Canadian sludge merchants Destroy My Brains are preparing to complete a particularly grim long game. The Lloydminster, Saskatchewan/Alberta quartet’s forthcoming album, Wilt, concludes a five-record sequence begun with 2018’s Worthless and continued through InsignifiCan’t, Lifeless and Tormented—the titles’ initials spelling out the name of the final chapter.

Before Wilt arrives on August 14, Decibel is premiering the video for “Downgrade,” a five-minute crawl through manipulation, intoxication and deliberate ruin. The track reconnects Destroy My Brains with their punkier instincts without sacrificing the suffocating riffs, corrosive tones and full-throated hostility at the center of their sludge attack.

The song follows two supposed friends: a sadistic manipulator and the victim he gradually leads into addiction and, ultimately, an overdose. Its accompanying video—filmed by Logan and Phillip of Shadowscape Pictures—translates that downward spiral into something suitably ugly and physical.

“What do you get when you mix a table full of pills, booze and some gnarly dudes with fat riffs? You get a downtrodden story of manipulation and ruin. Enter the music video for our sludge-fueled meltdown, ‘Downgrade.’

“Filmed meticulously by our friends Logan and Phillip from Shadowscape Pictures, they brought our vision and ideas to life. ‘Downgrade’ is only a small taste of what’s in store on our album Wilt. Get yourself a taste of ‘Downgrade,’ and then dive in on August 14 for the full album. See you all on the downside.”

—Jarret, vocals/guitar

Wilt is out August 14 and is available for preorder through the band’s Bandcamp page. For fans of Eyehategod, Crowbar, Acid Bath, Buzzov•en and Electric Wizard. Watch “Downgrade” below.

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