From a ritual feed at Homer’s Burgers to a 12-minute sludge epic

Listening to Arterial Wound is time distortion. One minute time slows with a seismic bass bringing a near-doom experience as the earth shifts. The next minute the fast-forward button gets hit & it’s a hardcore onslaught. Loud, fast and severely loose. Run in a circle for your lives. They swap back and forth like you’re frantically changing TV channels to avoid the ads. Then you land on the good stuff. Devilish screams fill the air. The Ads over, your tired eyes and spaced out mind just found the SBS shows after the midnight hour your friends once told you about. Now you can’t turn away, entertainment never felt so oddly satisfying. A blend of Neurosis, Dystopia and His Hero Is Gone all on a tightly packed stage. Whether it’s a quick hit to the face or a crushingly slow riff that knocks the wind out of you, Arterial Wound deliver it heavy. The band is currently in the thick of it. Recording a debut album that is essentially their live setlist plus one massive new track. When we talk Live shows, Arterial Wound is about the energy displacement between the genres they cover. Replacing lyrics with a good yell when the moment calls for it. What matters is everyone is enjoying themselves, moving, banging heads and the clash of bodies.