Filipino sludge/doom metal trio Gapang released their second full-length album »The Malpractice Observance«; available now on CD and digital!

Manila, Philippines based sludge/doom metal trio Gapang stream their second full-length album, »The Malpractice Observance«, which was just released on May 20th, 2024 via Mindplight Recordings. The new album is available now on CD and digital.

Tracklist:
01. Ad Hominem
02. All
03. Muster
04. In Celebration Of Ignorance
05. Bargas
06. Matapos Ang Dilim
07. We Walk Incandescent
08. Permanence
09. Sisa

Gapang is the brainchild of band members Joy Legason, Jay Jumawan and Carlo Garcia, all of whom are veterans of the Philippine metal scene from as far back as 1994 and who are also past/current members of Barabbas, Descant Gott, Basalt Shrine, Badburn and Bought by Blood.

In 2017, the trio decided to try out new avenues of heavy music. In so doing, they gravitated towards sludge/doom as their new weapon of choice.

The band released a series of EPs including »Mabagal, Mabigat At Madumi« (2018) and »A Smirk To The Posturing« (2019). Their first full-length album »Kontrasismo« was released in 2020 followed by the release of the single »Permanence« in 2021.

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Gapang returned to the studio and recorded their second album which contains 9-10 new songs that are a far cry from their initial album.

Music-wise, the new material is more aggressive and has a far more potent vitriol lyrically, with topics ranging from mass stupidity, the current culture war, mental & social depravity, social engineering, and political corruption.

The music has shifted to an angrier and pissed-off attack utilizing crossover/thrash/crust aspects mixed with unrelenting doom/sludge dirge.

The band released their anticipated second full-length album »The Malpractice Observance« in May 2024. Get your copy on CD / digital here: mindplightrecordings.bandcamp.com.

Recorded, mixed & mastered at Mindplight Recordings, produced by Gapang. Mixed by Jay Jumawan, engineered & mastered by Joy Legason. Art & photos by Rex Legason and Joy Legason.

Gapang is:
Jason Jumawan – Guitars/Vocals
Joy Legason – Bass/Vocals
Carlo Garcia – Drums

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