GORGATRON – American Death Metal Riff Merchants Announce New Album: Turmoil
North Dakota death metal crew GORGATRON will return with their new album Turmoil, set for release on December 11, 2026 via Time To Kill Records.
Built around a pronounced devotion to the riff, the Fargo-based band continue to draw from the muscular tradition of American death metal while leaving room for intricate guitar work, shifting rhythms and unexpected turns. Turmoil follows 2024’s Sentience Revoked and marks the next stage in a catalogue that has steadily expanded the group’s take on death metal. The album was mixed and mastered by Marco Mastrobuono (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour Of Penance), whose work further sharpens the definition and impact of the band’s sound.
The album’s first single, “Cleansed”, is now available, offering the first glimpse of what GORGATRON have been shaping for their new chapter.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/k5epuj7Z3eI
Streaming: https://ffm.to/gorgatron-cleansed
Bassist Cameron Dewald comments:
“I wrote this song out of frustration with old management, ex band members, the music biz and the day to day scum you’re forced to tolerate… I was surrounded by usurpers and wrote the lyrics as a way to mentally purge myself of human parasites. Two years later they’re all gone, the band is healthy/happy and you’re reading the background story to Cleansed. Thanks!
I dedicate this song to Mark, Karl, Chelsea, Matt, and Fargo…”.
Preorders:
https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/gorgatron
https://gorgatron.bandcamp.com/album/turmoil
A band that has never been particularly interested in rushing its creative process, GORGATRON have always taken their time to consider their next moves and make sure every return is worth the wait. That patience is reflected in a death metal approach that refuses to settle comfortably within any specific current or subgenre.
The Fargo, North Dakota outfit instead builds its identity around the riff, allowing the guitars to dictate the direction of each composition and providing a natural point of contact with bands such as Suffocation, Origin and Hate Eternal.
Yet those comparisons only tell part of the story. GORGATRONhave developed a distinctly personal way of arranging their material, paying close attention to dynamics and introducing melodic ideas without ever allowing them to overshadow the sheer weight and severity of the music. Their songs can move from intricate guitar work to blunt, punishing passages without losing their sense of direction, creating a sound that feels both carefully constructed and fundamentally physical.
At its core, this remains uncompromising American death metal: sharp-edged, disciplined and built on the enduring power of the riff. Two decades of experience have only sharpened the band’s understanding of how to make that formula work, while Turmoil promises to push their established language into another chapter.
Track-list:
01. Recalling Of Errors
02. Turmoil
03. Lucid Misery
04. Cleansed
05. Infinite Collapse
06. Fastidious
07. Contrived Interloper
08. Irrevelance
09. World Denied
10. Tithes To An Alter
Formed around 2006 in Fargo, North Dakota, GORGATRONreleased their debut full-length Torturetorium independently in 2010, followed by Inner Supremacy in 2015. The band expanded its reach considerably with 2020’s Pathogenic Automation, released through Nuclear Blast/BloodBlast Distribution, and the Agony Reborn EP in 2022, supporting the latter with a tour spanning 18 countries. In 2024, Sentience Revoked arrived through Redefining Darkness Records, followed by extensive touring across the US and Canada and an appearance in Iceland.
With a renewed lineup featuring Billy Zahn (lead guitar), Henri Jourdan (rhythm guitar) and Colin Richardson (vocals), alongside longtime members Cameron Dewald (bass, vocals) and Matt Johnson (drums), GORGATRON have further refined the precision, intensity and riff-driven foundation that has defined the band for nearly two decades.
Years of relentless touring across North America, Europe, the UK and Mexico have established the group as a seasoned live force, sharing stages with acts including Anthrax, Testament, Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder, Origin, Defeated Sanity, Malevolent Creation, Misery Index, Goatwhore, Jungle Rot, Beyond Creation and many more.
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