Emerging from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the relentless four-piece Scorched Mind return with their sophomore full-length, Embracing the Dying Sun, released August 7, 2025. Their chaotic, genre-blurring sound, combining sludgy beatdown grooves, blistering death metal, and HM-2-drenched hardcore, solidifies their position as a force in modern extreme music.
Embracing the Dying Sun doubles down on aggression and nuance. Tracks like “Depravity”, “Harsh Reality”, and “Formless” strike with precise brutality and intense dynamism, fueling both head-banging mayhem and pit-ready chaos. As critics note, listening to this record “doesn’t just get your head nodding, it makes your entire body move.”
Tracklist Embracing the Dying Sun
- Rite of Cleansing
- Depravity
- Formative Violence
- Destabilized
- Fear of Existence
- Harsh Reality
- Formless (ft. Alex Teyen)
- Dethrone
- Antidote
- Reflective Void
- Invoking a Dying Sun (ft. Travis Antoniello)
Scorched Mind, comprising Jake Moyer (vocals), Michael Tyahur (guitars), Jim Conlon (bass), and James Slattery (drums), formed in 2023 and quickly built a reputation for uncompromising sonic ruins. With inspiration drawn from heavy-hitters like Nails, Full of Hell, and Harm’s Way, the quartet shape their own brand of aggression.
As noted by Rock 101, Embracing the Dying Sun “demands your attention from the first note,” proving that the band has not only kept pace with their scene rivals but is establishing themselves as a “band to watch.”
Where to Listen Catch the full album now on Bandcamp, and find the band across streaming platforms.
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