Creator-Destructor Records
We’re stoked to announce the debut self-titled LP from Oakland’s incredible MANOS DE FIERRO! Out now and streaming everywhere.
Head to our online store to grab the Vinyl, CD, and exclusive T-Shirt before they’re gone! The vinyl pressing is limited to 500pcs, 250 of each variant.
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MANOS DE FIERRO have been relentlessly touring the West Coast since their formation in the East Bay, California. Having cut their teeth in the Bay Area with their absolutely decimating blend of Hardcore and Metalcore, the band has unleashed their hardest material to date with their brand new record.
The band previously released the “Eat Lead” EP and “Promo 23” in the past 5 years, with their new offering being their first proper LP.
Recorded by Charles Toshio. Vocals recorded by Nick Morisini. Artwork by @restlessdaughr
Never Known Peace, the acclaimed debut LP by Oakland, California-based crossover outfit DOOMSDAY, is out now and streaming everywhere!
Now, DOOMSDAY is finally prepared to unload their debut LP, Never Known Peace, a record which sees the band further embracing their thrash metal and crossover influences and delivering an all-out shredding thrash salvo. Ten ripping tracks that surge with the energy of the thrash metal bedrock that lines their Bay Area hometown like it’s 1986. Technical flair and spiraling divebomb-laden precision fuels the percussive riff assault.
“Never Known Peace” was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios (Machine Head, Suffocation, Darkness Everywhere), and features guest solos on “Holy Justice” and “Remnants Of Spite” by Andrew Lee (Ripped To Shreds). The record is completed with cover artwork by Spencer Davie, layout by Isaiah Castillo, and photography by Chris Johnston. Fans of Nuclear Assault, Power Trip, Exodus, Enforced, Municipal Waste, Testament, early-Metallica, DOOMSDAY’s “Never Known Peace” is a must-hear record.
We’re beyond excited to announce the upcoming debut full-length release from the Bay Area’s own DOOMSDAY. “Never Known Peace” will be released March 28th, 2025. Check out the debut single “The Outlaw” streaming everywhere now! Preorders for the LP/CD are live now HERE!
“Never Known Peace” was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios (Machine Head, Suffocation, All Shall Perish, Iron Front), and features guest solos on “Holy Justice” and “Remnants Of Spite” by Andrew Lee (Ripped To Shreds). The record is completed with cover artwork by Spencer Davie, layout by Isaiah Castillo, and photography by Chris Johnston. Fans of Nuclear Assault, Power Trip, Exodus, Enforced, Municipal Waste, Testament, early-Metallica, DOOMSDAY’s “Never Known Peace” is a must-hear record.
Now, DOOMSDAY is finally prepared to unleash their devastating debut LP “Never Known Peace”, an absolutely uncompromising record which sees the band further embracing their thrash metal and crossover influences in ten ripping tracks that surge with the energy of the thrash-metal bedrock that lines their Bay Area hometown like it’s 1986.
Oakland, California’s IRON FRONT have announced a devastating brand new four song EP entitled “Show of Force” streaming everywhere now! 7” preorder HERE!
“Show of Force” follows the 2024 release of the band’s Creator-Destructor debut, “Hooked” with feedback like “a gut-eviscerating slam-fest of epic proportions” by Decibel Magazine, and Metal Injection writing, “IRON FRONT is here to throw you straight into the meat grinder… Equal parts hardcore throwdown bits and grinding death metal chunks…”
Barely a year after dropping Hooked, IRON FRONT delivers Show Of Force, a new EP capturing the ongoing progression of the band’s merciless output. With three new original tracks and a cover of Sepultura’s “Propaganda,” Show Of Force was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios (Machine Head, Suffocation, Darkness Everywhere) and completed with cover art by Braindeadzine.
If the slamming output of 200 Stab Wounds, Snuffed On Sight, Skinless, Bodybox, Internal Bleeding, Pyrexia, Dying Fetus, and Suffocation frequent your playlist, IRON FRONT is mandatory listening.
Richmond, Virginia-based death metal quintet BLAZING TOMB have released a brand new EP, “Singles From The Tomb”, out now and streaming everywhere!
BLAZING TOMB appeared on the radar of extreme music fans upon the release of their eponymous debut EP in 2022. Having honed their attack over the past several years, their second release hits with more devastation than its predecessor. “Singles From The Tomb” delivers three merciless new tracks, infusing an old-school death metal assault reminiscent of Bolt Thrower, Grave, and Cannibal Corpse fueled with the aggression of Merauder and 100 Demons.
BLAZING TOMB’s Singles From The Tomb was engineered, produced, and mixed at Soul Craft Audio by Jordan Faett (Mutually Assured Destruction, Killing Pace), co-produced by Alex Young, mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Tomb Mold), and completed with artwork by @no.power__,
Preorder the limited 7” at creatordestructor.com
Stream the EP at blazingtomb.bandcamp.com
REAL BAY SHIT – The official 17 track compilation is now available for preorder on LP and CD, plus an exclusive T-Shirt that will only be sold with this release. Head to our online store to secure your order now! The vinyl pressing features “Bleach Marble” colored vinyl. and a 20 page booklet.
All proceeds from this project will benefit Crossthread, a San Jose-based nonprofit dedicated to opening an all-ages DIY venue in the 408.
REAL BAY SHIT will be released digitally on February 14th, featuring previously unreleased tracks from Sunami, Extinguish, Outta Pocket, Scowl, Spinebreaker, Big Boy, Natural Human Instinct, Spy, Eightfold Path, Doomsday, Condition One, Hands of God, Foghorn, Lead Dream, Field of Flames, No Right, and Forced to Suffer.
All orders expected to ship in March/April. Secure your copy by heading to our store HERE!
Album cover and T-shirt design by Sam Mirzzadeh
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.
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!
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!
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!
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 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.
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!
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!
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!