Succumb – S/T LP

San Francisco’s Succumb formed in 2014, between a group of friends from diverse musical backgrounds who shared a common love for Canadian death metal, war metal and ‘90s Napalm Death. Joined the following year by Harry Cantwell (Bosse-de-Nage, ex-Slough Feg) on drums, the quartet went to work on their self-titled debut.
2017’s Succumb plumbs the depths of modern death metal with a primitive elegance. The juxtaposition of their angular riffs and propulsive drums against vocalist Cheri Musrasrik’s howling vocals and sophisticated lyrics, sets them apart from a crowded landscape.
Musrasrik cites authors and poets like Yeats, Genet and Zola as her primary lyrical influences. Throughout the album she tackles themes such as human experimentation, autoerotic asphyxiation, BDSM, prostitution, opium dens and dystopias with a literary flair.
For fans of Flourishing, Convulsing, Gorguts.