Spinebreaker (ft members of Sunami, Gulch, Ripped To Shreds) share first single from upcoming EP

Official press release:

San Jose, California-based Spinebreaker announces their upcoming EP, Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition, now set for May release through Creator-Destructor Records who today unveils the cover art, track listing, and lead single, "Spectral Forge."

Formed in the Bay Area hardcore scene, Spinebreaker unites vocalist Alex Herrera, bassist Josef Alfonso (Sunami), drummer Brian Do (Ripped To Shreds), and the triple-guitar attack of Elliot Morrow (Gulch) Cole Kakimoto (Gulch), and Justin Ton (Dead Heat). The band is known for their intensely heavy live shows and crossover appeal. It's rare that a band encapsulates different subgenres of heavy music convincingly and genuinely, but Spinebreaker does it seamlessly, with a sound shaped by 1990s death metal legends, and the raw nature and aesthetic of hardcore.

Spinebreaker's released their crushing debut LP, Ice Grave, in 2016, and in 2019 released a promo tape featuring the single "The Cost Of Innocent Life" as well as a cover of Agnostic Front's "Power." The band now returns in 2023 with the monstrous Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition, which sees the band leaning heavily into their death metal influences. The record delivers six tracks of absolute violent riffs, pummeling blastbeats, and apocalyptic overtones, recorded, mixed, and mastered by the Evil Wizard Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios in Oakland, California (Vastum, Mortuous, Necrot), and completed with logo by Alex Herrera, artwork by Brad Moore, and layout by Rachel Deering.

Vocalist Alex Herrera shared the following:

Our new single 'Spectral Forge' is about afflictions in all forms following and latching itself to you like a ghost or demonic entity. No matter what you do it tries to suck the life out of you and it feels like an inescapable part of you. I am basically at war with myself in my head at all times in one way or another and that is the theme of this record lyrically. Depression, anxiety, anger, and tendency toward violence. This is what the Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition represents musically, and it was perfectly captured in the cover art painted by the great Brad Moore.

Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition tracklist:
1. Beneath Our Blood Stained Sun
2. Infinite Crest
3. Bone Riddling Necrosis
4. Spectral Forge
5. Inoculated
6. Crimson Mask

Pre-order Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition here.