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Germinated from the contaminated cadaver of Pacific Northwest death metal overlords Dripping Decay, Oregon’s RIPPING REMAINS emerges in 2025 to continue a legacy of catchy, horror-themed, oldschool death/grind with their Necrodestiny EP, set for release on October 3rd via Satanik Royalty Records.
Returning from the Dripping Decay fold is vocalist Eric Stucke (also of Oregon blackened thrashers Hallucinator), whose reinstatement to the frontman role is characterized by the same patented intensity that fans have come to expect. Stucke also takes up the guitarists mantle for RIPPING REMAINS, stepping into the primary songwriting role with aplomb and unleashing a barrage of hook-laden, grinding opuses that blend brutality with infectiousness: a balance that all good extreme music should seek to strike.
Establishing RIPPING REMAINS alongside Stucke is former Dripping Decay drummer Jason “The Machine” Borton, known for his precise, extreme playing in addition to touring credits with groups like Jungle Rot, Skeletal Remains, and Ripped To Shreds. Borton joins bassist and Satanik Royalty Records founder Michael “Frei” Freiburger, rounding out the rhythm section in proficient fashion, the group benefitting soundly from Frei’s paint-peeling backing vocals and commanding stage presence honed in his days with Deathcave and Brain Scraper.
RIPPING REMAINS’ debut EP Necrodestiny showcases five fresh cuts of pure horror and deathgrinding insanity, replete with nods to the golden age of the genre.
In advance of its release, today the band unleashes first single, “Rub My Infection On You,” now playing at Decibel Magazine. Notes the band, “‘Rub My Infection On You’ marries everything that makes death/grind great: bouncing, catchy hooks, blistering blasts, gut-churning bass, and plenty of swaggering groove, topped off by a retching, rapid fire vocal salvo telling the tale of a man desperate to share exactly what’s ailing him. Is it a palatable pathosis rotting him from the inside out, or a metaphorical malady that this sick protagonist feels the need to disperse amongst the unsuspecting populous? Either way, the goal is a listening audience irrevocably infected.”
Adds Decibel, “Necrodestiny and the lead single ‘Rub My Infection On You’ are executed in the style of old-school death metal, stacking breakneck musicianship with fast, Cannibal Corpse-esque vocals.”
Watch RIPPING REMAINS’ “Rub My Infection On You” lyric video HERE.
Necrodestiny was recorded by Derek Leisy, mixed by Greg Wilkenson, and mastered by Dan Lowndes. Cover artist Toni K. Hietomaa, himself an alumnus of Dripping Decay’s full-length, returns to create the accompanying visuals for the band, which include an unofficial mascot: “Rippy.” The undead maniac with razor sharp claws is fittingly seen tearing himself free from the oozing corpse of his predecessor, the Hietomaa-penned “Drippy,” all while backed by a cityscape aflame and on the verge of collapse. A brief glance past over the cover art and onto the lyric sheet elucidates the Necrodestiny narrative: Without death, there can be no rebirth…
RIPPING REMAINS’ Necrodestiny will be released on CD, cassette, and digital formats. Find orders at the Satanik Royalty webshop HERE or Bandcamp HERE.
Necrodestiny Track Listing:
1. Carbonized Effluvium
2. Necrodestiny
3. The Horror Writes Itself
4. Rub My Infection On You
5. Maternal Rot
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