Kurokuma announce new EP ‘Sheffield’s Best Metal Bands Vol. 1’

March 22, 2019 James Weaver

KUROKUMA have announced a new EP!

Titled Sheffield’s Best Metal Bands Vol. 1, the upcoming EP from the trippy metal trio is set to be released in early May ahead of the band’s appearance at this year’s Desertfest!

Speaking about the EP, the band says, “it’s a product of being on the road a lot more this past year, seeing a lot of metal bands outside of just the stoner/doom circles, and then just bringing in a few influences from outside metal. We listen to things from all across the musical spectrum; lately it’s been a lot of electronic music and beats, and that’s nothing particularly unique, but we’ve never drawn lines between genres or been hesitant about bringing what we like to listen to into the band. There’s a darkness and an intensity that you might find in unexpected places if you’re willing to look. Reality is twisted, you’ll never escape it. We’re taking the weird shit that flows through our brains and in front of our eyes, cranking the volume and putting it on cassette. And when we took a step back and looked at the lyrics and song titles on this release, we realised that, if you had to describe it, everything related to a theme of weird creatures that are misunderstood by society at large, which, to be honest, is a good way of summing up who we are.”