Emerging from the fertile Spanish extreme music scene, corrosive Death Metal duo PESTILENGTH have been a distinctive presence since they formed in 2018. The band’s third opus, “Solar Clorex,” is a subterranean listening experience of deep, dark and devastating grandeur. The album is now officially available and can be streamed across all digital platforms. Discover it below:
Mastermind M. describes “Solar Clorex” and its artistic concept:
“We are guided by certain rituals or perspectives on how to craft such an album. “Basom Gryphos” was monstruous yet tamed at times. “Solar Clorex” shows different behaviors but they entangle vividly. We are not an easy listening band. We, ourselves, are also listeners and we focus on albums we like concerning their expressions and utterance. I personally always look at the global frame of the album, it’s totality. In this way, an album makes sense. You could isolate songs but that does not work with my comprehension of Art, craft, and effort.“
The metal press has awarded “Solar Clorex” with praise:
““Solar Clorex” takes chances […]. Any time a band writes an album that makes you think it is haunted by chaos then you know they are onto something great.” (Ghost Cult Mag)
““Solar Clorex” is an oppressive monster of grim ugliness. Its atmospheric brutality is matched only by its murderous delivery, scouring the listener with caustic daemonic sounds and feelings.” (Wonderboxmetal)
“[…] yield to the mind-flaying “corrosive Death Metal” swinging lower than a boss-eyed pugilist.” (Invisible Oranges)
“It’s energetic, thunderously heavy, and maddeningly caustic, with more brutal and human elements adding to the fray.” (Angry Metal Guy)
“Solar Clorex” is released via CD, vinyl and digital formats – alongside merchandising – via Debemur Morti Productions. Orders are possible via the label’s EU, US (no merch) and Bandcamp shops.
In early 2018 the anonymous duo PESTILENGTH emerged from the Basque Country with a twisted, contemporary-yet-classic style of extremity which they called ‘corrosive Death Metal’.
After a well-received series of demos and singles, in 2020 the band released first full-length, “Eilatik“, described by No Clean Singing webzine as: “…absolutely vicious at all times. It rips and tears in a frenzy, and pounds without mercy or remorse.“
By the end of 2020, the band had received worldwide attention among labels, blogs, and musicians. Additional EP “Apore Flesh” was enthusiastically praised by LEVIATHAN‘s Jef Whitehead for reaching “… far beyond the world of copycats of the ‘underground'” in “khaotick shards of thought-provoking metalz of dementia“. A split with Mexican band REVERENCE TO PAROXYSM had followed soon afterwards the same year.
In August 2021, PESTILENGTH‘s monstrous sophomore album “Basom Gryphos” was unleashed to widespread critical acclaim. The album contained eight new songs whose cerebral slithering brutality was mirrored in the striking cover art by Namurian Visions.
In 2023 the band inked a deal with Debemur Morti Productions for the release of their upcoming next-level third album.