“Baptized In The Gutter sees the band focus even more on their all-out warfare sound & create some of the most punishing music this first half of 2025 has heard.” – Rock N Load
“San Diego’s own Mongrel are bringing old school fury throughout the hardcore underground, leveling venues and flying bodies one show to the next.” – Heaviest of Art
Hailing from San Diego, CA, Mongrel combine the best elements of 90’s style death metal and hardcore into hard, heavy and grimey tracks. After debuting in 2022 with three track Off The Leash, today Mongrel release their new EP, Baptized in the Gutter through DAZE and HardLore Records. The five tracks on the record drive from experiences of fallout, focusing on surviving the aftermath and rebuilding. The band forge their own path through the sonic landscape via their next level songwriting and playing ability. Opener “Tight Rope Walk” hits hard with a blistering riff supported by ferocious blast beats and guttural vocals. On title track “Baptized in the Gutter”, the band leans into the thrashier elements of their sound, ripping through 2:10 of fury punctuated by a solo that will garner the respect of any true shredder. “Wreckage In Our Path” is two-minute long song bursting with hefty riffs right off the bat before pulsating into a primal scream of overcoming hardship. Each track on the release offers a taste of the greatness of 90’s hardcore, metal and heavy music, while bringing something all together original to the table.
You can listen to Baptized in the Gutter HERE and purchase on vinyl and CD HERE.
Baptized in the Gutter was mixed and mastered by Dan Swano at Unisound with guitars and vocals recorded with Taylor Young at The Pit and drums with Alex Jacobeli at Sunsick Studios.
Mongrel is Conor Drury- Vocals, Tristan Huarte- Guitar, Miguel “Smiggy” Salazar- Guitar, Andrew Kukta- Bass, and Ryan “Face” Brooks- Drums.
Baptized in the Gutter EP Tracklist:
1. Tightrope Walk
2. Baptized In The Gutter
3. The Aftermath
4. Wreckage In Our Path
5. No Flesh, Just Bone
Upcoming Shows:
February 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ American Legion Post 8 w/ Never Ending Game, All Out War
March 28th – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick w/ The Warriors
March 29th – Oxnard, CA @ The CFF w/ The Warriors
April 4th – Amityville, NY @ AMH w/ God’s Hate, Twitching Tongues
April 5th – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ God’s Hate, Twitching Tongues