Meatwound

Meatwound began in Tampa circa 2014, songs were written, and the debut 12” Addio(originally intended to be a demo) arrived in 2015. The record sounded like it was recorded on burning equipment in a burning studio but managed to win over some listeners, and the Steak Mtn cover art began to appear on shirts around Tampa. Many shows went down during these early years, according to the dates on flyers and posters in the practice space. Shows with Melt Banana, High on Fire, The Melvins, Torche, Black Tusk, Author & Punisher, etc were played. Some in the audience enjoyed it. 2017, Largo arrived, the second LP. A noticeable improvement over Addio, Largo displayed more ambitious song structures, layered noise attacks, better sound overall, and even some (strangely) danceable rhythms. The Trash Apparatus 7” EP, was released, a three song effort existing in its own garbage dimension of sound. There were a series of recording sessions at Atomic Audio with Mark Nikolich in 2018 and 2019, working toward the next album. That third full length album, known as Culero, eventually came out in late 2019. Vincent Locke, of Cannibal Corpse fame, was commissioned for record art. The band was starting to expand sounds here; the instrumental Elders leaned toward cinematic territory with analog synths courtesy of Matt Akers, Refusal is a violent blast that comes in under 1 minute long, Fist of God trudges in the direction of Bolt Thrower. Then Covid happened but after a short break, the band reconstituted. MACHO era - A slow march progressing in bursts of productivity followed by months/years of refinement. There were multiple demos, rewrites, new tracks built last minute, etc. before finally going into Candor Recording Studio in the summer of 2024. Candor owner/producer/engineer/mastermind Ryan Boesch harnessed whatever nonsense was in the brains of these people and delivered something better and worse than before(allegedly). MACHO was released by Threat Collection Records/Pax Aeternum Digital on May 9th, 2025.