, nothing serious, but after like a year or two of not playing together we got talking again about wanting to jam and what we’ve been listing to. We got together in this little shitty practice space and have been playing since then
How did you guys come up with the name?
I came up with the name Scasm by thinking I made the word up. Me and Kadin were on the phone trying to come up with something and I just said Scasm because I thought it sounded cool and I looked it up on urban dictionary and it actually was a word and it had a kinda gross meaning so we were like sick let’s roll with that.
* Our research team at Cerebral Reviewment looked into this and were pleasantly surprised:
SCASM - When your colon spontaneously explodes OR The orgasmic feeling you get when you pick scabs.
Is there a different line up between Bludgeoned and the new demo? That full length was so well received and hard hitting! The demo has a slightly different sound but still fucking great! How would you say Scasm’s sound has evolved?
Thank you so much and yea right after tour we had two members leave. Then we got Anthony to join so yea different line up and pretty much after he learned our new material we recorded the demos. Which yea the demos compared to the album are definitely pretty different. I’d say our sound has evolved a lot more from being very cavemanish slam to straight bdm with some flavor.
Congrats on signing with NSE!! How did this happen?
Thank you, we’re stoked about it and don’t think we ever won’t be. How it happened is we went on the spring break bludgeoning tour with Roots of Deception and Desecation for 2 weeks, shout out to them, and right before we went on tour me and Kadin talked about going in a different direction of more brutal death metal than slam.
So, we wrote three new songs that were more in that direction but the other members in the band didn’t have time to learn them before we left for tour but at this point we were kinda sick of playing the songs from our album Bludgeoned Beyond Repair. So, we go on tour and actually kinda meet Ryan from NSE at our Ohio date but I knew just based on our current style that he probably wouldn’t have considered us for the label. So, we continue with tour and become really good friends with Desecation so I asked Marc to send out our new demos to Ryan and he was like yeah obviously knowing that we wanted to go in more of a bdm direction (thank you Marc). After tour we come back and Kadin and I really work on these new songs and how we wanted to sound being even more inspired from tour, working towards that bdm sound we have always wanted. We wrote 5 new songs - we also reworked the 3 from right before tour - having 8 brutal songs to pick from to send to Ryan. In the process of that we parted ways with two members and had our bro Anthony from Hosticide join officially and help us record the new demos. After Marc heard the demos he was surprised at how much our sound changed and he then sent them to Ryan who also fucked with it and was also very surprised coming from seeing us on tour. Now, we have the demo out with New Standard Elite & we are officially on the label & we got an album in the process.
So there is another full-length on the way?
There is another full length on the way but little delayed because I broke my ankle in August on a dirtbike. So no drums till it heals which is soon and as soon as that happens it’s right back to the kit and getting ready to record.
Oh man I hope you heal up quickly! By the way who is your favorite drummer?!
Thank you I’ve been itching to play but my favorite drummers or top 3 cause I really don’t just have one and could sit here all day naming them haha. But it has to be Brad Fincher from devourment Lille Gruber from defeated sanity and Rickey Myers’s from disgorge. But Brad started it all for me to play somewhat how I play he’s definitely the first one I looked up to for drumming before I found all the other bdm bands I listen to now.
Who are some of your biggest influences for Scasm?
Some of my biggest influences are definitely Devourment, Defeated Sanity, Brodequin, Bound and Gagged, Disgorge, Prophecy, Deeds of Flesh, Pyaemia, Cerebral Effusion, Cannibal Corpse, Cinerary and Infertile Surrogacy.
Thank for taking the time to talk with us, we are rocking the demo daily! Can’t wait for more from you guys! Any last words?
Thank you for asking and that’s sick always enjoyed reading these interviews stoked to be on one. All I got to say is we have the album coming and a pretty big announcement next year so be on the lookout for that.
The Philippines have been oozing brutal death talent for decades now, with a healthy underground scene that really never ceases to surprise me. Deleterious are no exception to this rule; the two-piece are back at it and will have new music soon. If you don't know them, fix that below. Links at the bottom!
Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions! Who are you and what do you do in Deleterious?
Our pleasure! I'm Renz, the drummer of Deleterious.
When did the band start and how? What is the origin story of Deleterious?
Back in 2021, this was during the pandemic, Quinn and I were both in the same band called 'Fatal Castration', he was the bassist and I was the drummer. I was so eager to make music but other members weren't available so I invited Quinn to make a duo bdm thus Deleterious was born.
What can you tell us about the upcoming album?
For the upcoming 2nd full length album, we are really working hard to make a classic one. Not to mention, this is 5 years in the making since 1st album was finished in 2021. We are making sure that all tracks for this 2nd album are well loved by ourselves and not just to add numbers, just to get buy or just to release to something. These tracks will also be played live on actual gigs.
How did working with New Standard Elite work out?
Man, this is a good question. Back in 2020, I would always send demos thru facebook or email to Dan Osborn , the man who made NSE and made BDM great again. I would get declined or ignored. But after we recorded the promo for Deleterious in 2021, he finally replied. We already got Goreslam Wreckordz, a local label here in the Philippines, to release our promo.
So Dan told me to send him the tracks for the album once we finished recording and I did, and fortunately, Deleterious was the first bdm band from the Philippines that got signed by New Standard Elite. And to continue the legacy, Ryan Baker, the new owner of NSE, is doing a great job to support us bands who carry the flag. His support is way more than what we expected and we're very much grateful. And of course, Filipino BDM bands were signed under his belt - Scourging, Guillotined, Human Mastication, and soon there will be more for sure. We love it when fellow Pinoy bdm bands are carrying the same NSE flag.
We are very much excited to release the new album. This might take more than a month or two until we finish recording. But we assure you, we didn't compromise. Way more faster, way more brutal.
Who are some of your inspirations?
Disgorge, brodequin and a lot of classical musics(no joke, we get some of the musical emotions - interpret and modify to bdm tunes.
How did the band get the name Deleterious?
We just wanted a one word name. So I looked for words that are kinda to cool to read and hear, proposed some to Quinn then we agreed both on Deleterious.
When can fans expect a single from the new album?
Soon! Maybe December or January.
You guys play Davao DeathFest next week. Good Luck!!! Any other live shows coming up? Planning a trip the United States?
Yes bro! We're very much excited to play, our last gig was last quarter of last year so this will be our one and only gig as we got busy doing the 2nd album.
As for US - not much. Visa issues are kinda far fetched.
Will you be working with Bin for artwork again?
Of course! Bin has been our go-to-guy for artworks here in the PI. For the 2nd album, we haven't finalized yet.
What is your favorite movie?
Must be Interstellar or Inception.
What is a band or artist that you love that would surprise us?
Try checking out Guthrie Govan and The Aristocrats. Love them! Instrumental with alot of grooves and tempo changes.
Renz, thank you for your time!!! Cannot wait for the new music, good luck at DDF! Any last words?
Man, our pleasure. Thanks for checking us out. Stay sick and stay brutal!
Special mention also to Mik Frigillana of Edge Production, Ryan Gee of Human Mastication and other friends and productions in the Philippines who are doing their best to feed the fire for local Brutal Death Metal scene. Hats off to you guys!
Hello Josh, thank you for taking some time to answer some questions. We last spoke to you about 14 years ago!!!! So I am excited to catch up a little! For those that do not know, back then I was asking you questions about your one-man-band, Autonomy. You were 19 and attending college to study music recording. Can you put into words how it feels to be successfully making a living with music?
Cheers man! Yes a lot of things have happened/changed since we last spoke for sure. It definitely feels fulfilling to be making my living through music, especially after looking back at how long ago I fixed myself upon this path. I'd be lying if I said it was easy, it's definitely a difficult thing to be fully freelance working in music as both a touring musician with DS and an audio engineer in today's economy. But at this point I don't even know what else I could be doing with my life haha.
In the mentioned interview, even back then, doing vocals was your main passion.
Could you have ever imagined where you are now?!
