COSMIC REAPER: Metal Injection Premieres Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned
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COSMIC REAPER: Metal Injection Premieres Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned From North Carolina Doom Alchemists; LP To See Release Friday On Heavy Psych Sounds Records
“...go pack a bowl and sit the fuck down, because it's time for riffs.” – Metal Injection
Stream COSMIC REAPER’s Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned HERE.
Metal Injection is currently streaming Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned, the latest full-length from North Carolina doom metal alchemists COSMIC REAPER, in its dirge-heavy entirety. The premiere comes on the eve of the record’s release, Friday September 26th via Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Their follow-up to 2021’s critically lauded self-titled debut, Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned is a deeper descent into psych-doom’s haunted core. The record sees a big step away from older stoner elements, promising to push their sonic boundaries further into the void. It’s heavier, stranger, and more apocalyptic than ever before.
Comments Metal Injection, “go pack a bowl and sit the fuck down, because it's time for riffs.”
Stream COSMIC REAPER’s Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned HERE.
Watch COSMIC REAPER’s “Bones” video HERE.
Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned was recorded and mixed by Blake Hobson at Sense 2 Recording Studio and mastered by Esben Willems at Studio. The record will be released on CD, LP, and digital formats.
Find physical preorders at the Heavy Psych Sounds webshop HERE and digital orders at Bandcamp HERE.
Since 2017, COSMIC REAPER has carried a black-flamed torch of tradition, forged in the long lineage of doom and sludge. Emerging from the shadows of Charlotte, the band blends a raw, southern swing with the full circle of heavy metal creating a sound as steeped in American mysticism as it is overloaded saturation of amplifier worship.
While their roots lie in the hallowed halls of Black Sabbath and Saint Vitus, the band’s DNA mutates further pulling from the textured anger of Soundgarden and even the chaotic forces of Snapcase. COSMIC REAPER isn’t interested in simply echoing the past; they swirl it a glass, layering a cocktail of thunderous bass and drums, brink-of-destruction fuzz, and ethereal vocals into a sonic ritual all their own.
The band’s self-titled debut, released in 2021 on Heavy Psych Sounds, announced their arrival with cataclysmic force earning praise for its crushing atmosphere, hard rock influenced riffs, and psychedelic accents. 2022’s Doom Sessions Vol. 7 split with Endtime saw a brief evolution in tempos and themes pulled from the remnants of the self-titled record.
Since then, much has changed. With lead guitar duties being passed on not once, but twice, COSMIC REAPER welcomed guitarist Pete Snasdell into the fold. A longtime stalwart of the UK heavy music scene, Snasdell brought an evolved sense of harmony and heaviness, expanding the band’s twin-guitar attack and deepening the commitment to the cult of heavy metal.
Now armed with a sharpened lineup, COSMIC REAPER continues to burn slow but be ever blinding.
“…plenty of heavy, drop-tuned riffs to go around…” – Decibel Magazine
"…COSMIC REAPER has stepped into a darker, heavier realm." – Capital Chaos TV
“A slow-burning juggernaut of crushing riffs, ‘Bloodfeather’ is a bleak, hypnotic landscape that embodies the band’s signature blend of heavy doom and celestial despair.” – The Sleeping Shaman on “Bloodfeather”
"For an album which comes with a direct recommendation of burning an urn and falling within I’d felt like Cosmic Reaper managed both a lux listening experience -and- an effective wall of dread to hang from at once within Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned" – Mystification 'Zine
"…an emotionally satisfying, thrilling and emotionally charged experience with dangerous levels of fuzz and gloomy instrumental passages that leaves a lasting impression long after the record has finished." – Outlaws Of The Sun
“…COSMIC REAPER dredges up some fresh North Carolina gloom..." – Flying Fiddlesticks
COSMIC REAPER:
Thad Collis – guitar, vocals
Garrett Garlington – bass
Jeremy Grobsmith – drums
Peter Snasdell – guitar
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