Scottish stoner/doom metal duo Teleost signs with APF Records; new album »Prosoma« coming in spring 2027!

Glasgow, UK based stoner/doom metal duo Teleost has signed with APF Records for the release of their second album, »Prosoma«, which will see the light in spring 2027.

APF Records comments: “It’s been a while since a band sent me an unreleased album that blew my head clean off, but it happened last month and I’m thrilled to say we’ve snared them.

Please welcome Teleost to the APF Records family.

Based in Glasgow, the duo create mind-bendingly heavy, utterly crushing doom. Think Slomatics, Bismuth, enough low-end distortion to bury an entire planet, colossal slabs of riff that make you fear for your speakers.

We’ll be releasing their new album in the Spring. I’m so excited for you to hear it. Big hugs to Leo and Cat for saying yes.”

Courtesy of APF Records:

Hancill’s baritone guitar and vocals meet Cat Redfern’s drums and vocals in music that moves between hypnotic repetition, spacious drone and sheer, bone-shaking volume.

The pair met at an open mic night in York in 2018 and began experimenting with tunings, pedals and amplification. Central to their sound is a modified baritone guitar fitted with a bass string, its signal split between bass, rhythm and lead amplifiers. The result is deep low-end weight and clear, snarling guitar at the same time, driven by Redfern’s deliberate, hard-hitting drumming. Their preference for recording live keeps the physical force of their performances at the centre of the music.

Their influences include Melvins, Om, Floor and Slomatics, alongside grunge, traditional folk and even sea shanties. Named after the teleosts, the vast family of bony fish, the band draw on the natural world, evolution and the mysterious depths of the sea, as well as urban decay, with elements of sci-fi, fantasy and Lovecraftian horror woven through.

Teleost released their debut demo, »Dem O)))«, in 2022, followed by the »Three Originals« EP in January 2025. Their debut album, »Atavism«, arrived that December through Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings. Recorded live at Foel Studios in Wales, its five expansive tracks earned seventh place in ninehertz’s Top 10 Albums of 2025, which called it “a seriously mountainous album of doom drone”. A self-titled EP followed in March 2026. Recorded at Glasgow’s Audio Lounge and mastered by Ewan Mackenzie, it pushed their blend of drone, melody and slow, heavy riffs further still.

Since relocating to Glasgow in August 2024, Teleost have built a growing following across the doom and experimental music scenes. They have shared bills with Witchsorrow, Desert Storm, Sugar Horse, Capsula, Sly & The Family Drone, Headless Kross, Morag Tong, Sex Swing and Of Spire and Throne. Echoes and Dust described their live set as “colossally loud”.

Teleost joined APF Records in 2026. Their second album, »Prosoma«, was recorded at Dystopia Studios by Omar Aborida (The Cosmic Dead) and mastered by Ewan Mackenzie (Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs). It continues the themes that run through their music and will be released by APF Records in spring 2027.

Line-up:
Leo Hancill – Guitar, Vocals
Cat Redfern – Drums

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