Decibel Magazine is currently streaming The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering., the quaking new full-length from Canadian blackened hardcore outfit SPREAD THE DISEASE. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s official release, Friday, July 10th via Hypaethral Records.

The band’s first new studio output in twenty-seven years, The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering. is the product of two years of grim inspiration: a blistering collection of songs that capture the band’s original ferocity while pushing deeper into blackened experimentation. Blending the hallmarks of their past – speed, intensity, and viciousness – with a renewed creative drive, this incarnation of SPREAD THE DISEASE honors its underground roots while forging forward with sharpened purpose. Decades later, the darkness remains.

Writes Decibel Magazine, “[Guitarists Dave] Buschemeyer and [Trevor] Dykstra… haven’t forgotten the metalcore methodology on their blistering new effort and [Fistula vocalist Shane] Post’s rage-filled rasps provide the essential hardcore foil to the black metal-inspired riffing.”

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The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering. was recorded and mixed at Bravo Studios by Dave Buschemeyer and mastered by Greg Dawson at BWC Studios. All music is by guitarists Dave Buschemeyer and Trevor Dykstra, lyrics were penned by Shane Post, and bass on this recording is by Ryan McInturff.

The record will be released on CD (Ltd. 200 – pro-pressed, 4-panel digipak), vinyl (Ltd. 200 – Dreadlight Yellow), and digitally.

Find preorders at the Hypaethral webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

Emerging from the frigid heart of Southern Ontario in 1997, SPREAD THE DISEASE began as a darker, uncompromising side project from members of New Day Rising. Long before “blackened hardcore” became a recognized genre, the band was already forging that collision – fusing the aggression of hardcore with the cold extremity of black metal and the technical precision of death metal.

Their feral intensity quickly made an impact on the underground. Their 1998 debut full-length, We Bleed From Many Wounds (Eulogy), delivered a bleak and relentless hybrid of hardcore and black metal, earning comparisons to bands such as Integrity, Cryptopsy, and Entombed. A notorious performance at Hellfest in 1999 cemented their reputation, leaving behind a set that attendees still speak of.

Years later, We Bleed From Many Wounds was remastered and reissued on limited-edition blood-splatter vinyl through Hypaethral Records, reaffirming its cult status among devotees of extreme music.

The band’s 1999 follow-up, The Sheer Force Of Inertia, pushed even further into uncharted territory, incorporating electronic textures that hinted at the band’s restless creative instincts. Though their output was brief, SPREAD THE DISEASE became revered among purists as early trailblazers of a sound that would only gain wider recognition years later.

Now, decades after their primal beginnings, SPREAD THE DISEASE returns. Re-emerging at a point in life where the obligations that once eclipsed creativity have begun to fade, the band has reignited the same uncompromising spirit that defined their earliest recordings. The newly forged lineup, featuring Shane Post, formerly of late ‘90s metalcore outfit Bird Of Ill Omen and current member of legendary sludge/doom band Fistula, on vocals, channels that legacy into something darker and more fully realized.

Comments guitarist Dave Buschemeyer, “Since [guitarist] Trev [Trevor Dykstra] and I had remained friends after all these years and had both been a part of the short-lived New Day Rising reunion where we recorded a bunch of new songs, the idea was floated around to potentially do a new SPREAD THE DISEASE recording. As the two main songwriters, we knew that we could revisit the blackened hardcore style material with some fresh vigor. I had been keeping my chops up with that style of music with Die In The Light and Trev had been playing in multiple projects on his own as well.

“The songs came together relatively easily,” he continues, “but it took a long time to come to fruition. This is the reality of being older, with families, careers, etc. You put in the time when you can. In the end, we’re stoked on how they turned out and we’re excited to play them live!”

The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering. Track Listing:

1. Light Opaque
2. Intermezzo I
3. God And Politics
4. Indoctrinated
5. Intermezzo II
6. Summer Wanes
7. The Blight In Their Eyes
8. Outro

“Musically, [‘Indoctrinated’] channels the hostile, blackened metallic hardcore that defined SPREAD THE DISEASE from the start. There’s a blistering aggression here, but also an atmosphere that feels genuinely suffocating.” – No Echo

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