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Everything Is Noise is currently streaming Necrodestiny, the debut EP from Oregon’s RIPPING REMAINS. The premiere comes in advance of the EP’s official release Friday, October 3rd via Satanik Royalty Records.
Germinated from the contaminated cadaver of Pacific Northwest death metal overlords Dripping Decay, RIPPING REMAINS emerges in 2025 to continue a legacy of catchy, horror-themed, oldschool death/grind. 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.
Writes Everything Is Noise in part, “Beyond the spooky synth intro and news samples of ‘Carbonized Effluvium,’ Necrodestiny kicks right into punchy grooves, chainsaw riffs, and a delightful dose of old school grind attitude on ‘Necrodestiny’ proper. ‘The Horror Writes Itself’ keeps the ball rolling with aplomb, while previously-released single ‘Rub My Infection On You’ flirts with some more nimble technicality in its riffwork. Myself, I found closer ‘Maternal Rot’ to be a personal favorite with its doomier intro and some positively eerie lead work, but there’s really not a dull moment across Necrodestiny. Just seventeen minutes of brutal, oldschool fun…”
Feeling Some Gory Horror Fun for October? Ripping Remains Has You Covered with “Necrodestiny”
Stream RIPPING REMAINS’ Necrodestiny EP, exclusively at Everything Is Noise, HERE.
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 physical preorders at the Satanik Royalty webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Necrodestiny Track Listing:
- Carbonized Effluvium
- Necrodestiny
- The Horror Writes Itself
- Rub My Infection On You
- Maternal Rot
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