Welcoming death metal titans Sanguisugabogg with special guests Fulci, Gates to Hell and Celestial Sanctuary, live at O2 Academy Islington
On Sale Now Welcoming death metal titans Sanguisugabogg with special guests Fulci, Gates to Hell and Celestial Sanctuary, live at O2 Academy Islington, Sunday 15 February 2026
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Call "It's definitely our most death metal record, our most personal record, our most focused and brutal record to date," says SANGUISUGABOGG frontman Devin Swank when asked to sum up the Ohio brutalists' latest album, Hideous AftermathKnown for being THAT band with the unpronounceable name and unreadable logo, SANGUISUGABOGG has made a record as gore-obsessed and violence- inclined as any of their prior works including Tortured Hole (2021) and Homicidal Ecstasy (2023), but with a career-defining command over their ugly artSays Devin: "It's the one where we rolled our sleeves up and brought our A-Game."
Hideous Aftermath is the work of a band who has already cut a bloody swath into the underground and beyondSANGUISUGABOGG has emerged from the sweat and grime of countless US and international tours with the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Lorna Shore and Kublai Kahn as well as festival slots and their own headline runsThey've ensnared scores of new converts to their brand of the brutally absurdNow in 2025, the 'Bogg's third full length leaves any "caveman death metal" tags in the dustFrom album opener, "Rotten Entanglement" to the senses-pulping finale of "Paid in Flesh" this is the sound of SANGUISUGABOGG flexing every muscle they have
Enlisting producer Kurt Ballou (Nails, High on Fire) the 'Bogg (rounded out by drummer Cody Davidson and guitarists Ced Davis and Drew Arnold) decamped to God City Studios in Salem, Massachusetts in the Spring of 2025"We got off the road after A LOT of touring and wanted to drill down and be as purely creative as possible without distraction," says Devin of the band's decision to work with the Converge guitarist in Witch City"Kurt mixedHomicidal Ecstasy,so he already understood what we were going for." While SANGUISUGABOGG has long been self-produced with Davidson handling production duties, this time, they put their sonic trust fully in Ballou's hands
"From the first day, the vibe was calm and super focused," the vocalist recounts"You could see Kurt was completely locked inHe has very high standards and such an incredible track record behind himHe really pushed us and didn't compromise at allPlus, he has the sickest gear!" There are myriad aspects of Hideous Aftermath that set a new standard for SANGUISUGABOGG"There's real bass guitar on the album," reveals Devin"In the past, we would split the low-end signal on the guitar - it was kind of our thingThis time Ced and Drew switched off on playing actual bass, in addition to having that low-end signal, which made things a lot clearer and punchier." Ballou even addressed the Bogg's divisive-yet-trademark "ugly snare ping""It's still there," Swank grins"It just sits a lot better, but it's still SANGUISUGABOGG, after all!" SANGUISUGABOGG's bloody rise and twisted road (their name, in fact, is an anagram for 'Bloody Toilet') was as much a shock to the boys of the 'Bogg as it was to the underground death metal sect from which they sprangBlame it on OhioThe vocalist laughs when considering how much the state and scene from which the early SANGUISUGABOGG sprang contributed to his band's musical and lyrical detritus"Ohio has a lot to answer for – it's like 'Florida Man' but cornfed rednecks," Devin laughs"Just the scene around Columbus or DaytonWhen we started, there were a few other death metal bands in the area that had their tropes like Embalmer, who clearly influenced usPlus, I'm pretty sure Ohio has the biggest percentage of serial killers who come from there!"
With tracks like "Turkish Death Orgy" on 2019's Pornographic Seizures EP on the cult Maggot Stomp label, the foursome quickly won fans for their blasts of sludgy, determined riffing, gross-out humor and nods to hardcore and 90's East Coast death metal"The logo definitely helped," smirks Devin"It's the Nike swoosh of death metal!" With the barely post-Covid 2021 "Frozen Hole" US co-headline tour with labelmates Frozen Soul, SANGUISUGABOGG took to the road and calcified a next wave of U.Sdeath metal
For Horrendous Aftermath, SANGUISUGABOGG enlisted a circle of friends that not only contributed to the sound of individual songs but also celebrated the scene around them"Everyone we approached was down." Says Swank"We approached those guest parts as fans of their bandsFor instance, Todd Jones's part [on 'Ritual Autophagia'], he hasn't done highs like that since [Nails'] Abandon All LifeWhen Todd asked us how we wanted him to approach it, we basically said, "You, from 15 years ago!' Same with Travis Ryan from Cattle Decapitation, I wanted him to do the same highs and gutturals he was doing on Humanure for 'Semi-Automatic Facial Reconstruction.'
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Artists: Sanguisugabogg, Fulci, Gates To Hell, Celestial Sanctuary
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