Toronto based hardcore/ crossover thrash quartet THE SLIME present a new collection of tracks oozing with gruesome intensity in their forthcoming album, Crab-Walk To Oblivion. The album is set for release on January 24th, 2025. The single “Crab-Walk” is available HERE.
The band comments on “Crab Walk”:
“Andy, our singer and lyricist, is a huge fan of The Exorcist movie and novel. The song developed from the initial drum-beat and, when jamming it, he came up with the lyric ‘CRAB WALK down the stairs’. Of course, it’s not a CRAB WALK that Regan does down the stairs in the movie, it’s a spider-walk, and that scene isn’t even in the theatrical cut.
‘I just had that image in my mind, of the girl creepily spider-walking backwards down the stairs, and the lyrics flowed from there, touching on the same themes as the novel’ Andy says ‘an innocent paying for the sins of adults, society losing faith in religion, colonialism and exploitation, B movie monsters, it’s all in there’.
We had to use an intro clip of George C. Scott in The Exorcist III, a film that gets overlooked, but is amazing in its own right. The main motif on the drums was the basis for this one musically and that’s paired with a classic groove in the middle. The whole thing culminates in a frenetic thrash part, speeding up the audience and kickstarting the circle pit.”
About THE SLIME:
Formed in 2019, the Canadian outfit amalgamate the viciousness of old-school hardcore with raging crossover thrash and a horror aesthetic, all to spawn their own weirdness in their latest release. Relentless percussion, fierce distortion and harsh vocals deliver explosive rounds of hard-hitting rock and roll.
THE SLIME has burned a trail in the local scene performing with Canadian legends like RANDOM KILLING and DAYGLO ABORTIONS.
Taking the onslaught from the live stage and into the studio, the band released their Bitter Dream EP in January 2020 followed by Living on Borrowed Slime in 2022. In April of 2024, THE SLIME unleashed the Trapped On Blood Island EP, providing a taste of the forthcoming blood-curdling full-length, Crab-Walk To Oblivion.
Praise for Trapped On Blood Island EP:
Loud Enough Magazine says “a great little piece of punk hardcore crossover, with plenty of energy and attitude. It’s stripped back but packs a wicked punch.”
The Heavy Melody call it “a raw onslaught of rowdy old-school hardcore punk and crossover thrash, perfect for assorted weirdos and rejects craving authentic punk energy.”
O Sub Solo calls it “an explosion of energy with a powerful and visceral hardcore sound.”
THE SLIME Are:
Andy Mc – Vocals
Derek Slime – Drums
CD Grind – Bass
Junior – Guitar
Links:
Bandcamp: https://theslimehardcore.bandcamp.com/music
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theslimehardcore
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theslimehardcore/
Track Listing:
1. Washout Revenge
2. Sludge
3. Moving Target
4. Russian Roulette
5. Orange
6. Crab Walk
7. Velociraptor
8. Beyond Dead
9. Blood Island
10. Nude
11. Bumble Bee