(written by Islander)

After the release of their self-titled debut album in 2017, the Saskatchewan-based doom/sludge band Destroy My Brains embarked on a four-record sequence whose titles (the first letter of each one) spelled out the word “W.I.L.T.”. The last of those albums, Tormented, was released in 2022. And now Destroy My Brains are following that sequence with a devastating new album that is itself named Wilt, which will be released at some point during the coming summer.

The band say the new album “features 7 collosal slabs of filth and spans over 1 hour of unrelenting destroy time.” Their guitarist/vocalist Jarret has shared a few more thoughts about it:

Wilt is a representation of everything we have ever wrote before, and it means everything that Destroy My Brains has ever stood for from the beginning. Nothing has changed and our message remains clear and the same. We have always wrote about the hate for authorities and society, the corrosion of standards, represtations of nihilism, and the destruction of self and others. We have always been a fuck the world band and we still are.

These songs, 12 years later from the band’s beginnings still carry that same weight and message.The songs are a self-destructive collage of pain and suffering, and on this album we touch on some very deep personal themes as well. Get ready to get sucked down a twisting tunnel of destruction, as our sonic filth degrades and devolves you.

Speaking of devolving, what we have for you today is the premiere of Wilt’s first single, and its name is “Decontribute“. Continue reading »