photos by Britt Crowe
Chicago’s dismal sludge/doom metal crew STOMACH returns with their second LP, Low Demon, set to drop July 18th on Hibernation Release.
STOMACH began as a duo featuring drummer/vocalist John Hoffman (Weekend Nachos, Ledge) and guitarist Adam Tomlinson (Sick/Tired, Sea Of Shit), who previously played together in the very first Weekend Nachos lineup. The duo released two demo tapes and their monstrous debut album, Parasite, prior to their upcoming second album, Low Demon, the band having since evolved into a live three-piece with the addition of bassist Kirk Syrek (Sick/Tired, Exalted).
Delivering their brand of punishing, sludge-laced doom to new lows, Low Demon arrives with over forty minutes across five dismal tracks of pure, sonic depravity. The record was recorded by John Hoffman during the winter of 2024 at The Pit II in Geneva, Illinois, and mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios (The Body, Magrudergrind, Fugitive), with photography by Britt Crowe. With Low Demon, STOMACH has once again delivered an album of massive scope and sound cementing them amongst the very best in the sludge metal underworld.
Hoffman writes with the album’s lead single, “‘Get Through Winter’ is a song about seasonal depression and the indescribable emotions that come with below freezing temperatures. In the Midwest it’s pretty much a staple, one of those, ‘Tell me you’re from Chicago without telling me you’re from Chicago’ things. There is a chemical imbalance that happens during those months, not to everybody but to some of us, that is truly miserable, like any hope for happiness is on hold and you aren’t able to move forward with life until your brain thaws. I hate it here, but I will probably always live here.”
Endure the frigid demoralization of STOMACH’s “Get Through Winter” now at YouTube HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Low Demon will be released July 18th, digitally and on both Black and very limited Red LP pressings. Preorders are live at the Hibernation Release webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Expect additional previews of the album to post alongside live dates and more.
Low Demon Track Listing:
1. Dredged
2. Bastard Scum
3. Get Through Winter
4. Oscillate
5. Shivers-Drafts
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