Colonial Wound began in 2018 by bassist/vocalist Dylan Mikos (also of Good Fight Music heavy-hitters Yashira), drummer John Edwards (touring drummer for Kylesa), and guitarist Ben Clifton. While they had a healthy scene of heavy music in and around their home of Jacksonville, FL to inspire and provide camaraderie Colonial Wound was aiming to do something noisier, uglier, and more disturbing.
The initial result was an EP that was self-released digitally before Detroit-area label Dropping Bombs pressed it onto 12” introducing a sound that had as much to do with crushing grooves a la Coalesce as it did the off-kilter guitar antics and wall-of-noise heaviness of groups like Engineer and Botch, combining lumbering hardcore and noise rock into a singular sludgy entity.
Not too long after the band added vocalist Jeremy Atkins to the lineup, making the group a 4-piece and they released another EP, “Degradation” on the New Morality label showing off their revised lineup. The music remained just as heavy and punishing while further showing off the band’s creative side with a photo zine accompanying the record (the first 12” featured a silkscreened B-side).
Since that time Colonial Wound has been writing and demo’ing a bevy of new material, which they will record in April 2022 for their debut full length, which will be released by Hex Records by the end of the year.
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