Surrogate Prey and Et Mors to Release Split LP Dec. 28
Raw sludge and rawer doom abounds on the new four-song split from Philippines four-piece Surrogate Prey and Washington D.C.’s Et Mors, who seem to be in a contest not so much to out-heavy as to out-filth each other. I’m not sure who the winner is in that regard — Et Mors are more atmospheric, Surrogate Prey more outright scathing — but either way, it’s 37 minutes of feeling buried alive while the bands taunt you and unleash varying tonal assaults on your person.
Friendly it ain’t, but Surrogate Prey and Et Mors do make a fitting pair as the split progresses from one to the next, giving the feeling of driving deeper into your skull as it goes. To everything, churn churn churn, there is… death.
Here’s mud in yer eye from the PR wire:
Surrogate Prey & Et Mors split due to release on 12/28/20
Surrogate Prey is a Sludge Metal band from the Philippines, formed circa 2004. They’ve been putting out demos and splits since then, with their first full length album “Wisdom to Scramble Your Brains Lysergik” coming out in 2019. They just released their “Aberration” EP in December 2020 as well. They’ve played a key part in the Filipino Metal scene, being the first Sludge band there, & opening for bands such as EyeHateGod. the band features:
Rallye Ibanez – Bass, Vocals
Gani Simpliciano – Drums
Allan Diaz – Guitar, Vocals
Bobby Legaspi – Guitar, Vocals
Et Mors is a Doom Metal band from Washington, DC, formed circa 2017 as a 4 piece with guitar, drums, bass, and keys. Since then, the band has been condensed to a 2 piece, with guitar and drums as the main instruments. After 2 demos and a single, their first full length “Lux in Morte” was released, followed by “Tombswayer” EP in late 2019. Et Mors completed the Tombswayer tour in October 2019, playing with bands such as Tel, DOUR, False Gods, Fistula, Come to Grief, & more. The band features:
Zak Suleri – Guitar, Vocals
Albert Alisuag – Drums, Vocals
This split contains two tracks from each band:
1. Surrogate Prey – Banquet of the Beast (6:37)
2. Surrogate Prey – Shroud (8:03)
3. Et Mors – Damaged Pathways (13:50)
4. Et Mors – Erotic Neuroticism (8:56)
The result is 37 minutes of Doom & Sludge from two vastly different time zones.
https://surrogateprey.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SurrogatePrey
https://etmors.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/EtMors
