Creeping Death Signs on the Dotted Line

The Lone Star State’s Creeping Death have signed with BLKIIBLK Records.

Said to represent the “past, present, and ugly future of Texas death metal”, the five-piece have built a legacy on brutality, gruesome riffage and Southern grooves with an improbable cathartic glee.

On the label signing, vocalist Reese Alavi commented: “We’re beyond stoked to join forces with BLKIIBLK. It took very little time to see how hard the label’s camp works for their artists and it couldn’t have come at a better time. We’ve been working hard on LP3 all year, and we can guarantee you: it’s the most Creeping Death record to date. We can’t wait to see what the future holds being a part of the BLKIIBLK team.”

Global Head of A&R for Frontiers Label Group and BLKIIBLK label head, Mike Gitter, said: “BLKIIBLK is proud to be working with the legends of Texan death metal, Creeping Death. They were a band that signaled a shift in the metal landscape as they toured tirelessly alongside the likes of Power Trip, Carcass, and the list goes on. They’ve got the riffs, the heaviness, and a work ethic that’s second to none.”

Bursting from an underground that has given the world metallic mainstays like Pantera and modern-day metallurgists including Frozen Soul, for Creeping Death founding members, vocalist Reese Alavi and guitarists A.J. Ross III and Trey Pemberton, the journey is still a scorched earth affair as they nestle into their new label home.

Since the release of 2016’s Sacrament Of Death three-song demo, the band has been a force in its own right. By the time they unleashed 2019’s Wretched Illusions album, they were touring with the likes of High On Fire, Carcass and Municipal Waste, and across Europe with Goatwhore and Revocation. 2021’s The Edge Of Existence EP strengthened their resolve, winning over crowds at festivals. Come 2023’s Boundless Domain album, the band collaborated with Killswitch Engage guitarist and producer Adam Dutkiewicz, sharpening their songwriting blades with tracks like ‘Vitrified Earth’ and the groove-laden ‘Intestinal Wrap’, which featured the trademark roar of Cannibal Corpse vocalist George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher.

“We’ve freely admitted that we are a selfish band, in so much as we really only wrote music for us,” explained Pemberton. “We make music that’s fun for us to play. The music that we want to hear. After all, we’re the ones who’re going to hear these songs the most, night after night.”

With their lineup rounded out by bassist Addrian Bijan Jafaritabar (of Texas grinders Saintpeeler) and drummer Robert Dominguez, Alavi said: “We’re digging into the writing for LP number three. It really is Creeping Death at our most intense. We’ve had a couple of member changes and a label change, and it feels like that sense of chaos and the determination we’ve always had is not only coming out in the music but is redefining who and what Creeping Death is.”

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