Canadian extreme metal crew Eaten By Sharks go deep on new full-length The Undertow of Hate, a crushing, composition-focused plunge into nautical horror, psychological collapse and total oceanic ruin. If 2022’s Eradication established the band’s appetite for progressive death metal precision, deathcore violence and groove-heavy punishment, The Undertow of Hate expands the feeding zone into something darker, moodier and more cinematic.
Out July 17 via CDN Records, The Undertow of Hate finds Eaten By Sharks tightening the screws without losing the sense of scale. The riffs still hit with blunt-force intent, but there’s a stronger narrative pull this time around: polyrhythmic churn, odd-time lurches, slam-weighted breakdowns and passages that feel less like songs drifting past one another than scenes in a single disaster unfolding at sea. Fans of Fit For An Autopsy, Gojira and Cattle Decapitation should have a pretty good idea of the pressure system they’re sailing into here.
The band’s recent single “Capsized” set the tone, capturing the moment when calm water gives way to chaos. Across the full album, that chaos becomes the point: transformation, destruction and the ugly realization that once the ship starts going down, nobody is coming to save you.
“We took time to fully immerse ourselves in the writing process and build a cohesive concept rooted in a single cinematic moment of horror,” the band tell Decibel. “This album reflects a deeper understanding of who we are as artists.”
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The Undertow Of Hate by Eaten By Sharks
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