BARBAROUS Joins Creator-Destructor Records; Demo Streaming, Debut LP Due In 2025
November 21, 2024, a month ago
Creator-Destructor welcomes California death metal crew Barbarous to the label’s roster, issuing a cassette version of the band’s demo and locking the band in for the release of their debut LP next year.
Based in Oakland, Barbarous is influenced by the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Skeletal Remains, Necrot, and Gatecreeper. Barbarous’ two-track demo, Coup De Grâce, dropped in September 2024, and while succinct, the tracks displayed the band’s monstrous tones and honed attack. Its drums and bass were tracked at Rapture Recordings, the guitars were recorded at Dongflopper Studios, and the vocals were tracked at Silver Bullet Studios, after which the tracks were mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (Vastum, Necrot, Ulthar) and fitted with cover artwork by Aesop Mongo.
Vocalist Travis LaBerge states, “We’re really proud and excited to join Creator-Destructor Records! From the get-go, Ben has been amazing towards us. Besides being labelmates with some absolutely killer bands, we’re just pumped to partner with a passionate label that wants to see us succeed with everything we do. Barbarous has a simple mission statement, to take our brand of ‘barbaric death metal’ to the masses and create some truly brutal music that everyone can get into the pit and move to.”
Tracklisting:
"Injection Of The Exhumed"
"The Tomb Spawn"
(Photo by Jun Aoki)
