Big Ass Demo + The Fuckin' Promo
Madness Malformed
Eat Lead + Promo 23
Valley's Most Hated
Searching For a Way Out
To Conquer Eternal Damnation

BARBAROUS Join Creator-Destructor, Demo Out Now

Posted by admin on Nov.21, 2024

We’re stoked to welcome California death metal crew BARBAROUS to our roster!We’ll be releasing the cassette version of the band’s demo and locking the band in for the release of their debut LP next year. Grab your copy of the tape HERE!
 
Based in Oakland, BARBAROUS is influenced by the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Skeletal Remains, Necrot, and Gatecreeper, the band hit the ground running since coming onto the scene in April 2024, having played shows with performing live alongside the likes of Laceration and others across the Bay Area over the past few months.
 
BARBAROUS’ two-track demo, Coup De Grâce, dropped in September, and while succinct, the tracks displayed the band’s monstrous tones and honed attack. Its drums and bass were tracked at Rapture Recordings, the guitars recorded at Dongflopper Studios, and the vocals were tracked at Silver Bullet Studios, after which the tracks were mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (Vastum, Necrot, Ulthar) and fitted with cover artwork by Aesop Mongo.

Stream the demo HERE!

BARBAROUS is in the process of constructing their debut LP for release in 2025 via Creator-Destructor.

RECIDIVIST Joins Creator-Destructor, Announce LP

Posted by admin on Sep.25, 2024

Creator-Destructor Records welcomes Salt Lake City, Utah-based RECIDIVIST to the label’s roster! The band’s debut LP “Madness Malformed” will be released 11/01/24.

Check out the single “Ceremony of Flesh”, steaming everywhere now!

“Madness Malformed” is a glowing representation of contemporary death metal at its most aggressive. Merging themes from 1980s horror and 1990s composition with modern production, the LP features eight brand new tracks, and a re-recording of the “Cryptic Nightmare” single. Drums that pull no punches paired with unforgiving guitar and bass performances deliver thirty intense minutes of the hardcore/death metal hybrid that RECIDIVIST has mastered.

“Madness Malformed” was recorded with Nic Kartchner at The Grotto, mixed by Ryan Bram at Homewrecker Studios (Gatecreeper, Terminal Nation, Morbid Visionz), mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Obituary, Nails, Full Of Hell), and completed with cover art by John Quevado Janssens.

Stay tuned for more news and announcements!

Human Garbage “SNGAF + Valley’s Most Hated” Out Now!

Posted by admin on Jul.10, 2024

We’re stoked to announce that the HUMAN GARBAGE “Straight Not Giving a Fuck + Valley’s Most Hated” LPs have arrived and look incredible! Limited to 500pcs and featuring a gatefold jacket with UV spot gloss printing and gold/white swirl vinyl with black splatter, this is a release not to miss.

Both incredible full-length albums are included on the single LP, with “Straight Not Giving a Fuck” on the A Side and “Valley’s Most Hated” on the B-Side. “Valley’s Most Hated” was just released digitally last month, so if you haven’t checked that out yet, go give it a listen on streaming services everywhere! We’re so stoked to be able to release both of these amazing albums, and appreciate all the support so far! All preorders have shipped, and new orders ship out right away.

HUMAN GARBAGE continues to support both releases with numerous upcoming shows on the West Coast. The band will support SPEED and KING NINE for a few shows in California in September. Stay tuned for more shows and updates!

Grab yourself a copy of “Straight Not Giving a Fuck + Valley’s Most Hated” LP in our online store HERE!

End of Dayz “Searching For a Way Out” Out Now

Posted by admin on May.20, 2024

The Pacific Northwest’s END OF DAYZ have unleashed their debut EP “Searching For a Way Out”, streaming everywhere now! A split released between Creator-Destructor / Code of Conduct.

With five new tracks of no-frills hardcore, “a slow burning process about our frustrations with life” is how END OF DAYZ describes the exercise of writing Searching For A Way Out and its lyrical content. The band’s foundational influences are apparent; an antagonistic delivery of slamming hooks and adrenaline-jacked breakdowns, fans of Marauder, Crown Of Thornz Biohazard, Killing Time, Madball, King Nine, 100 Demons, Cold As Life, and Fury Of Five will devour.