Excerpt from 2011 interview:
CR - You have said before that vocals are your passion in Autonomy, has this always been the case?
J - Definitely. Prior to Autonomy I was the vocalist for an RI based deathcore band called “Death Haven” for about 5 years. Had a lot of good times in that band and it definitely fueled my passion for vocals.
I never would have imagined doing vocals with Defeated Sanity, that's for damn sure! I'm still humbled to this day to have the opportunity to play with these guys. Back then I wasn't one to project or think ahead of how things might be, I just went with the flow and worked as hard as possible on whatever I was doing at the time, and doing vocals wasn't even something I was doing much of when I got the call from Lille to fill in on that first US tour I did with Defeated Sanity.
What was happening for you in between Autonomy and joining Defeated Sanity?
I had become extremely focused on my career as a studio engineer. I was halfway through university when I sort of hung up Autonomy to focus on my studies, and all of my free time went to school and other relevant things: I was Vice President of my school's chapter of the Audio Engineer Society in my sophomore year, and President my senior year. I was also interning at recording studios while actively in school and working, it was a very busy time for me. I had been in New York working at a studio for around 6 months when Lille hit me up to fill in on what would be my first tour with the band in the Summer of 2015. And as I mentioned before I wasn't actively doing vocals in any projects or even active in the scene in any way during those years.
Ok, so going from not really being active in the scene to filling in on vocals for defeated sanity? You’re making people hate you bro! Haha no but really what gives? Had you recorded things for the band? Did you already know Lille? I assume they weren’t die-hard Autonomy fans?! (But maybe)
I knew Lille through the scene already from my solo project 'Autonomy' which he actually enjoyed the last demo I had released (Fun fact: The first riff on 'Condemned To Vascular Famine' from our latest album is actually a rehashed riff of mine from the Autonomy song 'Renounced Posterity').
Sometime in 2011 I believe, I did a vocal cover of 'Consumed By Repugnance' on Youtube that he really liked. HERE. Then I ended up doing another cover just for him to check out of 'Blissfully Exsanguinated' HERE which is much more technical vocally. He was really impressed and said he would hit me up if he ever needed a vocal fill-in. I said yeah, okay lol. And yet, here we are!
"My lyrics vary from song to song, but are mostly influenced by the human race and religion and how both suck haha." - Josh - 2011
- Is this still accurate?
To a degree yes haha. Though with Defeated Sanity, Lille and I write the lyrics together, and there is usually a very specific lyrical concept in mind for the album. The Sanguinary Impetus is about violence, sexuality, and the general brutality that occurs on a daily basis in the animal kingdom. Chronicles of Lunacy is all about mental disorders and delusions. These are the two albums that I've contributed to both vocally and lyrically.
ACCELERATING THE ROT
Depopulate our precious space of virulent and rancid filth
Offering society
Nothing more than revulsion
By blade dispensed. my self-imposed vocation
To extinguish pre-desecrated beings
One by one, I decimate the miasmic masses
Stooped and slumped in the dark
Excrement made flesh
Living decomposition brought by injection and inhalation
Every dose an artificial revival of vitality
Inebriation diminishing their suffering and my satisfaction
Unfulfilled as my deeds yield such low-scale destruction
I must purge them all of their pseudo-existence
Chemical inclination lethally utilized...
A fatal addition to the formula
Their noxious supply - I infiltrate
Suspended between life and death
Their self-inflicted decay - I accelerate
A toxic armageddon - I initiate
An all-consuming pestilence
Wrought by my hand
Amongst the needles and smoke
They writhe and choke
A squalid domain of disgrace liberated
I've become the sole redeemer of humanity
Can you walk us through that first tour filling in, what it was like? Crazy nerves at first? Feeling on top of the fucking world?
I was definitely nervous, I went into it as prepared as I could be. It was my first time ever being on tour so the personal stakes were very high for me. We had a few days rehearsing beforehand at Matt Kilner's place where I actually met a lot of people I'm still homies with today. The tour was a really positive experience, we all got along really well and the fans were very receptive to my performances, so I ended up sticking around. Lille had auditioned a handful of other vocalists while I was still doing live gigs with the band, but ultimately he was happiest with what I was contributing.
