Iron Monkey have never been interested in making friends. The Nottingham outfit carved out their place in the UK heavy underground in the '90s alongside kindred spirits like Electric Wizard and Eyehategod, then went quiet for years before returning with a vengeance. Spleen and Goad finds them picking up exactly where that ugliness left off, a reminder that some bands are built to endure precisely because they never compromise.
"This is a thick, pummeling exercise in self loathing and meanness"- Decibel Magazine
The UK's IRON MONKEY return with their highly anticipated new album, Spleen and Goad!
On the new album, the legendary band are as uncompromising ever, churning out some of the most gritty-sounding sludge doom in their 25 + year history. Dubbed a "doom sludge vanguard" by The Sludgelord, IRON MONKEY live up to their legacy, absolutely pummelling through each of the 9 tracks on their new album.
From the two-ton, heavier-than-anything-else riff opening "Concrete Shock", IRON MONKEY show no signs of easing up; fuzzed out guitars crash against pulse-pound drums, set against vicious, misanthropic snarls and barks. Elsewhere, tracks like the aptly titled "Rat Flag" kicks the band into high gear with palpable fury and malaise.
Recorded in their native Nottingham, Spleen and Goad was mastered stateside by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.
Tracklist
Side A
1. Misanthropizer
2. Concrete Shock
3. C.S.P.
4. Off Switch
Side B
1. Rat Flag
2. Lead Transfusion
3. Exlexed
4. The Gurges
UPC: 781676755813
Label: Relapse
Release Date: 4.5.24
Format: LP Vinyl
Launch DateOctober 22, 2026
Days In Market6
VendorBroadtime
Variants1