Gorgon Vomit - Babylon Detonator EP

Labels: Self-Released/Dry Cough Records

Formats: Digital/CD/Tape

Release Date: 30 Aug 2022

Tracklist:

1. Spawned With The Soul Of Enlightening Lucifer

2. Jah Retch

3. Evangelise Satan

4. Babylon Detonator

2022 saw the formation of new UK bestial death metal band Gorgon Vomit. They wasted no time in releasing their first EP Babylon Detonator digitally and on CD soon after. In mid-2023, renowned underground UK death/doom label Dry Cough Records released a limited tape run too. It features four scathing black/death metal songs, which will come as no surprise given the band's links to fellow UK extreme acts including Atvm, Scythian, Vacuous and more.

(Artwork from the Dry Cough tape variant)

Heaviness comes in many forms and if you’re into death metal (you probably are if you’re reading this), you’ll no doubt be aware of the cosmic/psych-fuelled sounds of Blood Incantation and Wharflurch. You can add Gorgon Vomit to that list thanks to Babylon Detonator. While their sound includes blasts and bestial black/death metal at it’s core, opener ‘Spawned With The Soul Of Enlightening Lucifer’ is brimming with it’s own unique take on the genre. Chaotic yet trippy.

’Jah Retch’ goes in an industrial/death/doom sort of direction to start with, before Gorgon Vomit leap forward in technicality and ferocity. The fact that the UK continues to spew out bands like this is insane. While their visuals and lyrical themes may take cues from the usual subjects, Gorgon Vomit stand for empowerment, individualism, freedom and pride (in their very own words) and it’s hard to argue with that.

‘Evangelise Satan’ sees them being emboldened to hit the highest gear in both tempo and intensity. It goes by very quickly as you’d expect, but there’s something almost catchy about it, which is another theme that seems to flow through this EP. Closing with title-song ‘Babylon Detonator’, you get off-kilter instrumentation, low growls and well-placed melodic guitar work. You have to take this EP seriously given the quality of the music. 

It’s over pretty quickly then but with enough quality to really draw you in. Having already released two new records earlier this year, there’s plenty more to get stuck into. What are you waiting for?

You can stream and buy Babylon Detonator digitally below:-

Both CD copies from Gorgon Vomit and tape copies from Dry Cough are sold out.

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