Then how soon after that were you officially asked to join the band?
I believe it was July 2016 that I was announced as a full-time member of Defeated Sanity, so about a year after that first tour I did with them in 2015. There were a lot of shows in that year between the first tour and becoming full-time so I definitely had put some work in.
I think it is safe to assume that you enjoy being in the band and are a good fit? We are not in for any surprises in that regard are we?!
I do enjoy it of course and am always humbled to be playing alongside some of the best musicians in Death Metal. I'd be lying if I said I didn't ever feel that sort of 'Imposter Syndrome' or second guess my value of contribution to the band, but that's also the curse of anyone who's an artist or creative type. With the time and work I've invested in the band and the positive feedback on the albums and performances I've done, plus knowing I give everything I have on every performance, it's a good reminder that what I'm contributing to the band has value.
So we officially know you now as the full-time vocalist of the legendary Defeated Sanity. A lot of fans may also know you are a recording engineer. Is that the correct title? Can you list some artists that you have worked with?
It is! Or audio engineer generally speaking, though I'm specifically a studio guy. I've worked with almost every kind of music under the sun, and with some fairly big artists like David Crosby, Norah Jones, Marc Broussard, Cecile McLorin Salvant, etc. Specifically in Death Metal I've worked with Brodequin, Emasculator, Embodied Torment, Virologist, and more/more to come haha.
Can you give the fans a few names of vocalists that you looked up to and were/are inspired by?
Some of my biggest inspirations growing up were George Fisher, Joe Horvath (Circle of Dead Children), Matti Way, Chris Barnes, AJ Magana, Ruben Rosas, and plenty of others but these are the ones who come immediately to mind.
Can you name a few album that are NOT any sort of metal that you really love?
I listen to all kinds of stuff so this will be all over the place and tough to nail down haha. I love Classical/20th Century Classical music a lot so some are more of extended pieces/symphonies and things like that. I love Mahler's 5th Symphony, Giacinto Scelsi's 'Uaxuctum', Gyorgy Ligeti's Requiem, Penderecki's 'Utrenja', Chopin's Nocturnes, I could go on and on and on. I'm a big fan of Hozier's first self-titled record, Bon Iver's: For Emma, Forever Ago, Jedi Mind Tricks: Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell, Porcupine Tree: Fear Of A Blank Planet, Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell, Melody Gardot: The Absence, just to name a handful of favorites from all over the spectrum.
Well Josh, thank you so much man!! I've been following you in one way or another since the birth of Autonomy. Cannot wait to see what happens next for you!! Good luck with everything! Any last words?
Always appreciate the support my friend! Knowing I have people who've known me and have supported what I do for a long time definitely helps keep me going when times get tough (and times get tough when you're 100% in music as a profession) haha.
Tomb of Scabs describes their music as Antediluvian Slam.
Antediluvian - of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood.
Tomb - a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.
Scab - a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing.
Maybe you already knew all the words, but to actually read the definitions and be reminded of the push-and-pull that can come between the beautiful and hideous, only helps to set the scene before "Glacial Residue" throws a wrench in what you thought you understood.
Art by HoloDreamzDesigns
Glacial Residue is the newest EP, released October 20th, 2025 via Sewage Nation, from 2-man international slammers Tomb of Scabs, comprised of Rory Kennedy and Azerate Nakamura.
"Glacial Residue" is experimental, atmospheric, odd, and catchy. Most of all, it oozes confidence and vulnerability; in a sub-genre where everyone feels the need to over-exploit the shock factor and nastiness of everything, Tomb of Scabs' last EP, "This Broken Earth" as well as "Glacial Residue" stand alone as atmospheric Slamming Brutal Death that really does bend the rules. Some of the riffs would be annoyingly simple all by themselves, yet they haven't added all that much, and they are in a mysterious pocket of brutal catchiness that works rather well. Azerate's vocals could 100% be described as nasty or gross, like he is somehow vomiting up his own feces. His range and diversity compliments Rory's riffs, and almost ghostly sounding solos over said riffage. Dave of Bloodcrusher and Enzo of Misanthrope also make appearances on this EP, which is around 15 minutes of brutal, emotional, and beautifully written stuff. I am a fan, and you'd be crazy not to check this release out!
