The Grotto Screams LP, by Altar of Eden

The Grotto Screams LP

by Altar of Eden

supported by

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£5 GBP or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Debut LP from Austins 'Altar Of Eden, featuring members of Nosferatu, Creamers etc

Includes unlimited streaming of The Grotto Screams LP via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 1 day

£12.50 GBP or more
Full Digital Discography

157

releases

Get all 157 Drunken Sailor Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 60%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of ST 12", Dissipation of Clouds, The Barrier LP, Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom LP, Good Boy Bad Boy, 2022 Sampler, Dead End Beat LP, ST LP, Vol. 1, and 149 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

£204.20 GBP or more (60% OFF)
Limited Edition Red Vinyl LP
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Debut LP from Austins 'Altar Of Eden, featuring members of Nosferatu, Creamers etc

Includes unlimited streaming of The Grotto Screams LP via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out
Limited Edition Green Vinyl
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
So these were meant to be the exclusive Green Noise version, UPS lost them for 4 months but we have just got them back.

Includes unlimited streaming of The Grotto Screams LP via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

1.	The Abandonment 02:17	buy track
2.	Tears 02:53	buy track
3.	Eternity 02:31	buy track
4.	The Grotto Screams 03:08	buy track
5.	Veil of Sanctuary 02:05	buy track
6.	Death in the Country 03:02	buy track

about

Perhaps you, like me, have listened to Bauhaus and Killing Joke and thought, ‘Well, this is great, but I wish it was a bit more of a rager.’ Similarly, maybe you listened to The Effigies and Samhain before musing to yourself, ‘Cool, although I thought it’d be darker.’ In other words, it’s occurred to you that deathrock could be a tad deathier and - if it’s not too distasteful of me to say so - rock a hell of a lot harder.

Step forward, Altar of Eden. The project of Austin, TX resident Albert Limones (whose bruising sounds you may have heard in the shadowy likes of Nosferatu and Creamers), it’s an unholy marriage of Big Black’s mechanistic rhythms and the serrated, atmospheric noise of yer favourite early ‘80s 4AD types. Tracks like ‘The Abandonment’ absolutely lay waste to your speakers - it opens with a harrowing shriek before throbs of chorusing bass and guitar carve out their own unnerving paths. Somewhere in the distance, a menacing voice can be heard, buried in murk and distortion, with the song operating at breakneck pace and maximum volume - hey, I think our criteria may have been met.

Second track ‘Tears’ ups the ante, leaning heavily on atmospheric gloom while pushing the drum machine to the fore, like Clan of Xymox setting up traps for the Slenderman, before the lacerating strafes of guitar on ‘Eternity’ invite the nightmares to truly begin. And that’s just the first three songs - by the time ‘Death in the Country’ gallops to a beautifully discordant end, we’re well and truly bewitched by this wonderful, horrible noise.

‘The Grotto Screams’ was originally released on cassette in April of last year, before finally getting this well-deserved vinyl pressing - one of the first truly essential releases of 2021. Don’t miss out.
Will Fitzpatrick

First 100 on Red Vinyl

credits

released March 5, 2021

Mastered for vinyl by North London Bomb Factory Mastering

license

about

Drunken Sailor Records UK

Drunken Sailor Records started in 2010.
Releases.
Tiltwheel - Teach Your Children Hell 7" DS001
The Young Leaves - Life Underneath LP DS002
The Magnificent - 1981 7" DS003
Unfun - Shallow Graves 7" DS004
Crow Bait 7"
Rations 7"
Noise By Numbers/ The Magnificent 7"
Exit Condition 3 Album Series.
The Magnificent - Bad Lucky 7"
Discharge/ Off With Their Heads 7"
Shang-A-Lang - Waiting For The End 7" ... more

contact / help

Contact Drunken Sailor Records

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like The Grotto Screams LP, you may also like:

Hunger for a Way Out
by Sweeping Promises

supported by 43 fans who also own “The Grotto Screams LP”

Can't listen w/o hearing Young Marble Giants, but a more nervous, taut take. All the tracks are great, but can't stop humming the title to myself. Josh Steichmann
go to album
Altar of Eden - Chimeras
by Altar of Eden

supported by 27 fans who also own “The Grotto Screams LP”

The most goth thing I've ever heard suckmyopinion
go to album
AGE OF EXILE
by STRAW MAN ARMY

supported by 26 fans who also own “The Grotto Screams LP”

a fantastic debut album. such smart songwriting and instrumentation caleb
go to album
Glue MLP
by Glue

Austin punks get straight to the bloody, primal heartbeat of hardcore. Proceeds from digital sales go to Lysistrata NYC. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 14, 2017
go to album
Sailing A Crazy Ship
by WICCANS

Snarling, spiteful punk rock from Austin’s Wiccans, with wiry guitar lines and barked, brutal vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 9, 2017
go to album
SLANDER TONGUE - Monochrome
by SLANDER TONGUE (ALIEN SNATCH! RECORDS)

Berlin outfit crank out a wide range of heavy ’70s sounds, juggling everything from proto-metal and glam to garage rock and heavy psych. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 15, 2023
go to album
Crime of Passing
by Crime of Passing

supported by 26 fans who also own “The Grotto Screams LP”

Love this sound! It's fresh yet reminds me of all my favorite bands like JAMC, Clan of Xymox, Tones on Tail, etc. fiends4evr
go to album