Release Date July 17th, 2026
Format Digital/CD
Genre Death Metal, Grindcore
Origin United States
Mangled Carpenter formed in Monterey, California in 2005, with guitarist and vocalist Seth Metoyer as its central figure. The band issued “First Offering” in 2007, spent several years inactive, then returned in 2019 and entered a far busier period. “Under The Shadow” arrived in 2021, followed by the Christmas release “A Very Mangled Christmas” and the 2023 full length “Salvation Syndrome.” The present lineup joins Metoyer with bassist and backing vocalist Kris Olson, while Mac Hine is credited with drum programming. Across those releases, Mangled Carpenter has worked in the overlap of death metal and grindcore, using Christian imagery without turning the music into a sermon wrapped in distortion.
The band’s recurring subjects include judgment, mortality, salvation and spiritual conflict, presented through bodily violence and apocalyptic imagery. Its music has remained rooted in compact riff cycles, blast beats, guttural vocals and abrupt tempo changes, while recent releases have brought electronic percussion and lower paced grooves closer to the surface. Metoyer’s low
growls, higher screams, compact riffing and programmed percussion define the band’s approach. That history matters here because “Between Blood And Silence” is less frantic than earlier material in several places, with groove and mechanical rhythm taking a larger role.
Released jointly by Rottweiler Records and Broken Curfew Records, “Between Blood And Silence” contains six songs for about twenty two minutes. The production places down tuned guitar chugs, bass drops and electronic percussion at the front, producing a hard, compressed attack with very little open space. Metoyer alternates deep gutturals with shrill screams; while Olson’s bass reinforces the low end and his backing vocals add another layer to the choruses. The programmed drums give the EP severe precision, though the kick and snare flatten the human swing when several rhythmic ideas use the same mechanical pulse; slower grooves break up the blasts before the pace turns violent again.
Across the original material, death metal and grindcore collide with deathcore rhythm and industrial texture, giving the songs distinct shapes without stretching any idea past its useful limit. The cover of “Terminate Damnation” respects the original riff shape and recasts it through lower tuning and modern percussion, while the lyrics across the EP address judgment, bloodshed, spiritual conflict and hope under threat; blunt language, metaphor and horror imagery stop the Christian content from reading like pasted scripture.
Several transitions are abrupt, and the digital percussion dominates near the end; the narrow rhythmic range starts to turn stale, then the short runtime cuts the problem off quickly. As a complete EP, it is compact, severe and coherent, offering sturdy riffs, oppressive vocals and production with a distinct mechanical stamp; the rigid drum programming caps its impact, though the result remains an effective dose of modern deathgrind.
|7.8
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