UK post-metallers Vandampire stream debut album »Hope Scars« in full ahead of its release this Friday on Ripcord Records!
UK post-metal band Vandampire is streaming their debut album »Hope Scars« in its entirety exclusively at Decibel Magazine!
»Hope Scars« will be released this Friday, October 31st, 2025 via Ripcord Records.
Tracklist:
01. Only Truth
02. Hope Scars
03. Ultralow
04. In Ascension
05. Eaves
06. A Promise
07. I Will Miss Everything I Forgot
08. Let Ruin End Here
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Vandampire’s debut album Hope Scars is out this Friday, October 31st via Ripcord Records!
Already streaming in full at Decibel Magazine, the record’s been praised for its melancholy-drenched sludge riffs and sweeping post-metal atmosphere, imagine Neurosis, Cult of Luna, and Kyuss colliding in a fog of noise, emotion, and doom-laden melody.
Vandampire is a post-metal band from South West England featuring ex-members of We Heart Records alumni andtheywillriot! and Serena Joy. Formed in 2018, the band fuses crushing riffs and post-rock atmospherics with a raw hardcore edge.
Their debut EP »You Will Be The Bones« (2018) was self-released, followed by »The Last Good Thing Has Happened« (2020, Land Of Treason/Trepanation Recordings), which earned strong reviews across the DIY doom and post-metal scenes.
Now, Vandampire return with their first full-length album, »Hope Scars«, recorded at The Bookhouse and Hackney Road Studios, London, produced by Jack Ashley and mastered by Magnus Lindberg (Cult Of Luna).
»Hope Scars« marks the first Vandampire release to feature a second guitarist, broadening their sonic scope to expansive new heights. The record shifts seamlessly between visceral heaviness and immersive atmosphere: crushing guitars, thunderous drums, and searing vocals drive a sound as punishing as it is captivating. Refusing easy classification, Vandampire draw from sludge, post-metal, and noise rock, anchored by their DIY screamo and post-rock roots, channeling emotional depth through uncompromising heaviness.
Conceived as an audio journey from city to country, »Hope Scars« reflects the band’s navigation through major life changes, moving between sprawling, atmospheric passages and moments of raw intensity, always circling back to their core weapon: The Riff.
Pre-order »Hope Scars« here: ripcordrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hope-scars
Recorded at The Bookhouse & Hackney Road Studios.
Produced by Jack Ashley.
Mastered by Magnus Lindberg.
Art & layout by Mark Litchfield, Cheryl Billingham & Craig Murray.
FFO: Old Man Gloom, Cult Of Luna, Kowloon Walled City, Big Business, Neurosis, Russian Circles, Torche, Pelican, Isis, Hey Colossus.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well