Crawling Through Tartarus Biography

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CRAWLING THROUGH TARTARUS 

“THE ULTIMATE BREATH OF FRESH AIR WITH METAL!”

- Breakdown Central

“It is fair to say, their sound is as fiery as the Hades their moniker refers to, and is chock full

of relentless heaviness with nary a let up.”

- Ghost Cult Magazine

Tartarus (Ancient Greek: Τάρταρος, Tártaros) The deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of

torment and suffering for the wicked and was the prison for the Titans. The Bands message tells

us of Greek mythology and the dark and brutal stories of the gods. The group’s heavy and

dynamic sound along with their resonating live performances helped the band quickly rise to

prominence.

Crawling Through Tartarus roared to life in 2019 and shortly after that the group released their

first song “Ballad of the Fallen'', and their follow-up single “Hell’s Kitchen”. This was the first from

a fresh new face in the metal scene. Crawling Through Tartarus is a death metal band from the

heart of southern California that packs a mean punch. The band follows a Greek mythology

theme within their music, packed with heavy hitting riffs, brutal breakdowns, and earth shaking

percussion that hits in all the right spots. Crawling Through Tartarus is one of those bands that

will catch your attention from the get-go and will pull you in further with each listen. In 2020, they

took to the road making appearances at multiple venues across the Southern California scene.

Crawling Through Tartarus has quickly gained a favorable reputation for their high energy live

performances, brutal and invigorating studio recordings, and good branding.The heavy hitting

group’s latest single “Medusa’s Gaze'' helped catapult the group into 2022 by being the first

track off their EP titled “Libations” in 2022. The EP serves its purpose by showcasing how, with

each release, that this band is on the right path. Crawling Through Tartarus is a very talented

death metal band that evolves very rapidly with each release, tightening their dynamic as a

band and proves that this band is a powerhouse that is rising from California.

In line with their name, having dragged themselves up from the underworld of recovering

from a shooting that occurred during a live set, injuring vocalist Matt, Crawling Through

Tartarus have paid more than a penny to the ferryman to cross back over the River Styx to

the land of the living, and return with their debut self-titled full-length album in February of

2024, two years after the Libations EP launched them . It is fair to say, their sound is as fiery

as the Hades their moniker refers to, and is chock full of relentless heaviness with nary a let

up. Straddling the line between contemporary Death Metal and Deathcore, the quintet

certainly know what they’re doing.

“The Beast Within”, placed midway through the thirty-minute pummelling, flies out the traps,

powered by drummer Joseph, then hits a slab-heavy groove, before the latter-part jags into

some early-Gojira rhythmic juddering and once again picking the ante back up and the

pummelling commences again. “The Fall Of Atlas” has a melancholic sepia tone to its

staccato punch, and “Into The Depths” sees Matt slither where the slime lives, as CTT hit

some slippery Strapping Young Lad grooves.

Guitar / Kevin Corbeil

Guitar / Daniel Jones

Bass / Argyris Malliaros

Vocals / Saul Trejo

Drums / Joseph Wandsburg