Gravesend – Gowanus Death Stomp LP neon green*

The dark, seedy underworld of New York City once again emerges as the cityscape is tainted by sewage, crack smoke and the trade of flesh. The streets, once bustling with life, permeate with the grotesque and filth-ridden chaos of yesteryear. Among these harsh realities, within the walls of the dimly lit alley ways, a stench reeks of bodily fluids and rat feces.

On the subway platforms, desperate souls engage in random acts of violence on one another over a few measly bucks. The East River runs a sickly green and the city’s hue mirrors the shadows cast by these illicit endeavors. Amid this unsettling somber reality a soundscape to capture the horror is now realized in the form of Gravesend’s second album.

The new album Gowanus Death Stomp compounds the cruelty displayed on 2021 debut Methods Of Human Disposal into an ever more gritty and primal barrage of violence. At the crossroads of criminal depravity and urban malaise, Gravesend utilize many tools of the trade. Black / death / grind / war metal all meld seamlessly into a tar pit of scathing back-alley sadism and acid-tongued vocals.

Like a newly found corpse down by the docks, the smell of decomposition is wafting out of every track on Gowanus Death Stomp. And as with NYC’s underground legends from Cro-Mags to Swans to Type O Negative, Gravesend embodies the pulse of the city, even as that pulse bleeds out on the concrete.

Label: 20 Buck Spin – spin193, 20 Buck Spin – SPIN193

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Green [Neon]

Country: US

Released: Oct 27, 2023

Genre: Rock

Style: Black Metal, Grindcore

Tracklist

A1 Deranged

A2 11414

A3 Even A Worm Will Turn

A4 Festering In Squalor

A5 Code Of Silence

A6 Gowanus Death Stomp

A7 Streets Of Destitution

A8 Make (One's) Bones

B1 Crown Of Tar

B2 Thirty Caliber Pesticide

B3 The Third Rail

B4 Mortsafe (Resurrection Men)

B5 Lupara Bianca

B6 Carried By Six

B7 Vermin Victory

B8 Enraged