INSCRIBED RELEASE NEW SINGLE "ON THE STAGE OF DEATH"

 

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INSCRIBED Release New Single “On the Stage of Death” Out Now | From Upcoming Debut Album Upon the Twisted Throne Due June 19, 2026 via Awakening Records

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Miami, Florida death/thrash metal trio INSCRIBED have released their new single “On the Stage of Death”, available now. The track is the second preview from their upcoming debut full-length album Upon the Twisted Throne, due out June 19, 2026 via Awakening Records.

Following the intensity of “Machinery of War,” this new single pushes deeper into the band’s progressive death/thrash identity, delivering shifting structures, technical precision, and a darker, more cinematic edge. Built around unpredictable transitions and layered songwriting, “On the Stage of Death” highlights INSCRIBED’s growing ambition and refusal to play it safe.

Inspired in part by Kentaro Miura’s Berserk, the track explores themes of religious extremism, human suffering, and psychological collapse, unfolding like a descent through escalating chaos and reflection. It’s both brutal and strangely controlled, balancing technical aggression with dramatic pacing and emotional weight.

INSCRIBED continue to carve their own lane in modern extreme metal by blending classic Florida death metal influence with a progressive mindset rooted in complexity and storytelling. Drawing from acts like Atheist, Hellwitch, Sadus, Cynic, and Nocturnus, the band pushes forward without losing that raw underground bite.

The band comments that “On the Stage of Death” represents one of the most ambitious structures we have written, built over years of refining ideas and pushing ourselves beyond comfort zones. It captures the shifting emotional weight we wanted this record to carry.

Upon the Twisted Throne was formed through years of relentless writing and live performance, with the core trio of Evie Austin (bass), Lucas Moore (drums and vocals), and Mario Alvarez (guitar) sharpening their identity across Florida’s underground scene.

“On the Stage of Death” continues to showcase the band’s bass-forward approach, with intricate low-end work driving the composition alongside razor sharp guitar phrasing and punishing drum intensity.

Upon the Twisted Throne features INSCRIBED:

Evie Austin — Bass Guitar

Lucas Moore — Drums & Vocals

Mario Alvarez — Guitar

Additional lead guitar by Fernando Calero.

The album was engineered and mixed by Ferny Coipel at The Shack North, with guitar and bass recording by John Sample at Sathanas Studios. Mastering by Chris Barcia. Artwork by Stephanie D-Sorensen with additional design contributions from Raphael Sanchez, Deborah Moore, Beatriz Freire, Gabriel Caggiano, and Arioch.

“On the Stage of Death” is out now.

Upon the Twisted Throne arrives June 19, 2026 via Awakening Records.

For fans of Atheist, Hellwitch, Sadus, Cynic, Nocturnus.

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3WGErsqyfSzjSUecAY2VPk

Label Information:

Awakening Records

Website: https://www.awakeningrecords.cn

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TOMB SLAB RELEASE "TOMB SLAB"

 

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TOMB SLAB – TOMB SLAB

LABEL: ROAD TO MASOCHIST

RELEASE DATE: JULY 17th 2026

The first foundation stones for what would become the brutal architecture of Tomb Slab were laid back in 2024. The Atrocity Exhibit guitarist James Caygill and The Infernal Sea vocalist Dean Lettice discovered their mutual admiration for the anarchic, angry sludge of bands like Iron Monkey and Eyehategod - and slowly words and thoughts became riffs and lyrics, which then became early, rough demos. While other commitments soon intervened, the pair were determined to return to the sleeping behemoth they had christened Tomb Slab and in 2025 they did just that; now accompanied by Oneiros bassist John Hunter and Shyrkull drummer Kez Whelan. The beast was awake – and those early demos began the process of transformation into a self-titled debut album of soul crushing doom and sludge. With Road To Masochist, champions of the malign and malformed creatures of the UK underground on board, Tomb Slab the album is now ready to leave its nest of ash and bone and crawl out into the light…

Opening track ‘Kingdom Of Tyranny’ emerges from a wailing wall of feedback with a grim, purposeful air. The thudding drumbeats land with colossal power while the vocals are vicious to the point of self-destruction; you can almost feel the mucous membrane in Lettice’s throat tearing with every venomous, bilious utterance. The song pauses momentarily at its midpoint simply to bathe in the radioactive hum of the guitars before a well-placed death grunt kicks it back into action. ‘The Butcher’ follows, riding a dirty, attitude infused groove, the drumbeats still falling like hammer blows and you start to feel like there are only two ways to respond to Tomb Slab – you either commit to violence and wanton destruction or you enter a catatonic state, consciousness lost to the implacable riffs. With an intro that’ll bring a smile to all but the most po-faced of listeners, ‘Rawhead’ is part lively, obnoxious celebration and part grinding, hypnotic riff-poisoning, while the circling guitars of first single ‘What’s Below Remains Below’ demand a headbanging response and won’t be satisfied until something inside breaks. ‘Tomb Of Flesh’ then grows organically from the wreckage of ‘What’s Below Remains Below’, a darker, grimier thing, with a nasty glint in its eye, dragging itself forward with malicious intent until it collapses, dying in feedback screams that slowly become the gargantuan ‘Toils of The Unclean Spirit’. There’s a bleak resignation about this Godzilla like conclusion to the album, a life sapping ennui that sucks the energy from the song like marrow from a bone. It slows at its heart, almost drowning in its own bitter lethargy, just managing to pull clear from the quicksand long enough for a wandering bass line to inject enough vigour to get it moving again, staggering away into the screaming void from whence it came.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ian Boult (Mage, Abduction, Shyrkull etc) at Stuck On A Name Studios in Nottingham, Tomb Slab’s sonic palette is part rusted razor wire, part rubble and decay, but there’s a sparse clarity to it that allows every element of its brutal, broken choir to sing. Featuring the striking artwork of Amy Edwards (The Atrocity Exhibit etc), Tomb Slab will be driven from its place of confinement by Road To Masochist on July 17th and will be available on transparent yellow and black vinyl variants and CD.

Line-up:

James Caygill - Guitar

Dean Lettice - Vocals

John Hunter - Bass 

Kez Whelan - Drums

Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal

For fans of: Eyehategod | Acid Bath | Iron Monkey | Grief

Further Information:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578623263649

https://www.instagram.com/tomb_slab_band/

https://tombslab.bandcamp.com/

https://roadtomasochist.co.uk