You can order the CD through Sewage Nation HERE, which looks great!
Epicardiectomy really need no introduction. Check out the interview below for some awesome updates:
Hello! Serge? How are things going for you?
Hey man, all is good here. We are actively working on the new album and planning to hit the studio in early 2026. Most of the material is written and we are just finishing a couple songs and doing some final touches. If everything goes well, we will release the new album by mid-2026.
How many years now has Epicardiectomy been a band?
Epicardiectomy has been founded in 2007, so seems like we are going to celebrate the bands 20 years of existence pretty soon 😊
Last I heard you were thinking a new full-length release would come out in early 2026. Is this still a decent estimate?
We still plan to release the material in 2026 even though there were a few setbacks. We were trying to play less live shows this year in order to focus on writing and hopefully we will be done and ready to record by the end of 2025.
So, you guys had Clayton Meade and Kiriakos Destounis fill in on some touring duties, due to parting ways with vocalist Ondřej Benc. I do think a lot of fans really liked him, and he provided a great 10 years. can you say anything more about him leaving? Everyone still friends?
Last year after Ondrej’s departure, Kiriakos from Embryectomy and Clayton from Condemned (and million other bands here) indeed helped us filling in for some shows and tours. We had a lot of shows lined up and we hate cancelling them, so these guys did an amazing job and forever will be Epicardiectomy family. As for Ondrej, we are grateful to him for everything he did for the band and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
So then we have the return of Tom! Can you speak a little about how it came about and what he had been up to?
Yes, Tom is back in the band! It all started with us inviting him to do a memorial show for the mutual friend, who passed away and who was a huge Epicardiectomy fan. Long story short, we welcomed Tom back shortly after. Tom quit 10 years ago to spend more time with his family but now he is back and ready to show them hammers to everyone 😊
Can you possibly give any hints on the new record?! Theme? Artwork? Lyrics? Label? features? anything at all?
We prefer to keep all the information to ourselves for now, but we can promise that our fans won’t be disappointed. No lyrics about unicorns, no artwork with anime characters, just good ol’ ugly Epi stuff. A little hint, some material might sound like “back to the roots” but who would be surprised with Tom back on the vocal duties 😊 And you can expect some sick features for the first time!
I know there are tours planned for 2026, will you guys be making it to the U.S.?
Unfortunately, we don’t have plans for touring US next year but hopefully we will be back soon enough. We love playing in US, you guys have some absolutely insane fans over there. Follow the updates and keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for the new stuff! Stay sick!
The world was blessed with "The First Shining of New Genus" in 2021. The album was nothing short of a masterpiece.
I had heard rumblings of the band working on the next full-length release, but I needed to hear it from them! Here is a brief update from the band's drummer, Daniel.
Thanks for being willing to answer some questions! We love Insect Inside! Who are you and what do you do in the band??
Hi and thanks for opportunity to talk about band!
I’m Daniel and I’m a drummer
How did Insect Inside start?
We started as band in 2017 in small russian town which wanted to play some extreme music
We have read that the new record is recorded and done? Is this true??
Yep, new album already done and awaiting release! I think in 2026!
Can you tell us the name? Or ANYTHING about it? We know it will have a feature from Josh Welshman, maybe Len, any other features??
I can't say the name yet, but very soon there will be an announcement of the date, covers and tracklist.
I can say that the album turned out not standard for us, something like a mixture of all previous releases. There will be Mr. Welshman, Len and Angel Ochoa on the feats
Any luck on finding an artist to work with?
Yes! John Zig will be responsible for cover art
Thank you Daniel for the update, in the meantime, keep jamming this:
