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Existence Is Corruption, the new full-length from Santa Fe death metal squad STREET TOMBS, is currently streaming in its entirety. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s officially release this Friday, August 21st via Carbonized Records!
Existence Is Corruption delivers an unapologetically vitriolic and sickening take on modern society, complacency, corruption, and destruction. As greedy poisonous minds mutilate today’s world, STREET TOMBS continues to upset the grave with crusty blackened d-beats and deadly driving riffs straight from the gutter. Existence Is Corruption digs more into STREET TOMBS’ roots and expands on its punk ethos and first wave black metal origins from influences like Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Bathory, and Amebix, while keeping an uncompromising pissed-off attitude.
Stream STREET TOMBS’ Existence Is Corruption HERE.
STREET TOMBS was forged in the flames of the legendary underground venue, The Cave, in 2017, where the band hosted numerous shows for the DIY punk/metal community of Santa Fe and surrounding cities. Combining the death metal grit of early Sepultura and Bolt Thrower, with the rabid d-beat/street punk of Discharge and G.B.H., the collective released three demos before dropping their Reclusive Decay full-length (2023). The critically lauded offering presented a unified vision for all that is dark, heavy, and fast. Several US tours would follow including the Reborn Dead Tour supporting Left To Die. Metal Injection championed a record that “feels like a cross between early thrash and punk rock mixed with some serious Bolt Thrower vibes for an experience that’ll put you right into the ground,” while No Clean Singing hailed, “a powerhouse surge of obliteration, coupled with riffing that both blazes and contorts in insectile fevers, with colossal, cavern-deep vocals that add to the horrors.” Reclusive Decay also earned the #38 spot on Decibel Magazine’s Top 40 Albums Of 2023.
2024 saw the release of a compilation LP, RIP The Abyss, which contained recordings the band had previously produced at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was released in conjunction with the start of their North American Tour supporting Necrot across the US and Canada that June.
STREET TOMBS spent much of 2025 finalizing the writing portion of Existence Is Corruption. The record
was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Engine 70 Studios in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Earhammer Studio in Oakland, California with additional recording by STREET TOMBS bassist Galen Baudhuin. The record features artwork by Shane Donaldson and logo by Ben Brodsky.
Existence Is Corruption will be released on CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats.
Find North American preorders HERE, European preorders HERE, all other international orders HERE and digital orders HERE.
Existence Is Corruption Track Listing:
- Pestilent Storm
- Deceptor
- Septic Values
- Upset The Grave
- Systematic Suffering
- Mental Mutilation
- Braindead
- Parasitic Feast
STREET TOMBS Live:
9/01/2026 Tumbleroot – Santa Fe, NM
9/04/2026 Seventh Circle – Denver, CO
9/05/2026 Aces High – Salt Lake City, UT
9/06/2026 The Shredder – Boise, ID
9/07/2026 The Kraken – Seattle, WA
9/08/2026 High Water Mark – Portland, OR
9/12/2026 Knucklehead – Los Angeles, CA
“Proto-metalists Blue Cheer put forth the suggestion that there ain’t no cure for the Summertime blues, but we’d like to rebut that assertion with a fistful of old school New Mexico death metal courtesy of Santa Fe ragers STREET TOMBS and their new single, ‘Upset The Grave.’ Consider your Summertime blues cured. And by cured we mean stomped on, ravaged and set on fire. This five-minute cranium walloper, from their upcoming second full-length… relies on simple feral savagery to deliver blow after blow.” – Decibel Magazine on “Upset The Grave”
“…much of Existence Is Corruption hits like an atomic blastwave. STREET TOMBS, however, don’t rely on nuclear percussion or supercharged shredding to achieve that effect. No. This is a relentless onslaught. Raw, occasionally ragged and utterly lethal…old school death metal for a violent new age. Be ready.” – Rush On Rock
“STREET TOMBS follow the path of many alumni of the ‘get in, grind, get out’ school, which works to its advantage on Existence Is Corruption. Which it is. And this is its death knell…it’s just great to hear a standard death metal quartet bashing it out with no frills, no breakdowns, no self-important technical wankery. Blue collar death metal at its basest, at its best.” – Rebel Extravaganza
“Grave churned auld-style death metal, thrash, and a crusted-over punk whip all feature in irrational fusion on Existence Is Corruption as the band reprise their signature under slightly different parameters… If you’re out for hardcore/crust punk motorized death metal rather than the abundant tough guy shit of today these folks once again manage a wholly viable riff-intensive alternative.” – Mystification ‘Zine
“These streets may be mean, they may be ugly, and they may be gritty, but most importantly they are loads of fun. Where some death metal acts seek to be as dense and incomprehensible as possible, or insert levels of high artistry in their work, it’s refreshing that acts like Street Tombs exist to engage your id, though with a high level of creativity, mixing intellectual stimulation with brain-melting riffs.” – Angry Metal Guy
“Taken as a whole, Existence Is Corruption marks a formidable return for STREET TOMBS. By blending their OSDM roots with intense crust-punk rhythms, the band delivers a vicious record that honors death metal tradition while expanding their signature musical footprint. Subsequently, the raw, unprocessed vocal tracking and heavily distorted guitars combine to submerge the listener in a dense and gritty underground soundscape.” – MXDWN
STREET TOMBS:
Damian Jacoby – vocals, guitar
David McMaster – guitar, backing vocals
Ben Brodsky – drums
Galen Baudhuin – bass
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