Saturday, October 4, 2025

Stillbirth | Survival Protocol | Reigning Phoenix Music

 

Release Date: October 31, 2025
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl
Genre: Slam/Death Metal
Country: Germany

Stillbirth has been around long enough to earn the status of veterans, but their music never lost its violent, tongue-in-cheek edge. With “Survival Protocol,” the German slam horde continues its path of destruction, and this time they’ve tied their sound to a dystopian concept. It is Stillbirth in their most massive, destructive form, an album that roars with carnage while throwing in enough grooves and absurd fun to keep it infectious.


The production is huge, modern, and tailored to the band’s feral style. Guitars are chainsaws tuned low enough to rattle your teeth, drums hit like gunfire, and the vocals of Lukas Swiaczny remain a monstrous mix of gutturals and screams. Stillbirth has always been about extremity that blurs the line between chaos and celebration, and that’s exactly what “Survival Protocol” delivers. There’s a lot of groove in songs like “Throne Of Bones” and “Cult Of The Green,” perfect for pit anthems, while tracks such as “Kill To Rule” and “Apex Predator” go for relentless blasting. The title track “The Survival Protocol” packs everything into one compact strike, with breakdowns heavy enough to level buildings.


What makes this album stand out in their discography is how balanced it feels between savagery and fun. Stillbirth keeps their tongue-in-cheek spirit alive while dropping some of their heaviest riffs to date. There’s no need to overthink it – this is pure chaos designed for maximum destruction. It’s the sound of a band that knows exactly how to throw a party at the end of the world. “Survival Protocol” is an album that should please diehard fans of slam and brutal death metal, while still being wild enough to drag newcomers into the pit. It’s devastating, it’s groovy, and it’s defiantly Stillbirth.

Score: 8.3

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