Band Line Up 2015

Burden of the Noose have been creating a dirty, angry chaos of sludge and grind since their

inception in 2012.

Hailing from the home of heavy metal, the Birmingham quintet, with ex-members of Mistress, Sally, Godsize and Out For Blood, belch out a sound that combines huge

blackened riffs that sidle between break-neck blasts and toe-tapping groove, with a vocal assault that’s pure banshee evil.

As Andy Thorley of MaximumVolumeMusic.com puts it “this is not music for the faint of heart, but if anger and aggression are your thing then BOTN are the thing for you. “ Extensive gigging throughout the UK and Ireland over the last few years has seen Burden play with the likes of Orange Goblin and October File with 2015 including support slots with Eyehategod and Goatwhore.

Consisting of vocalist Andy Barraclough (ex-Out for Blood), guitarists Scott Cooper (Godsize, Vicious Bastard) and Edward Chester (Out for Blood), bassist Darren Donovan (Mistress, Sally) and drummer Richard Stanton, Burden have released one EP and one single to date.

Another six-track recording, produced by Eyal Levi (Job for a Cowboy, Six Feet Under and The Black Dahlia Murder) is awaiting release. “See-sawing frenetically between mid-paced grindcore, turbo-charged sludge-metal and face-lacerating doom, this is ugly, ugly, ugly territory.” – The Sleeping Shaman

 “…if you do find the thought of the hellish chaos of Iron Monkey mixed with the depressivesludge of Moloch, topped off with bits of grind and doom and -oh fuck it JUST GET THIS THING IN YOUR EAR CANALS.” – Tight To The Nail

We’ve had an amazing year so far, playing some awesome shows with some of our favourite bands but playing Bloodstock is going to be a real highlight. This is gonna be crazy. What an opportunity to win over some new fans from the Bloodstock masses. See you down the front!!