The Essence of Suffering (2025)
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Some bands play heavy.Growing Horns drags you through the mud, ties millstones to your soul, and sings lullabies in the language of ruin.
Formed in 2015 in the shadow-cloaked depths of Kortrijk, Belgium, Growing Horns didn’t emerge as just another sludge band—they rose as a séance. A slow-burning, punishing invocation of pain, fury, and existential dread. Their sound isn’t forged—it’s exorcised.
Their 2019 debut EP, The Nobility of Pain, landed like a blow to the chest. A raw, unrelenting outpouring of emotion that critics called relentless and fans called home. It wasn’t just music—it was a wound. Pulsing. Festering. Unrepentantly real.
Now, the Belgian collective returns with The Essence of Suffering—an album that doesn’t simply gaze into the abyss, but sets up camp, builds an altar, and lights black candles in its honor. Heavier, darker, and more immersive than anything before, this new chapter digs even deeper into their signature sound: a harrowing fusion of sludge, doom, and stoner-infused despair.
Every note lands like a slab of grief.
Every riff feels like a monument crumbling in slow motion.
And the vocals—part preacher, part beast, part mourner—don’t just scream. They bleed.
There’s no gloss. No pretense.
Just pure, cathartic release.
Live, Growing Horns offers a baptism by ash—no stage banter, no gimmicks. Just a wall of dread, blasted through cranked amps and shattered dreams. Whether at festivals or in sweat-drenched basements, they leave a lasting silence that follows you home.
With influences that range from the low-end weight of Crowbar, the pounding stomp of Goatsnake, to the swamp-soaked dread of Down, Growing Horns crafts music that is brutally heavy—and spiritually resonant.
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1. The Essence Of Suffering (A Tale Of Spite) 00:00
2. Lust For Knife 06:54
3. Blood In The Water 12:13
4. Godvergeten 21:49
5. Dope Fuck 27:40
6. Cutthroat Democrisy 32:11
7. Umbilical Noose (A Tale Of Wrath) 39:00
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Line-up:
Daf – Vocals
Didier – Guitar
Sven – Guitar
Wim – Bass
Kev – Drums
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