Glacial Tomb’s unique blend of “sludge-corrupted blackened death metal” sets them apart from the bulk of modern extreme metal outfits. Featuring Ben Hutcherson of Khemmis on guitar and lead vocals, the group has made a name for itself as a devastating force whose releases have received critical acclaim. Kerrang! Magazine named the band as one of the top American metal bands of the 2010s.
The band’s 2017 EP Cognitive Erosion combined myriad extreme influences to produce a virulent strain of punishing, unsettling music. That release garnered praise across the underground, as Decibel Magazine wrote that “[the] four-track debut is a 13-minute configuration of blackened sludge, smothering death, and explosive grind whose gestalt more than earns the title Cognitive Erosion,” while MetalSucks described the group’s sound as “wonderfully unhinged.”
In 2018, the band recorded their self-titled debut album at Flatline Audio with legendary producer Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation, Khemmis, Primitive Man) and released it via underground powerhouse label Gilead Media. Critics hailed the record as a “collective exercise in coping not only with the toxic realities of modern global existence but also with tragedies of a profoundly personal nature” (Kerrang!) which “runs the entire gambit from crushing death metal to equally crushing doom.” (Metal Injection)
Ben Hutcherson - vocals/guitar
Michael Salazar - drums
David Small - bass
Nico Camacho-Logan - guitar/vocals
Breath of Pestilence at High Water Mark Lounge on January 7th, 2019
Burial Shroud at High Water Mark Lounge on January 7th, 2019
Monolithos at High Water Mark Lounge on January 7th, 2019
Witness at High Water Mark Lounge on January 7th, 2019
Shackled to the Burning Earth at High Water Mark Lounge on January 7th, 2019
Full Set at High Water Mark Lounge on January 7th, 2019
Druden, Glacial Tomb, Glory in the Shadows |