AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: GRAVEBORN — “TEMPORAL SANDS”

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May 152025
 

(written by Islander)

Four years ago we had the extreme pleasure of premiering the title track from Transmigrator, the then-forthcoming fourth album from the Boston-based death metal band Graveborn. That album was a significant step in the band’s ongoing evolution in their musical approach, a steadily progressing shift away from their deathcore roots and into a more stylistically multi-faceted and even more thrilling (but still brutalizing) experience.

Four years later, it’s clear that Graveborn haven’t stopped moving. Where their increasingly inventive momentum has led them is reflected in a new single we’re premiering today, presented through a fascinating animated video. Named “Temporal Sands,” this new song is a head-spinner of a high order — and a brutal bone-smasher too. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: GRAVEBORN — “TRANSMIGRATOR”

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Apr 272021
 

 

On May 25th the Boston-based death metal band Graveborn will be releasing their fourth album, Transmigrator, which they describe as “a continuous play concept about eternal cycles, the ever-changing self, and its place amongst billions of others”. It also reflects the band’s own cycles and the changes in their musical approach that have evolved since the release of their first single in 2012.

Once a deathcore band, Graveborn have moved away from that style and more toward a form of death metal that is in some ways reminiscent of the likes of Fallujah — though they still prove themselves capable of giving listeners a vigorous beating. The song we’re premiering today, which is the album’s title track, is a prime example of the band’s different (and divergent) musical facets, and it comes with a lyric video that makes excellent use of Mark Erskine‘s eye-catching cover art. Continue reading »