Introducing: A three-piece sludge metal band Luurch from Eastern North Carolina, USA!
Photos by Bryan Edwards
Luurch are a three-piece metal band from Eastern North Carolina. They play a unique hybrid of sludge metal drawing from stoner, doom, punk, hardcore and death metal influences.
Featuring former members of Compost, The Ghost Of Always and Dragmatic have crawled from a stinky storage unit and apocalypse 2020 to worship at the alter of the almighty riff. Mutually influenced by Entombed, Sleep, Crowbar, COC, Suffocation, Black Breath, High On Fire, Mastodon, Sepultura, Carcass, Baroness, Down, Black Sabbath, Obituary, Death Breath etc.
So, who the heck is Luurch?
Chad Vainwright: Bass / Vocals
Chads the primary lyricist, he has decades of history in the NC music scene. Some of his musical projects before Luurch were Trip Seven, The Ghost Of Always and an experimental punk trio, in the early 90’s, that went by the name Compost.
Jody Baines or “Rock” (if you’ve known him long enough): Drums
Also a decades long veteran of the NC / FL Metal Scene. His experimental taste has put him in more projects than we could name, not that anyone would know of them anyway. Jody and Chad have a history that dates all the way back to that experimental punk band Compost in the 90’s.
And then there’s Tyler…
Tyler Willams: Guitar and growls.
Tyler has been playing in various projects since he was a teenager. Luurch is Tyler’s first band that writes and performs original material. He brings his influence of all things metal and even a little southern rock influence as well.
In the short 3 years that Luurch has been together we’ve accomplished quite a bit.
Our very first show was Port City Blitz 3. We were asked to return for Port City Blitz 4 and opened for Weedeater in front of a sold out crowd.
Before our first EP was released we were put on a compilation album »To The Rescue« benefiting no kill animal shelters.
Our songs have been added to multiple Spotify playlists.
We’ve been played and interviewed on a couple internet radio stations from different parts of the world.
One of our tracks was put onto a recent Weedian compilation »Trip To North Carolina« highlighting NC doom/stoner bands. We feel like our blend of different metal genres allows us to fit in where many metal bands don’t.
Or maybe its just because we’re really nice dudes…
Luurch is:
Chad V. – Bass, Vocals
Tyler W. – Lead Guitar, Vocals
Jody B. – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well