{"title":"Vacuous","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"katabasis","title":"Katabasis","description":"\u003cp\u003eVacuous' monstrous debut EP \"Katabasis\" sees a vinyl reissue via Sentient Ruin after its limited first pressing sold out shortly after its\noriginal 2021 release. With this release the London, UK-based death horde refined its dismal and pulverizing dark death metal sound,\nusing influences from bands like Incantation, Immolation, and Demigod to forge an unseen weapon of sonic terror. \"Katabasis\"\nimmediately established Vacuous as a rising unholy force in UK underground extreme metal, securing the band high profile shows in\nLondon with the likes of Undergang, Convulse and Wormrot, and eventually a debut full-length release deal via Dark Descent Records\nand Me Saco Un Ojo..\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sentient Ruin Laboratories","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50490316357963,"sku":"2023920","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Vacuous_Katabasis_e99ff55c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727657965"},{"product_id":"in-his-blood","title":"In His Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe UK's Vacuous make their Relapse Records debut with their new album,\u003ci\u003e In His Blood\u003c\/i\u003e.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn overdose of Death Metal, \u003ci\u003eIn His Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling mix of blazing speeds, chilling\natmospherics, and angular riffing that bring the band into their own unique space. “We’ve\ntalked about having different influences, and it felt like a bit of a dare to push things further,”\nguitarist Michael Brodsky says. “Back in death metal’s formative days, with bands like\nAutopsy, Obituary, Incantation, none of those bands sounded like each other: they were just\npushing their collective influences together to the extreme. I think we’re still doing the same\nthing, just from the point of view of people who grew up in the 2000s.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the roaring, quick-fire intensity of the title track to the haunting atmospherics of\n‘Hunger’ and the cinematic rumbles of ‘Contraband’, with \u003ci\u003eIn His Blood\u003c\/i\u003e Vacuous push the\nlimits of what listeners might expect from Death Metal. “We have some surprising influences\non this album,” Michael says, explaining that the track ‘Hunger’ came out of imagining what it\nwould sound like if The Cure made a Death Metal song. The spontaneity and attitude of punk\nand hardcore are also an influence, and Michael namechecks Converge – less for their\nsound, and more for their mindset and experimental nature. “They’re inspiring for how they\nmeld different styles together, but it still falls loosely within hardcore and metal,” he says.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the overarching idea of violence and voyeurism, in the album’s lyrics Jo Chen\nexplores a number of topics including horror films, serial killers, school shootings, toxic\nmasculinity, and the Global North and South divide. “The song ‘Contraband’ is about the 39\nVietnamese migrants who were suffocated in a lorry trying to come over to England,” Jo\nsays. “It was such a tragedy, but it was blink and you miss it; news today and gone tomorrow.\n“I was born in London but my family are from Malaysia, which is historically a poor country,”\nhe continues. “There’s such a juxtaposition when I go back there. Here in the West,\ngenerally, people are often so comfortable. The only access that some people have to\nextreme poverty and violence is online.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoing forward,Vacuous want to keep pushing boundaries, being spontaneous, and taking\nrisks. “We want to have a discography where every album is distinct,” Jo says. “We don’t\nwant to feel like we’re repeating ourselves. You think of a band like Carcass, who do this and\nit’s super fun to listen to. We just want to keep trying something different.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":51059848610123,"sku":"2238183","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51059850281291,"sku":"2238184","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/20000000257960_b053de3e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1736338903"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/vacuous.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}