UK stoner/sludge metal outfit Barbarian Hermit stream their new EP »Redux«; out now via APF Records!

Manchester, UK based stoner/sludge metal outfit Barbarian Hermit has just released their new EP »Redux« on September 12th, 2025 via APF Records.

Tracklist:
01. Del Toro
02. Burn The Fire Redux

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The »Redux« project first came about because Barbarian Hermit’s drummer, Gaz, is doing a University course in music production and he needed to record and mix a full song as part of his coursework. With Burn The Fire being a staple in the band’s live set they figured it would be the easiest song to lay down as it’s so deeply embedded under their fingertips. Coincidentally, 2025 marks 10 years since they first released it as a single with its infamous green-screened video featuring badgers in IKEA and flying cars.

As such the band decided it would also be a fitting way to commemorate this anniversary while also finally having a studio version that features Gaz on drums and Bobby on bass, seeing as they didn’t play on the original. The song has also developed over time so there are a few extra bells and whistles on the track that aren’t on the original version, including a new solo by Mike Regan.

While Barbarian Hermit were in the studio with Gaz, it turned out they had time to lay down another track. The song »Del Toro« was one they originally wrote with Si back in 2016. He left the band before they had chance to record it and it would eventually become the song »Beyond The Wall« on their 2018 album »Solitude And Savagery«, with Ed Campbell singing a new set of lyrics on it. When Si re-joined the band in 2021, his original version was put back into Barbarian Hermit’s live set list. It was a no brainer to also lay down this version of the song in the studio and finally present the song as it was originally written.

Photo credit: Jamie Massie

Around the time of recording, the Hermits made the difficult decision to put the band on hiatus for various personal reasons. Guitarist Adam Robertshaw said, “Releasing these two songs as an EP became a fitting way to tie a bow around our time as a band, by celebrating our history and completing some unfinished business, so to speak. Gaz did an excellent job of engineering these two songs, and the mastering by Joe Clayton has elevated them even further. We also got to work with the brilliant Truespiltmilk Designs on the cover art. He’s an artist we’ve admired for a long time so it was a pleasure to finally work with him.”

Order »Redux« EP here:
barbarianhermit.bandcamp.com/album/redux

Recorded and mixed by Gareth Manning.
Mastered by Joe Clayton at No Studio.
Art by True Spilt Milk Designs.

Barbarian Hermit is:
Simon Scarlett – Vocals
Adam Robertshaw – Guitar
Mike Regan – Guitar
Robert Sutcliffe – Bass
Gareth Manning – Drums

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