It’s been more than five years since Houston’s Architectural Genocide released their cataclysmic debut album, the raging brutality of Cordyceptic Anthropomorph, but time has not mellowed them or soothed the temperament of their inner beast. If anything, their long awaited second album is an even more dangerous, vicious creation that adds an unnerving, skin crawling terror to their trademark elixir of darkness and depravity. Prepare yourself for the fearsome assault of Malignant Cognition, out on January 16th, 2026 via Comatose Music!
About the new album
Opening with Precursor To Bloodshed, a litany of horrors over a nerve-grinding riff, there is a sense of suppressed violence, silently screaming to be unleashed… And that unleashing comes with Coercion Into Carnality, an irresistible weight that drags you down into a mire of torture and sickness, shifting from the methodical to the frenzied with the unpredictability of a broken mind.
From here the remorseless attack continues unabated – from the slow motion compression of the internal organs blended with lacerating savagery of Trophies For My Murders, to the surging, stabbing Zed Requiem – tormenting with a pitiless curiosity, devoid of empathy – on to the shocking climax of Stuffed Under Floorboards. This is perhaps the most potent combination of chilling atmosphere and punishing riffing that Architectural Genocide have yet invoked, a true monster of a song, meticulous in its dismembering delivery.
Encased in the superb artwork of Rudi Yanto and Den Yudi, the perfect visual depiction of the soul-eating madness within, Malignant Cognition will come out via Comatose Music on January 16th. Mixed and mastered at Southwing Audio for maximum impact, Malignant Cognition serves up a banquet of Architectural Genocide’s inimitable brutality. The New Year will begin with a brutal death metal holocaust!
Lineup:
Daniel Brockway – Vocals
Matt Day – Bass
Tom Savage – Guitar
Nat Conner – Drums
Tracklist:
1. Precursor to Bloodshed
2. Coercion Into Carnality
3. Leave It to Cleaver
4. Trophies for My Murders
5. Malicious Wager
6. Decent Deranged
7. Zed Requiem (Featuring Damonteal Harris of PeelingFlesh)
8. Stuffed Under Floorboards
