GORGATRON ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM "TURMOIL"

 

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North Dakota death metal crew GORGATRON will return with their new album "Turmoil", set for release on December 11, 2026 via Time To Kill Records.

Built around a pronounced devotion to the riff, the Fargo-based band continue to draw from the muscular tradition of American death metal while leaving room for intricate guitar work, shifting rhythms and unexpected turns. "Turmoil" follows 2024's "Sentience Revoked" and marks the next stage in a catalogue that has steadily expanded the group's take on death metal. The album was mixed and mastered by Marco Mastrobuono (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour Of Penance), whose work further sharpens the definition and impact of the band's sound. 

The album's first single, "Cleansed", is now available, offering the first glimpse of what GORGATRON have been shaping for their new chapter.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/k5epuj7Z3eI

Streaming: https://ffm.to/gorgatron-cleansed

Bassist Cameron Dewald comments:

"I wrote this song out of frustration with old management, ex band members, the music biz, and the day to day scum you’re forced to tolerate… I was surrounded by usurpers and wrote the lyrics as a way to mentally purge myself of human parasites. Two years later they’re all gone, the band is healthy/happy and you’re reading the background story to Cleansed. Thanks!

I dedicate this song to Mark, Karl, Chelsea, Matt, and Fargo…".

Preorders:

https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/gorgatron

https://gorgatron.bandcamp.com/album/turmoil

A band that has never been particularly interested in rushing its creative process, GORGATRON have always taken their time to consider their next moves and make sure every return is worth the wait. That patience is reflected in a death metal approach that refuses to settle comfortably within any specific current or subgenre. The Fargo, North Dakota outfit instead builds its identity around the riff, allowing the guitars to dictate the direction of each composition and providing a natural point of contact with bands such as Suffocation, Origin and Hate Eternal.

Yet those comparisons only tell part of the story. GORGATRON have developed a distinctly personal way of arranging their material, paying close attention to dynamics and introducing melodic ideas without ever allowing them to overshadow the sheer weight and severity of the music. Their songs can move from intricate guitar work to blunt, punishing passages without losing their sense of direction, creating a sound that feels both carefully constructed and fundamentally physical.

At its core, this remains uncompromising American death metal: sharp-edged, disciplined and built on the enduring power of the riff. Two decades of experience have only sharpened the band's understanding of how to make that formula work, while "Turmoil" promises to push their established language into another chapter.

Tracklist:

01. Recalling Of Errors

02. Turmoil

03. Lucid Misery

04. Cleansed

05. Infinite Collapse

06. Fastidious

07. Contrived Interloper

08. Irrevelance

09. World Denied

10. Tithes To An Alter

Formed around 2006 in Fargo, North Dakota, GORGATRON released their debut full-length "Torturetorium" independently in 2010, followed by "Inner Supremacy" in 2015. The band expanded its reach considerably with 2020's "Pathogenic Automation", released through Nuclear Blast/BloodBlast Distribution, and the "Agony Reborn" EP in 2022, supporting the latter with a tour spanning 18 countries. In 2024, "Sentience Revoked" arrived through Redefining Darkness Records, followed by extensive touring across the US and Canada and an appearance in Iceland.

With a renewed lineup featuring Billy Zahn on lead guitar, Henri Jourdan on rhythm guitar and Colin Richardson on vocals alongside longtime members Cameron Dewald and Matt Johnson, GORGATRON have further refined the precision, intensity and riff-driven foundation that has defined the band for nearly two decades. Years of relentless touring across North America, Europe, the UK and Mexico have established the group as a seasoned live force, sharing stages with acts including Anthrax, Testament, Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder, Origin, Defeated Sanity, Malevolent Creation, Misery Index, Goatwhore, Jungle Rot, Beyond Creation and many more.

Line-up:

Colin Richardson - Vocals

Billy Zahn - Lead Guitar

Henri Jourdan - Rhythm Guitar

Cameron Dewald - Bass/Vocals

Matt Johnson - Drums

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VIROLOGIST RELEASE "SUBJUGATION OF ANTROPOID FORMS"

 

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Southern California brutal death metal band VIROLOGIST is set to release their debut full-length album, Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms. The band was formed in 2023 as the brainchild of then-17-year old Emrys Mellinger.

Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms showcases VIROLOGIST taking their music to a whole new level. Mellinger and fellow mainstay members Ethan Shadman (drums) and Daniel Esquivel (vocals) forged an album like no other in the current brutal death metal scene. To complete the album lineup, bassist Sam Little was welcomed back to the fold and added his unique sound and chops to the mix. 

Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms is wholly original while also displaying the band wearing their influences proudly on their sleeves, delivering a frenetic 27 minutes of barely controlled chaos.

The band recently shared the album's first single, "Opium-Induced Extrasensory Entrancement." The song features guest vocals by Ayato Yabuki (Gyakuki). Stream the song at this location.

New Standard Elite will release Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms on November 13. The album's release will coincide with the SoCal Brutal Death Fest on November 13 -14 in El Monte, CA. Get tickets and details at newstandardelite.com/socalbdfest.

Pushing themselves to the limit in all ways, VIROLOGIST made the audacious decision to completely self-produce Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms, taking control of the recording process from beginning to end. Written, recorded and mixed in a frenzied three-month period this summer, the band endured epic levels of burn out, from which they somehow summoned the will to create something beyond themselves. Reaching an almost trance-like state while writing, Shadman and Mellinger dug deep into the creative process during marathon sessions at their rehearsal space in Oxnard, CA.

“Though this album was conceptualized over the course of two years, it was mainly written, recorded, and produced in the span of only about three months," states the band about the creative process behind the album. "We set out not to create brutal death metal but rather to use it as a medium through which to convey all of our many other ideas and influences. The material came to us naturally jamming together in our rehearsal space. We tried to create something that goes beyond the genre in a way that can be appreciated by music listeners of different backgrounds. The state of music today is very contrived and image-dependent and we strive to write songs that come from a sincere place to contrast with that. We truly put our heart and soul into the music and hope that it inspires other musicians to do the same.”

For fans of Deeds of Flesh, Enmity, Inherit Disease, Orchidectomy, Pustulated, Mortal Decay, and Defeated Sanity.

Stream more from VIROLOGIST on Spotify and Apple Music.

VIROLOGIST merch and copies of Ameliorating Vicissitudes are available at newstandardelite.myshopify.com/collections/virologist

Track Listing:

1) Effectuating Surfeited Mandication

2) Gavaging Acidulous Discharge

3) Opium-Induced Extrasensory Entrancement (feat. Ayato Yabuki)

4) Maimed by the Therianthrope

5) Plethora of Inanimate Residuum

6) Reanimation of Mechanical Flesh Through Cybernetic Enslavement (feat. Logan Calvaresi)

7) Concentrated Lethal Subsisting

8) Irrational Omnicide by a Maniacal Egregodynamic Horde

VIROLOGIST, a brutal death metal band from Southern California, originally formed in 2023 as the brainchild of then-17-year old Emrys Mellinger.  

He released a solo EP, Promo 2023, to garner interest in the project and quickly attracted an accomplished four-man lineup. Brutal Mind Records re-released the EP under the title Neurodegeneration. 

2024 brought the release of their second EP, Ameliorating Vicissitudes (New Standard Elite), introducing Daniel Esquivel on vocals, Mellinger on guitar and backup vocals, Zach Klain on guitar, Sam Little on bass and Ethan Shadman on drums. 

After performing at Los Angeles Extermination Fest, Texas Domination Fest, NSE Fest (Texas) and Slam Dominate 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, the band self-released a live album, On My Way to Texas - Live at TDF in 2025. 

VIROLOGIST returns in 2026 to release their debut full length album, Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms.

Album Credits:

Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms was produced by VIROLOGIST, and mixed by Mike Mellinger and VIROLOGIST. Assistant mix engineering by Mike McLaughlin. Bass, vocals, and guitars for the album were recorded at Mellinger Studios, with drums recorded by Armand John Anthony at The Captains Quarters Studio in Ventura, CA. The album was mastered by Jamie King. Artwork for Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms by Andy Dicochea. Band logo by Emrys Mellinger.

Photo credit: James Yaymayan

VIROLOGIST is:

Daniel Esquivel - vocals

Emrys Mellinger - guitars, vocals

Ethan Shadman - drums, vocals

Sam Little - bass 

Ayato Yabuki - guest vocals on "Opium-Induced Extrasensory Entrancement"

Logan Calvaresi - guest vocals on "Reanimation of Mechanical Flesh Through Cybernetic Enslavement"

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