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"There’s no doubt doom fans of every persuasion will view this among the highlights of the year." - Heavy Blog Is Heavy
"Skullcave’s full-length debut is a brilliant addition to the increasingly impressive modern doom-gaze canon." - Overdrive Magazine
Art As Catharsis are proud to announce the release of Skullcave’s new single, Offend, Repeat – a darker, six minute take on their iconic doomgaze sound.
Expanding on the dynamics established on their previous album FEAR, Offend, Repeat has all the polish and familiarity of a grunge classic, cloaked with a newfound darkness across the instrumentals. While carrying a hint of familiarity to the music of Pallbearer, Mastodon and Alice in Chains, Skullcave still retain their signature sound while subtly drawing it into a new level of grit and grimness.
“Offend, Repeat is six solid minutes of big riffs and melodies,” drummer/vocalist Liam Young explains. “It's a bit more driving and fast-paced than anything on FEAR. We started writing heavily just before the Christmas break and came out of it with this new track. Lyrically, it talks about a character who is so in their own bubble that they don't realise the social shift in front of them and are humiliated for it. All the while, misogynistic abusers appear to multiply around them.”
Once again joining forces with veteran producer Ron Pollard (Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, Mt. Mountain), Offend, Repeat continues to prove that Skullcave are masters of fusing 90s grunge and doom metal. For those chasing the best elements of both genres, look no further.
credits
released April 15, 2019
Engineered, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Ron Pollard at Studio Sleepwalker’s Dread in N. Dandalup, WA
Written By Jay Michael Marriott, Liam Young and Mitch Strickland
supported by 13 fans who also own “Offend, Repeat”
“a sonic, cinematic epic that depicts the existential horror of Stalinist Russia”
This is a 2017 record, and by sheer chance I ran into it not too long after seeing a recent movie about Gareth Jones and the Soviet famine.
A two-part epic with ambient elements, a strange “ISIS+Thou” feeling, tons of details, and occasional manic screams that wouldn’t sound out of place in a The Body record. Alice M.
supported by 12 fans who also own “Offend, Repeat”
Boy-girl harmonies, deep fuzz stoner baselines, and cosmic anthems—Turtle Skull nails everything Black Mountain used to do before BM got that divorced dad sound. Josh Steichmann
The video for "Theurgist," from True Widow's forthcoming "Avvolgere," is as prismatic & hypnotic as the song it accompanies. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 15, 2016
A stoner-rock opera with dystopian themes, the Italian band's third LP fuses apocalyptic fury with psychedelic splendor. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 29, 2023
supported by 12 fans who also own “Offend, Repeat”
For a decade I haven't worked out how to classify TToL or place them in a bucket - they always seem to stick out in my mind on their own little pedestal. I can't think of anyone who has the same style of technical musicianship as this incredible 4-piece. No Tether is truly a coming of age that blends pensive soundscapes with frenetic insanity. Chis-R