DOOMSDAY: “Pain Dweller” From Oakland Thrash/Crossover Outfit Now Streaming; Debut LP, Never Known Peace, Out March 28th On Creator-Destructor Records

photos by Chris Johnston

“Pain Dweller” is the newest single from Oakland, California-based crossover outfit DOOMSDAY preceding their debut LP, Never Known Peace, nearing release on Creator-Destructor Records at the end of March.

Formed in 2018 by members from different parts of the Bay Area metal and hardcore scene, DOOMSDAY delivers a crushing brew of crossover/thrash with divebomb-fueled intensity. Following several demos and singles and heavy live attacks throughout the Bay Area and beyond, the band entered the international spotlight with the 2022 release of their Depictions Of Chaos EP. DOOMSDAY toured across the West Coast with Upon Stone, Extinguish, Mutually Assured Destruction, Darkness Everywhere, and more, honing their already deadly craft to incinerating new levels of precision and aggression, which now shows through on the succinct slam of their eponymous EP, released in 2023 to critical praise and resulting in more live opportunities.

Now, DOOMSDAY is finally prepared to unload their debut LP, Never Known Peace, a record which sees the band further embracing their thrash metal and crossover influences and delivering an all-out shredding thrash salvo. Ten ripping tracks that surge with the energy of the thrash metal bedrock that lines their Bay Area hometown like it’s 1986. Technical flair and spiraling divebomb-laden precision fuels the percussive riff assault.

Never Known Peace was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios (Machine Head, Suffocation, Darkness Everywhere), and features guest solos on “Holy Justice” and “Remnants Of Spite” by Andrew Lee (Ripped To Shreds). The record is completed with cover artwork by Spencer Davie, layout by Isaiah Castillo, and photography by Chris Johnston. Fans of Nuclear Assault, Power Trip, Exodus, Enforced, Municipal Waste, Testament, early-Metallica, DOOMSDAY’s Never Known Peace is a must-hear record.

With the “Pain Dweller” single, the band offers, “This song is about rising above the struggle, and standing up from the mud when everything keeps trying to kick you back down. We definitely think this is the closest thing we’ve written that’s like an ‘anthem,’ because we want people singing this back to our face loud as hell.”

Let DOOMSDAY’s “Pain Dweller” off the chain now at Bandcamp HERE and YouTube HERE.

Never Known Peace will be released on all digital platforms, CD, and LP on March 28th. Preorders for all formats and other new merch are posted at the Creator-Destructor shop HERE and Bandcamp where “The Outlaw” and “Never Known Peace” are also streaming HERE.

DOOMSDAY is booking tour dates in support of the album. The band will rip through California with labelmates Iron Front for four shows April 10th through 13th, ending at a release show for Never Known Peace, sharing the stage with High Command, Age Of Apocalypse, and more along the way. Watch for additional shows to post shortly.

DOOMSDAY Live:
4/10/2025 The Mystery Shop – Oxnard, CA w/ High Command, Iron Front, Swingback, Prevaricate
4/11/2025 TBA – Sacramento, CA w/ Iron Front
4/12/2025 Roosevelt Manor – Fresno, CA w/ Iron Front
4/13/2025 Neck Of The Woods – San Francisco, CA *release show w/ Age Of Apocalypse, Natural Human Instinct, Despize, Cross Of Disbelief, Iron Front

“Titled Never Known Peace, this upcoming album is definitely something you’re gonna want to keep an eye on if you’re a thrash metal loyalist. In the past they’ve listed thrash titans Sepultura, Slayer, Iron Age, Metallica, and Power Trip as their main influences and while you can tell that to be the absolute truth, they also bring something fresh to the sound. They’re no carbon copy of their idols — they’re raw as fuck.” – MetalSucks

“…a work of berserk late-’80s-style crossover thrash, full of lightning-fast riffage, divebombs, and Dave Mustaine-esque snot-rag vocals. If you’re into present-day thrash revivalists like Dead Heat and Enforced, you should have this on your radar.” – Stereogum

“Specialists of a sound steeped in the core sonic elements of hardcore and thrash metal…” – No Echo

“DOOMSDAY clearly knows its stuff and is also good at writing tight and memorable songs… The average playing tempo is high, the solos scream, the delays mosh, the vocals spit, and the choirs roar. And the riffs, they do the Bay Area justice. [translated]” – Aardshock Magazine

“…it takes something special from an ‘unknown’ band to cut through the general hubbub and major label-generated noise. Never Known Peace is just such a record; half an hour of fat-free, protein rich hardcore informed thrash that’ll have yer eyebrows off within seconds of first contact.” – Sentinel Daily

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