Recorded by Jake Waggoner, Searching For A Way Out was mixed by Andy Nelson at Bricktop Recording, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audioseige, and completed with artwork by Professor D.E.D., logo by Caleb Sugiyama, photography by Sophia Prestes, and layout by Ian Bouchard who also supplies guest vocals.

Order the 12″ HERE!

Mutually Assured Destruction Announce “Hexer” EP

Posted by admin on Apr.25, 2024

Hexer, the volatile new EP from Richmond, Virginia-based metal/hardcore quintet MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION, is out now on all digital platforms, and available for preorder as a 7″ in our online store HERE!

Blending New Orleans heavy metal stylings in the vein of Crowbar and Down with energetic hardcore sensibilities, MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION has captured the attention of audiences from across the heavy music spectrum though their constant live performances as well as on record, including prior output through Triple B Records, a collaboration with Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe, and more.

The three song “Hexer” EP was engineered and mixed by Jordan Faett at Soul Craft with vocals tracked by Marc Estabillo, the songs were mastered by Sam Deyerle at Studio Florens, and the EP is completed with cover art by Caleb Good. Fans of Iron Age, Down, Corrosion Of Conformity, Life Of Agony, Crowbar, Age Of Apocalypse, Alpha & Omega, and Twitching Tongues need to check out MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION.

Stream Hexer on Bandcamp HERE!

Darkness Everywhere “To Conquer Eternal Damnation”

Posted by admin on Mar.14, 2024

DARKNESS EVERYWHERE have announced their debut LP, “To Conquer Eternal Damnation” out May 10th, 2024! The first single “Retaliation” is streaming everywhere now, with an official video on YouTube.

DARKNESS EVERYWHERE unites vocalist/guitarist Ben Murray (Light This City, A Wilhelm Scream), guitarist Cameron Stucky (Crepuscle), drummer Garrett Garvey, and renowned producer/engineer Zack Ohren on bass. “To Conquer Eternal Damnation” follows the 2022 release of their debut EP, “The Seventh Circle”, as well as the 2023 stand alone single, “The Glow of Haunted Existence”. The new album was recorded by the band’s own Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, in November 2023, with artwork by Adam Burke.

The glory years of early In Flames, At the Gates, and Dark Tranquillity are what largely inform the sound and aesthetic of DARKNESS EVERYWHERE. The core of the band is built on the feel of those legendary records, while offering a refreshing take on the no frills melodic death metal sound akin to the output of modern outfits Horrendous, Majesties, and Upon Stone. The band wastes no time in getting to the point of melodic death metal riffing and driving, thrashing tempos.

IRON FRONT Join Creator-Destructor, Announce ‘Hooked’

Posted by admin on Dec.07, 2023

We’re thrilled to welcome Oakland, California-based brutal death metal outfit IRON FRONT to the label for the January release of their violent second LP,  Hooked. Listen to the first single from the album, “Dissolved in Resin” HERE!

Formed in 2019 and taking inspiration from old-school death metal and NYHC, the output of IRON FRONT is a hardcore-adjacent, slam-induced alloy of pure savagery, calling to mind 200 Stab Wounds, Snuffed On Sight, Skinless, Bodybox, Internal Bleeding, and Suffocation.

Now, IRON FRONT arrives with their most decimating material to date with their second album, Hooked, the succinct but dense record savagely unloads seven earthmoving tracks stacked with infectious riff-hooks and earthmoving beatdowns.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Nicholas Morosini at Inpatient Studios in Oakland, Hooked was completed with cover art by Julian Felipe Mora Ibañez.

Stay tuned for more news, singles, and preorders!

SCALP Release “Live Extremity” EP

Posted by admin on Nov.16, 2023

On the three year anniversary of the band’s debut LP, “Domestic Extremity”, Southern California’s SCALP have announced a surprise release, “Live Extremity”, featuring 6 tracks from “Domestic Extremity”, re-recorded live at The Pit Studios by Taylor Young.

