Philadelphia sludge rock veterans SUNBURSTER are set to unleash their first full-length, No Semblance of Peaceful Existence, on October 24 via Knife Hits Records. After more than a decade of carving their name into the city’s heavy underground through a string of EPs, the band finally delivers a ten-track descent into everything grim, blues-soaked, and hopeless.
Today, we’re stoked to give you an early stream of the full thng below!
Recorded and mixed at Barowtone Studios between May and November 2024, the album finds SUNBURSTER doubling down on filthy, NOLA-rooted sludge, dragging listeners through murky riffs and strangled screams that never let up. “Our only goal for this was to be as crushing and depressing as possible,” says vocalist Mike Murro. “To bum you out but keep your head banging at the same time.”
Tracks like “Exile to Elba,” “Jinn,” and “Heavy Breathing” show the group’s balance of groove and desolation — the kind that crawls under your skin and stays there. Additional contributions come from John Jones and Phil Parenti on vocals, Eric Benites on bass, and Harry Lannon on a guitar solo for “Red Giant.”
Mastered by Dan Randall at Mammoth Sound, the record captures the raw physicality and corrosion that SUNBURSTER has refined live over years in the Philadelphia scene.
No Semblance of Peaceful Existence arrives on limited Lemonade & Black Galaxy vinyl (300 copies) and digital formats through Knife Hits Records.
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