ASHES OF M.

VASTUM BIO
Between the sporadic but legendary live performances and a worshipped discography
of modern era true death metal with five albums in twelve years all released through 20
Buck Spin, Vastum has become a torchbearer of the grisly and grotesque underground,
both within its native Bay Area and well beyond. The cavernous density that Vastum
has made a core element of its sound remains as inhuman as ever, continuing to delve
into darker atmospheres; it’s always punishing and with a fearsome momentum. Along
with founding members vocalist Daniel Butler and guitarist-vocalist Leila Abdul-Rauf, the
current live line-up features drummer Adam Perry, heard on the legendary Patricidal
Lust and Hole Below LPs, bassist Colin Tarvin (Mortuous, Evulse), and guitarist Greg
Brace (ex-Dispirit, Wild Hunt).

With roots in the dismal and damp soil of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle's DEGRAVED are not newcomers to the sordid landscape of death metal. Originally a recording project of members of CAVURN, the duo found themselves needing an outlet for faster downtuned riffs in the harrowing American tradition. Nearly 2 years after the release of their debut demo, they have returned from the crypt to draw blood again. 2023's WHISPERED MORBIDITY, four songs of heaving and razor-sharp old school barbarity, prove that DEGRAVED has the intent to desecrate the tarnished earth. Featuring a refined 4-piece lineup with more lurking synth between slabs of guitar and guttural onslaught, the listener will be entranced by the faint call of death beckoning. Nowhere is safe... on the earth, or in it.

Warp Chamber create a raw, nightmarish and twisted sonicscape of otherworldly cosmic death metal horror that attends to the likes of the old school Finnish, Swedish, and American death metal scenes while creating a putrid and celestial atmosphere through its abominable vision. Their 2018 demo tape “Abdication Of The Mind” made its impression in channelling Warp Chamber through the consciousness of the death metal underground. Their debut full-length from 2020 “Implements Of Excruciation” brings awareness to the unit as another singular American underground death metal entity to behold.