Guitarist Devan Fuentes states:

“We’ve been playing these songs over the years as our sound has changed. We wanted to revisit them to document how they’ve changed with our new tone and structure for our live sets. Luckily it got to be one of the last few releases at the current location for The Pit in Van Nuys….the same studio we recorded the debut LP. Celebrating the 3rd Anniversary of the release with this live session.”

The release is currently streaming everywhere, and preorders for the 500pc limited 12” LP are now available in our online store.

Recorded and Mixed By Taylor Young at The Pit in September 2023. Mastered by Brad Boatright Art by Jett McLennan

Check out the live video for “Flesh Fed” by 197 Media HERE!

A Wilhelm Scream Announce “Partycrasher” Reissue

Posted by admin on Nov.14, 2023

We’re super excited to announce the Partycrasher 10th Anniversary Remastered Deluxe Edition, streaming everywhere now!

Guitarist/Vocalist Trevor Reilly states, “Partycrasher will always be special to us. It’s the first full length that we recorded ourselves and it’s a flagship of our catalog. Just in time for its 10 year birthday, we are proud to have acquired the full rights to the album and given it the full remaster treatment to celebrate and holy mackerel it sounds like a vicious fucking flamethrower now more than ever. We also included two acoustic demos for The Last Laugh and Devil Don’t Know from the writing sessions, and the real gem of the bonus material is the full band song Swallowed The Sea, which we recorded the instrumentals for during the original Partycrasher recording sessions and never finished until now. It’s a nice exclamation point for that chapter of the band’s lineup, and we are stoked to finally let it out into the world today on its ten year birthday. Much love, T”

Preorder the limited 12” vinyl pressing by heading to our store!

A Wilhelm Scream Announce Tour Dates

Posted by admin on Oct.24, 2023

A WILHELM SCREAM have announced a bunch of new tour dates to close out an epic year! The band will hit the road for headlining dates in the Northeast and Midwest, as well as three shows in Canada supporting THE FLATLINERS and GOB, and finishing with a hometown show in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Furthermore, the band have previously announced 4 shows out west as part of their ‘California/Colorado World Tour’, which kicks off next Friday in Denver, CO! Check out the dates and info below, and grab your tickets HERE:

11/2 Denver, CO @ The Globe
11/3 San Francisco, CA @ Neck of the Woods
11/4 Los Angeles, CA @ Punk in the Park Fest
11/5 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah

If that wasn’t enough, the band has also announced a UK tour in March in support of Hot Water Music from March 22-30! Check out those dates here!

A Wilhelm Scream continue to support their incredible 2022 full-length release, “Lose Your Delusion”, hot off the heels of a successful year and a half of touring. While the first pressing of vinyl has been sold out for a while, the 2nd pressing is available now, so get grab yourself a copy by heading to our online store. Three different color variants, 1000pcs each made.

DOOMSDAY Release Self-Titled EP

Posted by admin on Aug.18, 2023

Oakland, California-based metallic hardcore/thrash outfit DOOMSDAY have announced a blistering new 5 track self-titled EP! Give it a listen HERE!

Preorders have officially launched for the 7″ and cassette in our Online Store HERE. Vinyl will ship in October, and cassettes in mid September. Vinyl is limited to 250pcs, so don’t sleep!

Formed in 2018, DOOMSDAY includes members from different parts of the Bay Area metal and hardcore scene. Drawing influence from the likes of Sepultura, Slayer, Iron Age, Metallica, and Power Trip, the band boasts a triple-guitar threat within their lineup. Following several demos and singles and heavy live attacks throughout the Bay Area and beyond, the band bulldozed into the international spotlight with the 2022 release of their Depictions Of Chaos EP

Doomsday was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios, and completed with artwork by Ridge Rhine. The EP drops three new tracks and a cover of the Metallica classic “Trapped Under Ice” on the digital version.

SNUFFED ON SIGHT “Smoke” Out Now!

Posted by admin on Jul.12, 2023

SNUFFED ON SIGHT debilitatingly brutal LP “Smoke” is out now and streaming everywhere! A cross-label release between Maggot Stomp, Creator-Destructor, and Barbaric Brutality.

Since their 2020 formation, SNUFFED ON SIGHT has polluted the planet with a suffocating array of material both independently and through Barbaric Brutality including demos, singles, EPs, a split with Corpse Pile, and more. The band has wasted no time the past few years in touring around North America multiple times, garnering more and more fans of the band’s intentionally ignorant approach to death metal, slam, and hardcore.

SNUFFED ON SIGHT’s Smoke dispatches eight tracks in fifteen minutes: an extremely dense and crushing experience. Recorded by the band, the album was mixed and mastered by Hunter Young and Brandon Lopez at The Swamp Sound and completed with artwork by Johan Aberg/Cybernoseratu, lettering by Pyst, and photography by Kevin Burleigh.

“Smoke” LPs/CDs ship early next month, get your preorders in HERE!

SNUFFED ON SIGHT Announce “Smoke” LP

Posted by admin on Jun.14, 2023

Creator-Destructor Records and Maggot Stomp unite for our first cross-label co-release, presenting Bay Area brutal death metal/hardcore outfit SNUFFED ON SIGHT, and their impending debut LP, Smoke. The first precursor of the album’s disgustingly violent beatdown, “Time 2 Dip,” is playing through a video premiered today at Slam Worldwide.  Check it out HERE!

Since their 2020 formation, SNUFFED ON SIGHT has polluted the planet with a suffocating array of material both independently and through Barbaric Brutality including demos, singles, EPs, a split with Corpse Pile, and more. Smoke dispatches listeners with eight slamming tracks in fifteen minutes; an extremely dense and crushing experience. Recorded by the band, the album was mixed and mastered by Hunter Young and Brandon Lopez at The Swamp Sound and completed with artwork by Johan Aberg/Cybernoseratu, lettering by Pyst, and photography by Kevin Burleigh, who also filmed the “Time 2 Dip” video.

Vocalist Seven Kane states with the “Time 2 Dip” video, “Gutturals and breakdowns for big boys, bad bitches, and TikTok punks to fuck shit up and smoke fat doinks to. Shoutout Dying Fetus.”

DARKNESS EVERYWHERE Release New Single

Posted by admin on Apr.29, 2023

Bay Area melodic death metal act DARKNESS EVERYWHERE have released a new stand-alone digital single “The Glow Of Haunted Existence,” streaming everywhere now! Check it out HERE.
 
DARKNESS EVERYWHERE unites vocalist/guitarist Ben Murray (Light This City, Creator-Destructor Records), guitarist Cameron Stucky (Crepuscle), and renowned producer engineer Zack Ohren on bass. “The Glow Of Haunted Existence” follows the February 2022 release of their debut EP, The Seventh Circle. The new track was recorded by the band’s own Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, in January of 2023, with artwork by Samuel Nelson.
 
The glory years of early In Flames, At the Gates, and Dark Tranquillity are what largely inform the sound and aesthetic of DARKNESS EVERYWHERE. The core of the band is built on the feel of those legendary records, while offering a refreshing take on the no frills melodic death metal sound akin to the output of modern outfits The Black Dahlia Murder, Darkest Hour, and The Haunted. The band wastes no time in getting to the point of melodic death metal riffing and driving, thrashing tempos.

SPINEBREAKER Announce New Album!

Posted by admin on Apr.10, 2023

SPINEBREAKER have announced their upcoming EP
“Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition”, now set for a May 5th release! Listen to the first single “Spectral Forge” HERE.

SPINEBREAKER’s released their crushing debut LP, Ice Grave, in 2016, and in 2019 released a promo tape featuring the single “The Cost Of Innocent Life” as well as a cover of Agnostic Front’s “Power.” The band now returns in 2023 with the monstrous “Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition”, which sees the band leaning heavily into their death metal influences. The record delivers six tracks of absolute violent riffs, pummeling blastbeats, and apocalyptic overtones, recorded, mixed, and mastered by the Evil Wizard Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios in Oakland, California (Vastum, Mortuous, Necrot), and completed with logo by Alex Herrera, artwork by Brad Moore, and layout by Rachel Deering

Creator-Destructor Records will issue “Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition” May 5th on LP, CD, Cassette, and digital formats, the first pressing of vinyl limited to 500 copies featuring two color vinyl variants and an embossed cover. Find preorders for all versions HERE