(written by Islander)

Hailing from Bogotá, Colombia, the band WithoutMind launched themselves with a first demo in 2008 and followed it with a discography that includes two albums and a handful of splits and EPs. At a high level, their music has combined brutal death metal and grindcore, and their clever lyrics have tended toward the sarcastic and the satirical but with a wide range of themes that touch on more profound subjects as well.

The band’s second album (their latest one) was digitally released in October 2023, bearing the name Interstellar Immorality. It included a whopping 20 tracks, ranging in length from 5 seconds to slightly more than 2 minutes; at 2:04, the title track is the second longest. Lyrically, the band describe it as “a journey through conspiracies and inner reflections, where we ask: what if everything we believe is a farce?”

The album deserved a physical release, and now it will get it, through a June 18 CD co-release by GrimmDistribution and DirtyEar Records. The timing is good, because WithoutMind are gearing up for a series of live performances across Colombian cities in the second half of 2025, with plans to expand to Latin America. And to help spread the word about the album’s physical reissue, today we’re premiering an animated lyric video for its title song, “Interstellar Immorality“. Continue reading »