Ohio’s boundary-pushing brutalists Sanguisugabogg — Cody Davidson, drum; Drew Arnold, guitars/bass; Devin Swank, vocals; and Ced Davis, guitars/bass — are back and more putrid than ever.
Today, the band has announced the new album Hideous Aftermath, out October 10 via Century Media. Pre-order it here.
The ‘Bogg have also shared the video for “Abhorrent Contraception.” The song features Josh Welshman from Defeated Sanity. Watch it below (NSFW)
“As a death metal band diving deep in dark tropes of fantasy and exaggerated real life horrors, this song is a timeless classic with a theme very tried and true with our genre and it’s about the slaughter of an entire family and the unborn,” says Sanguisugabogg.
About the album as a whole, Swank states, “It’s definitely our most death metal record, our most personal record, our most focused and brutal record to date.”
Known for being THAT band with the unpronounceable name and unreadable logos, the ‘Bogg have made a record as gore-obsessed and violence-inclined as any of their prior works, including Tortured Hole (2021) and Homicidal Ecstasy(2023), but with a career-defining command over their ugly art.
Says Swank, “It’s the one where we rolled our sleeves up and brought our A-Game.”
Hideous Aftermath is the work of a band who has already cut a bloody swath into the underground and beyond. Sanguisugabogg have emerged from the sweat and grime of countless U.S. and international tours with the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Lorna Shore, and Kublai Kahn as well as festival slots and their own headline runs. They’ve ensnared scores of new converts to their brand of the brutally absurd.
Now in 2025, the ‘Bogg’s third full length leaves any “caveman death metal” tags in the dust. This is the sound of Sanguisugabogg flexing every muscle they have.
Enlisting producer Kurt Ballou (Nails, High on Fire) the ‘Bogg decamped to God City Studios in Salem, Massachusetts in the Spring of 2025. “We got off the road after A LOT of touring and wanted to drill down and be as purely creative as possible without distraction,” says Swank of the band’s decision to work with the Converge guitarist in Witch City. “Kurt mixed Homicidal Ecstasy, so he already understood what we were going for.”
While Sanguisugabogg have long been self-produced with Davidson handling production duties, this time, they put their sonic trust fully in Ballou’s hands.
With Hideous Aftermath, Sanguisugabogg have proven themselves more than just an eccentric death crew on an acid-addled hateroll. They’re both champions of the underground and a musical force unto themselves. “Eight or nine years ago, it seemed like what we were doing was pretty niche,” Swank admits. “Where we’ve come, some of the rooms and festivals we’ve played is kind of remarkable.” Big swings including recent appearances on more “mainstream” rock festivals including Columbus’ Sonic Temple and Welcome to Rockville in Daytona, Florida, were never on the ‘Bogg boys’ charter underground agenda.
“I think we were a band that was set up to do nothing or a lot of something,” Swank concludes. “Why ‘normies’ ever ended up liking it was weird. Who knows? Maybe we made pain and suffering fun.”
HIDEOUS AFTERMATH TRACK LISTING:
“Rotted Entanglement”
“Felony Abuse of a Corpse” (Feat. Peeling Flesh)
“Ritual of Autophagia” (Feat. Todd Jones of Nails)
“Heinous Testimony”
“Abhorrent Contraception” (Feat. Josh Welshman of Defeated Sanity)
“Repulsive Demise”
“Erotic Beheading”
“Sanctified Defilement”
“Semi Automatic Facial Reconstruction” (Feat. Travis Ryan of Cattle Decapitation)
“Paid in Flesh” (Feat. Dylan Walker of Full of Hell)
Stay tuned for more music and more tour news from Sanguisugabogg. The band’s current dates are below. Get tickets here.
SANGUISUGABOGG LIVE:
7/22 — St. Louis MO — Off Broadway
7/23 — Cudahy, WI — X-Ray Arcade
7/24 — Iowa City, IA — Gabe’s
7/25 — Omaha, NE — The Waiting Room
7/26 — Denver, CO — Unhinged Fest
7/27 — Wichita, KS — Temple Live Lodge Room
7/28 — Oklahoma City, OK — 89th Street
7/29 — Memphis, TN — 1884 Lounge
7/30 — Nashville, TN — The End
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