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Condate Records are set to release the aptly named *‘Split Roast’* on *May 23rd* bringing together 5 of the UK’s grimmest bands. Featuring brand new tracks from Northern black-meets-death assassins
COLONEL BLAST, Leeds based extreme tech metallers
DIASCORIUM, Leeds based grind manksters
MAGPYES, Edinburgh Death Merchants
CANCEROUS WOMB and finally Manchesters most brutal death/tech/grind warriors
DYSCAPHIA. With 20 punishing tracks clocking in at over 60 minutes for a fiver, ‘Split Roast’ is a pocket friendly introduction to the sounds of the current underground metal scene within the UK. The split will be available in digital format from all the major digital outlets including iTunes/Spotify/Amazon/Play and in physical format from the
Condate Webstore and from the bands themselves at gigs. The split includes stunning artwork throughout by artist
Steve Myles.
Each of the bands plans to release a preview track across their social media sites today (Mar 29th) and have made an intro video for the occasion to unleash upon an unsuspecting public.
CONDATE RECORDS Director Ben Whitfield comments, “The underground scene thrives on the community between bands. It survives year after year because people do it for the passion and for little reward. Split EP's are the norm throughout metal and punk bands. You hit up several fan bases at once. You get to split costs allowing you to achieve better results than you might trying to do it alone. You also give the people who support underground music a bargain in the process, 5 bands, 20 tracks, over 50 minutes of extreme music. Hopefully people will be as excited about it as we have been. Being the kind of label that we are, DIY and trying to do anything we can to tell people about the music we love, it was always an obvious choice to do a split. Having 5 bands on it was just the icing on the fucking cake.”
For more information on the split and the bands involved head to the dedicated page at
Condate Records. About Condate Records
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FacebookColonel Blast
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FacebookFormed in the North-West of England in 2008, COLONEL BLAST has spent two years perfecting their aggressive sound and earning a reputation for their ferocious live act, supporting acts such as Ted Maul and Amputated. In 2010 COLONEL BLAST’s line up evolved with the introduction of Hecate Enthroned guitarist Andy Milnes, ensuring their live sound is even heavier than before. The band culminated 2010 with an appearance on the Terrorizer stage at DAMNATION FESTIVAL in Leeds supporting the likes of Dillinger Escape Plan, Discharge, Fukpig and Anaal Nathrakh.
Diascorium
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FacebookDIASCORIUM are a 4 piece from Leeds using the branches and trunks of the family tree that includes A Forest Of Stars, Narcosis, Reth, Tangaroa, Morkret, Revokation and many more bands. Formed in early 2010, their first EP, the free-to-download 'Abstractions of the Absolute' has had over 50,000 downloads and still counting from various sites (Torn Flesh Records, The Knowledge of Sound blog and many others). Since playing their first gig in May 2010, their intense and energetic live show has already had the pleasure of supporting the likes of Desecration, Man Must Die, Prostitute Disfigurement, Magrudergrind, Bloody Phoenix, Winterfylleth, Wodensthrone and finishing off 2010 by playing on the Terrorizer stage at DAMNATION FESTIVAL in November. Diascorium offer up a vast array of extreme styles, taking in black, death, grind, tech, thrash, doom, slam and more along the way.
Magpyes
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FacebookMAGPYES formed as a 3-piece in late 2004 and set out to play crushing, high-speed grindcore with short yet brutal live sets. After stirring a cult following mainly via word-of-mouth, and successful reviews in Terrorizer Magazine and online websites, MAGPYES have refined a signature blackened-grind sound and performed energetic shows alongside the likes of Brutal Truth, Wodensthrone, Winterfylleth, Dragged Into Sunlight and Extreme Noise Terror.
Cancerous Womb
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FacebookCancerous Womb are a Death Metal / Grind quartet from Edinburgh, founded in 2008, who focus on delivering a mixture of Modern Death Metal, early Grind / Thrash and a slither of Progressive-Technical influence. With catchy and creative passages and an unconventional approach to song structures, Cancerous Womb captivate audiences with an originally lethal yet highly accessible style of Extreme Death Metal.
Dyscaphia
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FacebookDYSCAPHIA formed in 2008, setting foot into a world too perturbed by change and too emasculated by watered-down forms of entertainment, their sole intent: playing death metal that was not only brutal and as technical as their musicianship allowed, but also original and unlike that of their peers. After honing their new material and salvaging the best from their previous incarnation, DYSCAPHIA have earned a slew positive feedback from various sources for their 2009 demo and took to the stage in the same year. Currently preparing to enter the studio, DYSCAPHIA have been variously described as “death/tech/grind”, “blasting technical wizardry”, but most recently “three men and a gaylord”.
For more info or to register for a press/promo copy of 'Split Roast' - please contact
Lisa @ Hold Tight! PRCheers for reading!