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Belgian cinematic space-art rock project Jesus Cringe has released “Corpus Callosum,” the fourth single from their forthcoming debut album on Epictronic Records.

“Corpus Callosum” explores the fear of losing sovereignty over one’s own mind. Balancing between agony and ecstasy, the song drifts through fragmented memories, intrusive thoughts, and spiritual surrender, questioning whether identity can survive when the brain itself begins to feel unstable. Drawing its title from the neural bridge connecting the two hemispheres of the brain, the track unfolds like a dialogue between reason and instinct, control and transcendence.

The accompanying lyric visualizer evokes metamorphosis, mirroring the song’s obsession with transformation and psychic mutation. Through organic imagery and recurring symbols — seeds, branches, butterflies, magnetic formations, and shifting landscapes — the visuals suggest a body and mind in the process of becoming something unfamiliar. Rather than illustrating the lyrics literally, the visualizer operates as a fragmented inner world where memories, sensations, and symbols continuously reshape themselves; the empty film itself is an invitation to reflect.

Hypnotic repetitions such as “I’m just another branch on the tree, let the wind seize me” turn Corpus Callosum’s psychological fragility into a ritual of surrender, confronting discomfort not as destruction but as a passage toward change. Suspended between life forces, death, memory, and rebirth, the song captures the terrifying yet strangely liberating moment where the mind loosens its grip on control and allows itself to evolve into the unknown.”

“Corpus Callosum” is available now on all major streaming platforms.

Watch the visualizer music video:

Previous release:

Disastrology: Watch / Stream

“Unhinged Byproduct”:  Watch / Stream

“No Man’s Gland”: Watch / Stream

About Jesus Cringe

Jesus Cringe is a Belgian cinematic space-art rock project, rebuilt from the foundations of 22 for Silicon Alone. The project is built around philosophical storytelling and strong visual identities, and takes a deliberately unconventional approach to instrumentation — replacing the standard guitar/bass setup with violin and baritone saxophone. The result is a sound that sits outside any obvious genre bracket, drawing from avant-garde rock, pre-rock traditions, and sci-fi cinema.

The project signed to Epictronic Records in early 2023. Their debut album unfolds as a large-scale narrative work — part dystopian fable, part personal confession — and has generated coverage in Metal Shock Finland, Tinnitist, MHF Magazine, Headbangers News, and Prog Rock Journal, alongside airplay on Unsigned Radio UK, WTSQ FM, Nu Rock Radio, Diverse World Music Radio, and Rockers and Other Animals.

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Epictronic is pleased to announce the signing of mudd·shovel, an alternative rock trio from Cavan, Ireland, and the upcoming reissue of the band’s debut album Little White Hair.

mudd·shovel are a three-piece alternative rock band hailing from the heart of Cavan, Ireland. Blending raw guitar-driven energy with haunting melodies and intense lyricism, they craft a sound that feels both deeply familiar and completely their own. With influences ranging from grunge and post-punk to modern alt-rock, mudd·shovel deliver songs that hit hard and stay with you.

Formed out of a shared obsession with the dirtier side of rock and an instinct for storytelling, mudd·shovel isn’t just a name-it’s a reflection of their sound: heavy, honest, and unapologetically grounded. Whether on stage or in the studio, the trio brings an intensity that punches above their weight.
With their debut album “Little White Hair”, mudd·shovel are carving out their space in Ireland’s underground rock scene, one riff at a time.

“Little White Hair” is built on dense, riff-driven arrangements and a sense of urgency that never lets up. Guitars lean into a gritty, near-industrial edge, rooted in the heavier end of alternative rock, with a punk-like looseness underneath. The rhythm section anchors the chaos with grooves that feel deliberate and barely contained. Vocals cut through the mix like another instrument, shifting between confrontational and cathartic.

What distinguishes Little White Hair as a debut is its confidence. There’s no hesitation, no attempt to soften the sound for accessibility. mudd·shovel commit fully to distortion, tension, and abrasive intensity, while still finding room for flashes of melody and atmosphere that prevent the record from becoming one-dimensional. Those restrained moments don’t dilute the impact; they sharpen it.

Lyrically, the album moves through frustration, identity, and emotional unrest. The push and pull between structure and chaos mirrors the subject matter, giving the record a cohesive core even as the sound veers into unpredictable territory.

The production is deliberately unpolished, closer to live-wire performance than studio gloss. In a landscape of over-refined rock releases, that roughness is a strength.

Little White Hair is a statement of intent. mudd·shovel know exactly what they want to sound like, and they don’t apologize for it.

Check out the album’s teaser:

The Alchemy in the band:

Shawn Hicks (guitar/vocals): A veteran of the riff, chasing new sonic horizons.

Garreth Tackney (bass/production): Formerly of Shouting at Planes, now sculpting low-end thunder.

David Mulligan (drums): A fusion of jazz finesse and rock fury, the heartbeat of the storm.

Epictronic is thrilled to announce the official signing of Germany’s rising alternative/nu-metal powerhouse, GREYLINE, to its global roster. This partnership kicks off today with the release of their second single, “Outside,” a precursor to the band’s highly anticipated debut album slated for mid-November 2026.

GREYLINE’s music deals directly with mental struggles, self-doubt, and the search for stability, offset by recurring themes of hope, self-discovery, and personal strength. Their sound draws on the weight and urgency of early 2000s nu-metal: heavy guitar riffs, driving drums, and vocals that shift between vulnerability and raw intensity, updated into a contemporary format without losing the directness that defined the genre.

The single “Outside” takes on the experience of being stuck in a repetitive daily routine, the feeling of moving through the same loop without relief, and the moment of breaking out of it. Stepping outside. Noticing that clarity and space were there all along.

The single follows the band’s debut release, the first single Voices and sets the tone for what to expect from the upcoming album.

Stream “Outside” orcd.co/greylineoutside

Epictronic is pleased to announce the signing of Italian progressive metal band GanEden. The label will reissue the band’s debut album, Gan Eden, marking their first release under the Epictronic imprint.

GanEden was formed in Trento in 2023. The four-piece — Davide Battisti (drums), Andrea Gottoli (guitars), Morena Dallapiccola (vocals), and Carlo Mirabassi (bass), plays progressive metal built on structural complexity and a range of genre influences, spanning aggressive riffing to atmospheric, introspective passages.

“Gan Eden” is a concept album that revisits the Book of Genesis through a speculative lens: Adam and Eve not as divine creations, but as genetic experiments conducted by a higher intelligence. Expelled from the Garden of Eden, they encounter violence, moral failure, and the weight of human imperfection. The album follows both the subjects and their creators as each side confronts what went wrong: Adam and Eve attempting to reach their makers, the creators watching their experiment unravel. The record moves between dense, heavy arrangements and quieter, more ethereal sections, using the full range of progressive metal to map the emotional arc of the story.

A preview of the album is available via the official audiostream for “Eva”: