Co-headlining the third incarnation of Offal Fest at Manchester Rebellion from 25th to 27th July 2025 alongside Internal Bleeding and Skinless are German purveyors of Brutal Progressive Death Metal Defeated Sanity. A growing concern since 1994 this year they have the critically acclaimed “Chronicles of Lunacy” under their belts and as if in evidence have
Bassist Jacob Schmidt rips through the relentless opener “Amputationsdrang” from “Chronicles of Lunacy“, the seventh studio album from Defeated Sanity in this latest playthrough offering. It’s five strings of doom in pure Death Metal with the album co-produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by the legendary Colin Marston (Imperial Triumphant, Agalloch, Panopticon) at Thousand Cave Studios
Recorded at Thousand Cave Studios in Queens New York in January 2024 with producer Colin Marston (Imperial Triumphant, Agalloch, Panopticon), a seventh album “Chronicles of Lunacy” from Defeated Sanity has been announced by Season of Mist for 22nd November. That news comes with a playthrough video that finds the band’s brutal mastermind Lille Gruber crashing
Having convinced Jacob Schmidt of Defeated Sanity to challenge himself and join them as a session bassist, New York Brutal Tech-Death stalwarts Malignancy put their money where their mouth is and gave him a full dextral work out. Together they recorded a new album, the bands first in five years with “…Discontinued” set to be
Ahead of pre-orders going live on 5th April, New York Brutal Tech-Death stalwarts Malignancy have announced they are set to unleash “…Discontinued“, their first full-length album in five years. A 14th June release via Willowtip Records which has Jacob Schmidt of Defeated Sanity playing bass throughout, it’s has been preceded by “Purity of Purpose” for
Including such classics as “Den of Iniquity“, “Dead Before The Still” and “Psychopathic Blue” in the soundtracks, Belfast Psychological Death Metal quartet Strangle Wire have shared the footage from the Berlin, London and Reykjavik stops of their tour with Defeated Sanity. The run took place in December 2022 but the footage has remained archived in