Hidden Gems & Guilty Pleasures: Skumstrike (Canada)

Skumstrike (Black/Speed Metal/Punk // Canada)

Skumstrike is a black/speed metal trio hailing from Montreal, Canada.

Blazing a trail through the inferno, fists death-locked on the throttle, Montreal’s Skumstrike strike back with their second full-length, »Flawless Intrigue From Hell«. Inspired by grand traditions of backstabbing and deceit, »Flawless Intrigue From Hell« combines a lethal dose of speed metal with the gunpowder roar of thrash and death metal. Cross-contaminating the wild fury of Japan’s Sabbat with the abandon of early Slayer and Bathory, the Canadian power-trio deliver a raw and relentless affair over ten tracks that establishes their pole position in the relentless race to speed metal hell. If their Deadly Intrusions debut in 2022 came roaring out of the gates, then »Flawless Intrigue From Hell« fucking obliterates those gates!

Featuring redline ragers as well as slower, deeply poisonous dirges, »Flawless Intrigue From Hell« was recorded by Spectral Wound mastermind Patrick McDowell in the aftermath of Skumstrike’s first European tour, and represents their first dangerous meeting with German powerhaus Dying Victims Productions. The album is crowned by an unhinged cover of Abigail’s »Satanik Metal Fucking Hell«, with possessed, skeletal artwork courtesy of Chris Kiesling of Misanthropic-Art (artist for Mortuary Drape, Hooded Menace, Grave Infestation). Fueled up and ready for violence, this latest effort from these northern raiders is sure to elevate Skumstrike to the top of the poser-killing pack!

How much ARRRGGGHHH can you take? Fuck around and find out with Skumstrike’s »Flawless Intrigue From Hell«!

Skumstrike’s highly anticipated second album, »Flawless Intrigue From Hell«, will be released on September 25th, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats. Pre-order HERE.

Courtesy of Dying Victims Productions

Discography:
• »Demo 2017« Demo (2017)
• »Pure Coercion« EP (2018)
• »Execution Void«EP (Caligari Records, 2020)
• »Deadly Intrusions« LP (Caligari Records / Selfmadegod Records, 2022)
• »Flawless Intrigue From Hell« (Dying Victims Productions, 2026)

Skumstrike is:
Olcadóir – Guitars, Bass
Zak – Drums, Vocals
GraveDecorator – Bass

FFO: Midnight, early Slayer, Bathory, Sabbat (Japan), Wraith, Venomwolf, Abigail, Poison Idea

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Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well