Mental Cruelty
Mental Cruelty is a group from Chicago that plays blackened deathcore. The band forms in 2016 and builds a following through its recordings and touring, with performances across Europe and North America.
Recording history
The band works with American producer Josh Schroeder on A Hill To Die Upon, which is released in 2021 on Unique Leader Records. That album is described as a brutal record with lasting impact. Mental Cruelty then releases Zwielicht in 2023 on Century Media, a release that brings in epic orchestration alongside blackened deathcore, slam elements, and more black metal influence.
Style and lineup
The group’s sound is placed within deathcore, blackened deathcore, brutal death metal, death metal, and slamming deathcore. Zwielicht features the intensity and delivery of vocalist Lukas Nicolai, with Josh Schroeder again producing. The listed lineup is Nahuel Lozano on guitar, Danny Strasser on drums, Lukas Nicolai on vocals, Marvin Kessler on guitar, and Viktor Dick on bass.
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