UK sludge/doom/crust punk project Blunt Knife Castration releases new single »Play Victim«; »Blood & Oil« LP out soon on Remorseless Records!

Kent, UK based sludge/doom/crust punk project Blunt Knife Castration has released the second single »Play Victim« taken from their upcoming album, »Blood & Oil«, due out on February 27th, 2026 via Remorseless Records.

Tracklist:
01. Miasma
02. Gunshot Selfie
03. Degeneration
04. Lone
05. Guilt Pig
06. Swallow
07. Play Victim
08. Blood & Oil
09. Menial Mutt
10. Coward
11. Skinny Fingers

Courtesy of Good Boy PR:

Blunt Knife Castration is the sludge metal project led by Simon Bryant based out of Kent in the UK. Drawing influence from the sleaze and general smut of the horror movies and video nasties of the 70s/80s together with the underground extreme music of the 90s and 00s, BKC blends aspects of metal, noise rock, doom, and crust punk, and drowns them all in sludge.

Wasting no time to keep BKC’s pipeline of filthy riffs flowing, LP »Blood & Oil« follows 2025 debut album »Live Fast Die Slow«.

Says Simon, “I consider »Blood & Oil« to be the next evolution of the BKC sound, going into a slightly more noisier and darker side while still being undeniably sludge metal, and based on elements of crust punk, doom and groove metal throughout. These 11 new tracks feature lyrical themes of mental illness, isolation and general misanthropy.”

What’s next:

Lead single »Guilt Pig« and second single »Play Victim« are streaming now in all its sludgy glory.

The band is also currently in the process of getting more members on board to be able to bring BKC out on the road for live shows in the very near future. Kent and UK neighbors of a more delicate sonic persuasion beware, these riffs won’t come out in the wash.

Blunt Knife Castration – »Blood & Oil«
Album out February 27th, 2026
CD (Remorseless Records), Digital

Recorded, produced and mixed by Blunt Knife Castration.

Artwork by Paul Van Trigt.

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