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Metal Injection is hosting an exclusive stream of Concrete Jungle, the new EP from Brooklyn-based DETACH THE ISLANDS â embodied by current/former members of Juan Bond, Semaphore, For Sleeping Or Jumping, Fluoride, Husbandry, Organ Dealer, and more â ahead of its release this Friday.
Dispatching a ravenous and twisted brew of sound somewhere to the left of mathcore, hardcore, powerviolence, and screamo, DETACH THE ISLANDS was spawned after the dissolution of math/prog-metal outfit, Autocatalytica, when drummer Emmett Ceglia decided to forge his own path in heavy music beginning with the bandâs debut demo in 2016. This was followed up by single âPhantom In The Frameâ (2018), and then their debut LP, The Burden To Become Fact (2019). After five years of relative silence, the band signed on with Tomb Tree Tapes to come roaring back with their second LP, A Highly Magnified History (2024).
Now, DETACH THE ISLANDS delivers Concrete Jungle, which encapsulates the final material with vocalist Ashley Levine who has since exited the band. New vocalist Scot Moriarty (ex-Organ Dealer) joins founding drummer/lyricist Emmett Ceglia (Fluoride, Semaphore, Husbandry), bassist Eric Messihi (ex-For Sleeping Or Jumping), and guitarists Jay Kohler (Juan Bond, Semaphore) and Siddhu Anandalingam (Juan Bond, Semaphore).
Concrete Jungle features a mix of new tracks, remixes, and covers of both Death Grips and Poison The Well. The cassette, set for release with Tomb Tree Tapes, features an exclusive interview and other flair. The tunes infuse discordant, technical, and emotive guitar work that often avoids genre norms with up front and filthy bass that glues the band together. Desperate, cathartic, and multidimensional vocals meet deadly precise, dizzying, and expressive drumming. Lyrical subjects range from religion, politics, existentialism, and living with Crohnâs Disease. The music’s moments of beauty and release keep the listener from being fatigued from the songsâ otherwise unrelenting discordance.
Ceglia states, âIf A Highly Magnified History was our full realization, then Concrete Jungle is our celebration of that â a salute to the old, to the new, and to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for DTI‘s uncompromising sound.â
Stream DETACH THE ISLANDSâ Concrete Jungle will first only at Metal Injection RIGHT HERE.
Concrete Jungle drops digitally and on cassette via Tomb Tree Tapes this Friday, May 1st. Digital preorders can be placed HERE. The cassette will be available HERE.
In support of the release, DETACH THE ISLANDS will be playing at Doom Fest in Madison, New Jersey on May 23rd, and with a release show and more in the works. Expect updated live dates shortly.
DETACH THE ISLANDS Live:
5/23-24/2026 Doom Fest 2026 @ Madison Community Arts Center â Madison, NJ
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