Listen to new single ‘Cauterise’ and pre-order Bludgeoning Simulations now on Bandcamp.
Revered stalwarts of the UK heavy underground GHOLD make their long awaited return with brand new full length studio album Bludgeoning Simulations, to be released on November 14th 2025 via rising DIY label Human Worth. The amorphous sludge metal outfit have forged Bludgeoning Simulations in a furnace of anxiety and neurosis, finding a brutal treatise on themes of loss, abjection and isolation. Forged out of tense and troubling times for each of the band members, Ghold have pushed themselves to their creative brink to deliver what promises to be their heaviest and most menacing work, and their most experimental and textured compositions to date. Recorded in a remote windswept studio in the Welsh valleys by acclaimed producer and engineer Wayne Adams (Petbrick, Big Lad), Ghold will deliver a labyrinthine, cerebral sonic altar. Bludgeoning Simulations will be both a bringing together of everything Ghold have accomplished thus far, and also the sound of a band bravely treading new waters. The result is their most versatile, surprising, explorative and heaviest artistic statement.
“We see this record as a culmination and a sort of tribute to all our previous work and experiences together as a band.”
~ GHOLD
Ghold have been active favourites across the UK and mainland Europe for over ten years now. Ghold have toured with the likes of Årabrot, Oozing Wound, Palehorse and Bongripper, and have performed at many festivals including Desertfest, Damnation, Raw Power, Supernormal, Supersonic and the infamous 2015 Temples Fest. Ghold have also played many support slots with acclaimed artists including Big Business, Melt Banana, Dragged Into Sunlight, Conan, Stephen O’Malley and many more. Bludgeoning Simulations will be released on white vinyl and digital formats via UK based independent label Human Worth (home to Sly & The Family Drone, Why Patterns, Modern Technology, Lower Slaughter et al) on November 14th 2025. Proceeds from Bandcamp sales will go towards registered charity SkatePal. Founded in 2013, SkatePal supply skateboarding equipment and training courses to underfunded communities in Palestine.
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