US death/doom/sludge metal act Acrid Rot presents their debut album »Where Flesh Transcends… Man Stands Tall«
Sellersville, Pennsylvania based death/doom/sludge metal act Acrid Rot has just released their debut album »Where Flesh Transcends… Man Stands Tall« on July 21st, 2025.
Listen to »Where Flesh Transcends… Man Stands Tall« on Spotify and other streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Where Fangs Supplant Teeth
02. To Wallow In Infirmity
03. Salvation’s Pointed Knife
04. Desidarium
05. A Night Upon The Mire
06. The Torment Of Mending
07. The Weight Of Impermanence
08. Blood Upon The Cabin Floor
09. Where Flesh Transcends Man Stands Tall
“Throat-ripping, feral, death sludge from the swampy backwoods of Pennsylvania.”
A gut-wrenching reckoning of self, forged in blood, dirt, and distortion.
»Where Flesh Transcends… Man Stands Tall« is the feral, debut full-length of Pennsylvania’s up-and-coming death/doom/sludge unit, Acrid Rot – a brutal excavation of self through swamp rot and poetic violence. Blending the groove-soaked aggression of Exhorder with the crushing introspection of sludge acts like Crowbar, this record documents the agony one must endure in shedding the skin of self-victimization, emerging as something raw, primal, and deliberate.
Born from the bones of a two-man studio project, Acrid Rot has evolved into a full band whose sound is as confessional as it is destructive. Across nine tracks, they channel the ache of transformation, the rage of survival, and the solemn resolve of man’s resolution as he stands – unyielding in the face of certain death. Every howl, riff, and lurching rhythm speaks to the album’s central truth: to transcend, one must destroy.
THE WEAK ARE CRUSHED ASUNDER
Writing and composition by Dex Giglio, Matt Weisberg & Brandon Purdy. Lyrics by Matt Weisberg. Sound engineering, mixing and mastering by Dex Giglio.
Line-up:
Dex Giglio – Guitars, Bass
Matt Weisberg – Vocals
Brandon Purdy – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well