Mastiff Release New Single
British doom/sludge metal/hardcore band Mastiff’s new single ‘A Story Behind Every Light’ is out today via Church Road Records.
The band had this to say about the lead single from their forthcoming EP, For All The Dead Dreams, due to be released on October 24th:
“We picked ‘A Story Behind Every Light’ as the lead single because it pretty unanimously became our favourite track, not just on this EP but in the band’s entire catalogue. It does some pretty heavy lifting thematically, as the song deals with Jim’s very real suicidal ideations in the aftermath of losing his son, but being pulled back from the brink by his daughter. Sonically we were channelling the kind of driving death metal that bands like Gatecreeper do so well, but being us we also threw a couple of skronky meat-head breakdowns in there too.” – Mastiff
Whether spreading plagues, turning the Earth to ash or teetering on the precipice of depression, you can always count on Kingston Upon Hull’s premier misery merchants Mastiff to ruin your day. Now well over a decade into their parade of embittered misanthropy, the East Yorkshire quintet have definitively burned their mark into the UK’s extreme music scene with a fistful of mangled hardcore and sludge riffs and an endless well of spite.
Mastiff’s reputation as a ferocious live entity only continues to grow, as they have spent the last few years racking up appearances at prestigious heavy music festivals like Bloodstock, Damnation, Incineration and DesertFest to name but a few, as well as sharing stages and touring with the likes of Avatar, Palm Reader, Conan, Black Tongue, Cult Leader, Calligram, Iron Monkey, Raging Speedhorn and many, many more.
As for recorded output, following two critically acclaimed albums on MNRK Heavy (High On Fire, The Callous Daoboys, Underoath, Darkest Hour etc), as well as their track ‘Acid Breather’ appearing in the multi-million-selling video game Cyberpunk 2077 and its Netflix anime spin-off , a blistering five-song assault of pummelling and aggravated hardcore.
Once again recorded and mixed by the incredible Joe Clayton at Nø Studio and mastered by the legendary Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, ‘…Dead Dreams’ sees Mastiff at their most brutish, sounding like Nails, Harms Way and Gatecreeper thrown into a cement mixer and poured straight into your ears. If the band’s previous album ‘Deprecipice’ felt as blunt and ignorant as heavy music gets, revel in horror as Mastiff collectively grunt ‘Hold my beer’ and dish up 15 minutes of unrelenting and unforgiving punishment.
Track listing:
1. Soliloquy
2. Rotting Blossoms
3. Decimated Graves
4. A Story Behind Every Light
5. Corporeal
Band members:
Vocals – Jim Hodge
Guitars – Phil Johnson
Guitars – James Lee-Ross
Drums – Mike Shepherd
Bass – Dan Dolby
UK tour dates:
30.08 – Leeds @ Boom w/Escuela Grind
27.09 – Southampton @ Abyssal Fest
04.10 – Cheltenham @ The Frog and Fiddle
10.10 – Derby @ Vic Inn
31.10 – Hull @ Polar Bear
01.11- Leeds @ Northern Monk
w/ Raging Speedhorn
20.11 – Milton Keynes @ The Craufurd Arms
21.11 – Bournemouth @ The Anvil
22.11 – London @ The Black Heart
23.11 – London @ The Black Heart
28.11 – Manchester @ The Star and Garter
29.11 – Edinburgh @ The Mash House
30.11 – Newcastle @ Trillians
