Brutal metallic sludge outfit Mastiff conspire with industrial noise dealers Tayne on 'Trapped Inside The Void'
Photo Credit: Nick Sayers
“If their last album sounded like it wanted to crawl into the corner and die, Deprecipice wants to kill you as swiftly & efficiently as it can.” - Metal Hammer
“...these are songs for when you’re at the end of your rope; when hopeless lyrics and vicious fight riffs make more sense than therapy or promises of better days..." – Decibel
After the resounding success of their highly praised album Deprecipice, the fierce sludgecore band Mastiff have enlisted the help of the Dublin-born, London-based industrial group Tayne to elevate the intensity to new heights on their latest remix release, 'Trapped Inside The Void'. Picture a dark and gritty fusion of a HM-2 guitar pedal, pulsating synths, and rapid-fire drumming reminiscent of Al Jourgensen's signature style, creating a sonic landscape that pushes the boundaries of heaviness and innovation.
Watch the visualiser for 'Trapped Inside The Void' here: https://youtu.be/F8EJ_7-uHag
Order Deprecipice here: https://mastiff.ffm.to/deprecipice.OYD
Comments Mastiff, “We didn’t think it possible that anyone could make Mastiff sound even more abrasive and obnoxious, but it turns out Tayne is even more irresponsible with human hearing than we are!”
The evocative title 'Trapped Inside The Void' was inspired by Mastiff's partnership with the esteemed Nottingham brewery, Black Iris. This collaboration resulted in a robust and flavourful 7.2% NEIPA, brewed with a primary infusion of Citra Cryo hops and enhanced with subsequent dry hop additions of Cashmere and Mosaic Cryo. Check out the beer here.
Adds Tayne, “Mastiff are the purveyors of disgusting music so trying to make them sound heavier was never going to be achievable. We decided to go with a new Beta sequence on this one, we kicked up the “4d3d3d3” and added some “hat wobble” to the track. We are stoked with the results. Hopefully it’s something that people will listen to and say…'now Tayne I can get into'."
From their inception amidst the bleak backdrop of Kingston-upon-Hull in 2013, Mastiff has been unwaveringly dedicated to the pursuit of intensity. The five-piece band seamlessly melds elements of extreme metal, sludge, and hardcore to craft ferociously brutal sonic experiences. Their relentless commitment to innovation ensures that their music remains dynamic, unfiltered, and teeming with raw emotion.
Signing to MNRK Heavy three years ago, Mastiff’s commitment to blunt-force aggression remains untempered. Their 2021 album, Leave Me The Ashes Of The Earth, was described by Blabbermouth’s Dom Lawson as a “horrifying slab of disgust” and “a sustained scream in the face of uncontrollable madness”. Now comes its long-anticipated follow-up: Deprecipice – an album that, somehow, smacks even harder than anything this band have unchained before, produced by longtime collaborator Joe Clayton (Wallowing, Ithaca, Tuskar) at Manchester’s No Studio. The beguiling artwork that runs throughout the album is by Paul Phillips at the award winning True Spilt Milk Designs, another long time collaborator with the band.
Unlike so many of their extreme metal peers right now, though, Mastiff didn’t source this rejuvenated savagery from the anxieties and frustrations of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the lockdowns ended and real life started to resume in 2021 and 2022, Hodge and Lee noticed the spirits of the world around them lifting. Feelings of trauma and isolation were beginning to enter people’s rear-view mirrors – and it was an overcoming that the duo couldn’t relate to. Lee was mourning the loss of his mother, while Hodge realised he was still grieving over the death of his five-day-old son, Isaac, in 2010.
As earnest as it is ferocious, with Deprecipice, Mastiff have made a magnum opus that bleeds with genuine pain.
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