Spesimin

Spesimin

While fusing elements of Punk, Hardcore, Thrash and Death Metal, Spesimin often defers to Rock grooves and melody over blasts and brutality. The musically adventurous trio has recently refined their approach, transporting their precision riffing and primitive rhythms into slightly Doomier territory, incorporating its long-form technical elements, while continuing to explore deadly serious subjects. They are an anthemic anomaly of their own extreme genre. 

In the formation of Spesimin, Ian drew from his lifelong love of gothic and psychological horror, penning lyrics for the first time since his teenage punk band. A more mature viewpoint now drives the approach, as the lens of reality opens a path to scrutinize the world in its fundamentally horrifying state. But the love of horror still brings in the right touch of fun, a flagrant indulgence never shying away from the grotesque. Horror literature fuels tracks like “Spesimin”, which epitomizes the existential dread of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. “Stubborn Beast Flesh”, which draws from H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau, vilifies colonialism and prescriptive social norms, reveling in a bloodthirsty vision of radical self-acceptance.

The songs are personal and political, probing subjects like addiction, religious mania, the insidious violence of capitalism, and genocide. The result is something cerebral and classic, with gore-soaked imagery that grabs the senses, confronting the darker side of the human experience and evoking a story to be experienced by both musician and listener.

While writing and recording has always been their focus, Spesimin does not exist in a vacuum of studio time like samples in a laboratory. On stage, they embody the form of an unnerving and monstrous persona, a destructive unit harnessing punishing riffs and guttural vocals as vehicles for a deeper understanding of the many facets of the mind.

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Filthy Dogs Of Metal Interview

“Philadelphia’s own old-school death/thrashers Spesimin are back with a brand spankin’ new EP full of ghoulish twists and turns sure to make any scuz rocker happy.” – Decibel

“on Skull Worship they go off with Stobborn Beast Flesh and this is setting my pulse racing a bit more. The drums are taking a pounding, and the guttural vocals are more prominent in leading a song that has plenty of groove to it. The title track Skull Worship has a doomier theme, which I love, as it offers something different, the speed metal then picks up the pace and grows into a proper headbanger.” – The Sleeping Shaman

“The grandslaming of metal and the concrete to the face of hardcore punk, this is great. A gravelly pissed off vocal and a masterful array of riffs and beats make this an exhilarating ride through Spesimin’s releases so far. Some great slow chugging makes it cement into your head before it spins off into thrash again. This is nice and loose too, the groove may be nasty and hard but it’s definitely there. Decent.” – Fighting Boredom

“Brimming with equal parts grime and adrenaline and reeking with the heady stench of timeless death-done-right” – Decibel

“Those who like a messy serving of death growls and punky OSDM riffs for a quick snack should feast their ears.” – Sleeping Village

“Sometimes we all got some good ol’ fashioned passion for asswhoopin and when it’s that time of day again – next time choose Spesimin” – Veil Of Sound

“These guys crank out solid death metal on the thrashier tip. No blasts, no HM-2, just raw jams from the city of Brotherly Love.” – Mutant Autopsy