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Do you need some grindcore in your life? Great! Bent Sea<\/a><\/strong> has you covered for about 70 seconds. Then you’re on your own. Bent Sea<\/strong> \u2013 the band featuring Dirk Verbeuren<\/strong> (Megadeth<\/strong>), Sven de Caluw\u00e9<\/strong> (Aborted<\/strong>) on vocals, Shane Embury<\/strong> (Napalm Death<\/strong>) on bass \u2013 is now streaming “A Scopic Radiance” from their long-awaited debut album The Dormant Ruin<\/em> due out September 5.<\/p>\n The Dormant Ruin<\/em> is twenty tracks, thirty-three minutes, and a sound that tears apart grindcore\u2019s foundations and rebuilds them with jagged edges of death metal, blackened textures, industrial abrasions, and overwhelming dissonance. The record was produced by Daniel Bergstrand<\/strong> (Meshuggah<\/strong>, Dark Funeral<\/strong>), whose sharp, modern production frames the chaos without dulling its teeth; and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory<\/strong> (Obey Mastering).<\/p>\n As the band explains, The Dormant Ruin<\/em> is about urgency \u2014 music as an unstoppable natural force. Like the album\u2019s title suggests, this isn\u2019t a rebirth but an eruption after years of quiet tension. Staying true to their collaborative history, Bent Sea<\/strong> stacked The Dormant Ruin<\/em> with special guests, each lending their own venom to the storm: Kevin Sharp<\/strong> (Venomous Concept<\/strong>, ex-Brutal Truth<\/strong>), John Cooke<\/strong> (Napalm Death<\/strong>, Venomous Concept<\/strong>), and Sylvain Coudret<\/strong> (Soilwork<\/strong>, Scarve<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Formed in 2011 by Verbeuren<\/strong>, Bent Sea<\/strong> erupted onto the scene with the Noistalgia EP, a fierce homage to grindcore\u2019s raw beginnings. Featuring Devin Townsend<\/strong> as a guest and later bringing in Sven de Caluw\u00e9<\/strong> and Shane Embury<\/strong>, the project had instant underground pedigree. Over the following years, Bent Sea<\/strong> scattered their output across split releases and the Instagrind<\/em> series, each one featuring a roster of guests from across the extreme metal spectrum.<\/p>\n