Tag: Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction

NEWS: Cognitive return with more abhorrence!

Carrying on their tradition of writing Death Metal with a maniacal fusion of relentless riffs and thoughtful, devastating lyrics making for a raging, draining and yet ultimately fulfilling experience, New Jersey brutes Cognitive have just dropped their fifth album “Abhorrence“. They’ve unveiled a music video for “Insidious” in it’s wake that hits like a post

Playthrough: “A Pact Unholy” from Cognitive!

Guitarist Rob Wharton has been given a moment in the limelight as he gives us a playthrough for recent single “A Pact Unholy” recorded before Cognitive wage war on Europe alongside Scottish Slamming Death Metal act Party Cannon. That continues the build up to the Americans fifth album “Abhorrence“. Recorded, tracked and mixed by drummer

NEWS: Cognitive enter a blood pact…

Ahead of a run across mainland Europe with Scottish Slamming Death Metal act Party Cannon, Americans Cognitive will drop their fifth album “Abhorrence“. Having already premiered the title track, “A Pact Unholy” becomes the second virgin sacrifice. The story goes that feeling creative, the band began working on the album while touring its critically acclaimed

Playthrough: “Abhorrence” from Cognitive!

While some are accused of wearing their hearts on their sleeves, Metal Heads take it one step further and wear them across our chests. After all, why else would Cognitive guitarist Rob Wharton be wearing a Skeletal Remains t-shirt while filming a playthrough video for “Abhorrence“? A 17th May release via Metal Blade Records, the

NEWS: Cognitive admit to abhorrent ways…

A fifth album and follow up to the well received “Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction” from New Jersey destroyers of worlds Cognitive is on the horizon. Titled “Abhorrence“, the record actually started to take shape while the band toured it’s predecessor and was recorded, tracked, and mixed by drummer AJ Viana (Hath) before beint

Playthrough: “Rot Eternal” from Cognitive!

Filmed and edited by RAD Studios, Cognitive axe wielding duo Rob Wharton and Harry Lannon rip through a playthrough of “Rot Eternal” from the album we’ve been impatiently waiting for since the single first appeared four months ago. The American Technical Death Metal outfit have jumped ship from Unique Leader Records after their last album

NEWS: Cognitive premier standalone single “Rot Eternal”!

Currently on a month long tour trek that will take them from Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Brooklyn New York, Metal Blade Records signings Cognitive have announced the end of the “Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction” era of the band with a stand alone single titled “Rot Eternal“. The New Jersey Technical Death Metal heavyweights have

Documentary: Cognitive on Bus Invaders!

During their Chicago Illinois stop at Cobra Lounge of The Orb tour with Gorod, Summing The Lich and Flub, New Jersey Technical Death Metal heavyweights Cognitive took a moment to pose for the Digital Tour Bus cameras. The latest episode of the Bus Invaders series was filmed as the band chase the smoke rings of

Bootleg: Cognitive in Minneapolis Minnesota!

Pro-shot at The Cabooze in Minneapolis Minnesota on 4th October here’s a full set from New Jersey Technical Death Metal heavyweights Cognitive as they tear down the blue skies with “Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction” courtesy of Leo Sypniewski. Recorded and mixed by drummer AJ Viana and mastered by the Grammy award-winning mastering engineer