It’s about the time the UK got itself one of those ‘brutal death metal for the moshers’ type bands to compete with the likes of Final Resting Place and Fatal Realm and the killer Soul Hater from France.
Enter Inhuman Suffering. Emerging from the same thriving scene that has recently given us the likes of Dead Stare, Coexist, and Dissent, the north-east bruisers worship unashamedly at the altar of New York death metal, with their name presumably taken from the penultimate track on Internal Bleeding’s 1995 debut full-length, Voracious Contempt.
Their debut EP Internal Decay — the first release on the brand new Extermination Records — is ugly in all the right ways, its bone-crushing ability rivalled only by steamrollers and car compactors and a few of the legendary bands to which it is so heavily indebted.
Guitarist Jay has the details.
How did Inhuman Suffering came together?
Inhuman Suffering came from an offcut of many different bands that we were in at the time. Some of the guys played in bands such as Bloodfury and Finish What You Started which already had that death metal influence in the sound.
We all decided that we wanted to do a band that pushed the death metal sound even more, and that’s when we decided to create Inhuman Suffering.
What was the writing process like for Internal Decay?
The writing process for the EP was fairly easy going. I created around six demos at the time just to get an idea of how things were gonna sound and which direction we wanted to head in. I narrowed it down to four songs which are the songs you hear on the EP.
The whole thing is very New York death metal influenced, if you couldn’t already tell.
What are the tracks about?
The subject of the lyrics revolve around a body that’s not fit for purpose. With each song we tried to explore the feelings and intrusive thoughts that come with this. We used personal experiences and turned the negative energy into a cathartic release.
How did your first show with Undeath and co. go?
First show was cool - was a great opportunity to play with such a pioneering band in the scene right now. Thanks to our friends in Conviction Records and Byker Grave for having us on the show, and thanks to Sam from Dead Stare for filling in on bass.
It feels there has been a real revival of a '90s brutal death metal sound that has crossed over really well into the hardcore scene, what do you think has inspired that?
There’s been a huge revival in the sound lately especially in hardcore, with bands like Final Resting Place being at the forefront of that kind of sound. There was a huge crossover back in the '90s with hardcore kids playing in death metal bands as well as death metal heads liking hardcore bands that were out at the time such as Next Step Up and Irate. I think it’s all just happening again, except 30 years later.
How do you feel about the current state of the UK death metal scene? Are there any cool bands you want to shout out?
UK death metal is in good hands at the moment and we look forward to seeing how it grows over the next few years.
Do you have any big plans or hopes for the band going forward?
We have no current plans for the future, but we hope to keep playing cool shows with cool bands.
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