Out today: KONTUSION

The self-titled debut EP by Kontusion is out today.

Stream the EP, here: https://kontusionkontusion.bandcamp.com/

More info, here: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2022/01/kontusion.html

 

“Repulsion’s ramshackle brutality most heavily informs Kontusion — Moore and Bronzino don’t play so much as they splatter, bursting through four songs of decaying VHS scum on their self-titled debut. Nothing’s gonna get that stink off when you listen to this – don’t wear your good, four-sided long-sleeve.”
–SPIN

"Guitarist/vocalist Mark Bronzino is an underground, hardcore-punk pioneer from New Jersey who played in a slew of bigger metal bands... He’s even collaborated with underground hip-hop weirdo Ghostemane. In the early pandemic days of 2020, he teamed up with his old friend Chris Moore, drummer of Repulsion, Coke Bust, and many other bands, to start the old-school death metal band they’d been dreaming of for years..."

–High Times

“The utterly hellish vocals sound like a smoldering wave of infernal fires splashing and spitting up against the cavernous abyss below, while the instrumentation blasts forward with a savage aggression, at one point snapping into a humongously chuggy mosh part."

–Revolver

"Kontusion – the new death metal project of guitarist/vocalist Mark Bronzino (Mammoth Grinder, Ghostemane) and drummer Chris Moore (Repulsion, Coke Bust, The Rememberables)... taps right into the raw, gnarly sounds of '80s death metal."

–BrooklynVegan

"A raw, hateful assault of primitive death metal fortified with punishing d-beats and seasoned with manic solos."

–Decibel

"If you know and love old school death metal, Kontusion is literally a no-brainer... From the brutality to the atmosphere, from how the songs are constructed and the riffs are written, this shit is on fire."

–No Clean Singing

"This slab of putrified death is at once raw and classic yet fresh and morbid as hell, just BEGGING for fans all across the more extreme side of metal to experience the thrill ride that’s been nearly fifteen years in the making."

–Nine Circles

"The four tracks here are packed with riffs and violence, a rowdy burst of fury that feels timeless and urgently fresh. This is a punisher."

–Meat Mead Metal

"Anyone prone to gear up on extremist crust and old school death rides will appreciate the cavernous, noisome and yet still riff-capable realm they’ve achieved within these ~17 minutes."

–Grizzly Butts

"Kontusion's take on death metal is raw and forceful, combining elements of the punk scene with the more technical-oriented metal style."

–Scene Point Blank

"Old school dungeon dwelling death metal for the freaks, heretics and outcasts... A skull blasting hell rager."

–Two Guys Metal Reviews

"The self-titled debut EP from Kontusion is death metal untainted by contemporary thoughts or spruced-up production."

–Heavy Music HQ