Voidlurker - Loathe For Life

“Like EyeHateGod via Birmingham, Voidlurker deal in big sludge, feedback and abrasive screams that you could sand a floor with. Loathe For Life lives up to its title, with big bursts of nihilism and aggro flowing through its thick riffs.” – Kerrang!

“The four songs carry weight, substance and fortitude and solidify Voidlurker’s position in the upper tiers of British sludge metal bands.” – The Razor’s Edge

“Four slabs of doom (that’s right, slabs – songs isn’t the word) between 7 and 9 minutes apiece, towering and sludgey hanging doom riffs… It achieves its doom purity goal.” - Ninehertz

“Loathe for Life doesn’t upend the formula, but f**k it, does it slay. Slowly and with teeth-crunching force.” – gbhbl.com

On 26^th September 2025 Birmingham’s Voidlurker returned with Loathe For Life, their second EP and most punishing release to date. Recorded once again at Foel Studios with Chris Fielding (Conan), the EP delivered four slabs of no-nonsense sludge doom, dripping with grit and weight.

From the opening riff, Loathe For Life pulls no punches. Brad Thomas lays down vocals like gravel dragged across concrete, while channelling Tony Iommi through a wall of fuzzed-out guitars. Andrew Rennie’s bass tone threatens to rupture foundations, and Mitch Bishop’s drums hit with feral precision.

There’s no reinvention here - just raw, heavy music forged in the same fires that shaped their home city’s metal legacy. Loathe For Life is Voidlurker doing what they do best: keeping it slow, loud, and absolutely crushing.

1.      Green Ghost

2.      Loathe For Life

3.      S.O.B.

4.      Time Heals Nothing

Recorded at Foel Studios February 2024

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Chris Fielding

Artwork by Jodie Drinkwater (Leviathan Art)

All songs written and performed by Voidlurker