SLOUGH OF DESPAIR - “Catacombs of Terror” Label: Chaos Records / Personal Records Release date: digital / cassette (2020), CD (2021) CHAOS RECORDS, in conspiracy with PERSONAL RECORDS, is proud to present SLOUGH OF DESPAIR's striking debut album, Catacombs of Terror, on CD format. Hailing from Athens, Greece, SLOUGH OF DESPAIR was formed in 2018 after guitarist Panos Lampropoulos (MALEDICTION) split from ORDEAL and began to write the first demo with vocalist Babis Oikonomopoulos (OCEAN OF GRIEF) and Dimitris Sakkas (Dimons Studio) on drums and bass. Later on, Kostas Velnias (SERPENT’S ORDER) took over the vocals duties. With their lineup thus complete, SLOUGH OF DESPAIR recorded their debut album in January 2020. Aptly titled Catacombs of Terror, this seven-song/42-minute monolith is suffocating to behold. Devastatingly crushing whilst eerily atmospheric, SLOUGH OF DESPAIR uphold its moniker through an ominously lumbering, oft-ritualistic strain of doom-death. Its pound-and-plod is rendered in richly analog tones, robust in their clarity yet never losing any inherent rawness; more to the point, you feel this dark density deep within your soul. Then, ripping that soul asunder, SLOUGH OF DESPAIR mesmerize with malevolently melodic twists that take their time to develop but deliver a bountiful payoff. Patience thus rewards those willing to step fully into these Catacombs of Terror. Originally released digitally in April 2020 and then on a limited-edition cassette a few months after, Catacombs of Terror will, at last, see a CD release through a joint collaboration between Mexico's long-running CHAOS RECORDS and PERSONAL RECORDS, the new label imprint of MAJESTIC DOWNFALL mainman Jacobo Córdova. This is literally, titanic doom-death highly recommended for maniacs of Asphyx, Necros Christos, Winter, Cianide and Evoken. With the release of their debut the band fleshed out their line-up with second guitarist Giannis Tziligkakis, bassist Nick Crimstein and drummer Jim Sinanis, and recently the band welcomed John Georgiadis. Lyric video for “Humanity’s Crucifixion”: https://youtu.be/4f3_ZOu-tPo TRACKLIST: 1. Burial of Sanity (07:35) 2. Disease of Human Minds (07:25) 3. Humanity's Crucifixion (05:44) 4. Shattered Reality (05:57) 5. Cursed Fate (05:56) 6. Catacombs of Terror (06:01) LINE-UP: Panos Lampropoulos (guitars) Kostas Velnias (vocals) Dimitris Sakkas (bass, drums) SLOUGH OF DESPAIR is: Nick Crimstein (bass) John Georgiadis (vocals) Panos Lampropoulos (guitars) Jim Sinanis (drums) Giannis Tziligkakis (guitars) Follow: www.chaos-records.com www.personal-records.com https://www.facebook.com/SLOUGHOFDESPAIR https://www.instagram.com/sloughofdespairband https://sloughofdespair.bandcamp.com https://youtu.be/4f3_ZOu-tPo

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