News: GATECREEPER Announces Sonoran Depravation Album Details; New Track Posted

Arizona death metal newcomers GATECREEPER have announced their savage debut album Sonoran Depravation. Having devastated the underground since their formation less than three years ago, GATECREEPER now unleashes their first full-length, produced by Ryan Bram at Homewrecker Studios and mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, Black Breath) at God City Studios. Sonoran Depravation tears and chugs through more than thirty minutes of crusty, doom-soaked death metal at its most infectious and uncompromising with a massive sound that calls to mind the classic Swedish buzz-saw attack of Dismember and Grave mixed with the impeccable groove of Obituary and Bolt Thrower. The album's lead track "Craving Flesh" can be heard now via Soundcloud HERE and YouTube HERE. 

 

Sonoran Depravation is set for an October 7th release via Relapse Records and can be preordered on physical and digital formats via this THIS LOCATION.

 

Sonoran Depravation Track Listing:                       

1. Craving Flesh                                                

2. Sterilizing                                                

3. Desperation                                                

4. Rotting As One                                                

5. Stronghold                                                

6. Patriarchal Grip                                                

7. Lost Forever                                                

8. Flamethrower                                                

9. Grotesque Operations                       

 

GATECREEPER recently announced a full US tour supporting Skeletonwitch and label-mates Iron Reagan which will commence on September 29th in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional support will come from Oathbreaker. A complete listing of dates is available below. 

 

GATECREEPER:

9/23/2016 Club Congress - Tucson, AZ

9/27/2016 SoundPony - Tulsa, OK

9/28/2016 RockHouse Live Midtown - Memphis, TN

w/ Skeletonwitch, Iron Reagan, Oathbreaker:

9/29/2016 The Earl - Atlanta, GA

9/30/2016 The Jinx - Savannah, GA

10/01/2016 Crowbar - Tampa, FL

10/02/2016 The Atlantic - Gainesville, FL

10/04/2016 Siberia - New Orleans, LA

10/05/2016 White Oak - Houston, TX

10/06/2016 RBC - Dallas, TX

10/07/2016 Barracuda - Austin, TX

10/09/2016 Rebel Lounge - Phoenix, AZ

10/10/2016 Brick by Brick - San Diego, CA

10/11/2016 The Roxy - Los Angeles, CA

10/12/2016 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA

10/14/2016 Panic Room - Portland, OR

10/15/2016 Highline - Seattle, WA

10/16/2016 Wastelander Studios - Boise, ID *

10/17/2016 Metro Bar - Salt Lake City, UT

10/18/2016 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO

10/29/2016 Within These Walls Fest - Mesa, AZ*

*GATECREEPER Only

 

GATECREEPER was forged in September of 2013 with members originating from both Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Bonded together over a mutual love of oldschool death metal, GATECREEPER set out to write classic yet memorable songs for a new generation. The band recorded and released a self-titled four song EP digitally in April of 2014 which quickly garnered the attention of Pitchfork, CVLT Nation, and other notable music blogs. A music video for the song "Force Fed" was premiered on Invisible Oranges and the EP was soon released on 12" vinyl by King Of The Monsters and Protagonist Music in October of 2014. This short but satisfying release gained the band a large following of fans from both the hardcore and metal communities.

 

2015 saw GATECREEPER embark on their first tour of the West Coast, soon followed by the release of a split 7" with fellow Arizonans Take Over And Destroy. The song "Poisoned Mind" continued to propel GATECREEPER, who Noisey named, "one of the genre's fresher, younger voices," further into the spotlight. The band spent the second half of 2015 touring the East Coast, cultivating their rapidly growing local and national following, and recording more new material to be released on several different split releases throughout early 2016.

 

After returning from another West Coast tour, this time with Colorado's Of Feather And Bone, GATECREEPER returned to Homewrecker Studios to record their debut full-length album with Ryan Bram in Tucson, Arizona. Sonoran Depravation was mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, Black Breath) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Obituary, Sleep, Magrudergrind), both of whom are known for their unparalleled work in the extreme metal world. The resulting record, a nine-song offering of monstrous death metal, is without a doubt GATECREEPER's finest work yet.

 

GATECREEPER:

Sean Mears - bass

Metal Matt - drums

Eric Wagner - guitars

Chase H. Mason - vocals