BONGINATOR have been busy setting up The New England Death Metal Fun Time Bonanza that will be headlined by legendary MORTICIAN and promises total devastation as well as a headbanging neck-trauma after three days of nonstop moshing at Charleez Hill in Lebanon, ME, USA from June 27 to 29, 2025.
To promote the event, these weed smoking death metal maniacs release a video single for the new track ‘All Cops Are Biomechs‘. The clip is now available for immediate publication via this link: https://youtu.be/1-WEUPMfYCw
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BONGINATOR comment: “Do you remember that movie where like… the cop died and became part man part robot and then he was like a cool cop… robot… thing and then he like totally fought crime?”, guitarist and vocalist Erik Thorstenn innocently asks. “Yeah, we made a song about that. He’s the only cop we like, I guess. I bet, he would totally smoke you out if he caught you lighting it up under the bleachers and shit. Remember, when he shot that dude in the wiener? Anyway, go listen to the song, and hate-mosh a poser who likes fully human cops who steal your drugs and shit. And by the way, if you got some time to spare and want to hang out with us, just come to our three day Death Metal Fun Time Bonanza at Charleez Hill in Lebanon, ME at the end of June!”
Video credits
Video directed & edited by Erik Thorstenn
CRT degradation by Sean McCormack at Funeral Frog Media
Live
27-29 JUN 2025 Lebanon, ME (US) Charleez Hill, Death Metal Fun Time Bonanza
When a bunch of stoner kids takes on a horde of blood-thirsty aliens and then embarks on an intergalactic road trip to the darkest corners of the universe, you have entered the crazy world of BONGINATOR. Proceed at your own peril! With weaponised chainsaw-riffing, a thunderous barrage of drums, and inhuman growls, these young American death metal fanatics embarked on their crusade to reconquer the ears of headbangers around this globe for their brutal cause with the debut EP “The 1986 Doink City Massacre” (2022) and their first full-length “The Intergalactic Gorebong of Deathpot” (2023). Both releases quickly sold out and are reissued by Testimony Records.
BONGINATOR are part of a new wave of fresh death metal aficionados that embrace the old school values of the style but add a fresh approach. This might cause a heart attack with those who think that the genre became too open-minded after 1986, but BONGINATOR are best described as the missing link between the good old days and death metal in the here and now.
Metal and weed are a well-established combination that has already found favour with fans in such veteran acts as CANNABIS CORPSE and WEEDEATER. Vocalist and guitarist Erik Thorstenn did not create BONGINATOR as a challenger to such incumbents, but rather with a strong vision to carve out his own musical claim when he started the band in the New England state of Massachusetts during the year 2021.
Taking inspiration from classic 80s horror and action movies is a given in this scene, but BONGINATOR blend old school death metal, crazy caveman riffs and the lunacy of 90s Colombian drumming with the relentless brutality of Slayer and even 80s synth-wave elements. Although BONGINATOR are obviously nodding to the past, they are definitely looking towards the future. This also reflects in the bizarre science fiction plots of their lyrics that are to be taken with a healthy pinch of cannabis.
BONGINATOR are currently working on their sophomore album that will be released via Testimony Records.
Style: Death Metal
Label: Testimony Records
Current line-upErik Thorstenn – guitar, vocals
Ron Bernhaut – bass
Joseph McNamara – drums
Ben Sonsire-Cummings – guitar
Links
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