Returning to the tried and tested Ben Jones (Vacuous, Meth Leppard, Greed) for mixing and mastering, “Apechtheia” represents the dawn of a new age for Edinburgh’s Chestcrush with three tracks spanning 28 minutes representing the longest compositions envisaged and undertaken by masterminded by multi instrumentalist Evangelos Vasilakos (guitars, bass, lyrics, programming). For purpose he is
The rising New Wave Of Scottish Death Metal continues to grow like an oncoming storm with bands like Penny Coffin and Chestcrush joining already established acts like Scordatura and Hellripper helping to resurrect the once considered corpse of a genre, injecting new blood and fresh ideas that are once again building the scene and momentum
We reached a lot of milestone markers in the success of Metal Noise in 2021 and while we weren’t able to bring you anywhere near as many live reviews as we’d hoped for or any summer Festival coverage (for obvious reasons), there were some real bucket list moments chalked off, including our fly on the
The second of our creature double feature of interviews with multi-instrumentalist Evangelos Vasilakos, the mastermind behind Edinburgh based Blackend Death Sludge Metal outfit Chestcrush is finally here after the release of the well received and brutally ugly monster that is “Vdelygmia”. It is the plague of nightmares that haunts with dark thoughts and apocalyptic visions wrapped
Last month saw the release of “Vdelygmia” by Chestcrush, a full debut album that was highly anticipated in these parts after their demo quite literarily landed in our lap courtesy of Cardiff based Record Label FHED who released it on cassette. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Evangelos Vasilakos (guitars, bass, lyrics, programming) that fuses Blackend Death
If you missed it earlier this week, we reviewed the very much not for the faint of heart “Vdelygmia” by Edinburgh Blackened Death Metal outfit Chestcrush and damn but our ears are still ringing. The album has now surfaced over at bandcamp in full and to celebrate they’ve dropped a lyric video for the almighty
After a well received demo that we described as “Fusing elements of Black Metal and Sludge into the mix to make something nightmarish and heavy” in our review, the return of Edinburgh’s Chestcrush for another lethal dose of Blackend Death Metal is intriguing to say the least. The solo project of multi-instrumentalist Evangelos Vasilakos (guitars,
Heading from Middlesbrough yet further North for this weeks entry in our black book of the UK Metal Underground scene otherwise known as The Black Map, we find ourselves in Edinburgh Scotland to talk about Chestcrush, a band who specialise in fusing elements of Black Metal and Sludge into the mix to make something nightmarish
Recorded between December 2020 and March 2021, the depraved nightmares of Chestcrush are set to continue with “Vdelygmia“, a full length burnt offering that distills their Witches brew moonshine concoction of Blackened Death Metal, Sludge and Grindcore into a whole new evil. The first to emerge from the wilderness, shivering, bloodstained and mumbling to itself
Fusing elements of Black Metal and Sludge into the mix to make something nightmarish and heavy are Chestcrush, an Edinburgh based Blackened Death Metal duo of DM on vocals, and Multi instrumentalist Evan doing guitars, bass, lyrics, programming, mixing and even cover art, in the vein of Vermin Womb, Dragged into Sunlight and Resin Tomb.
