Debut album, “May The Surface Be Condemned”, out on November 20th!
Formed in 2024, SICKWOOD conjure a sound they call ‘Necromantic Stoner-Doom’: thick, sludgy, and crushingly heavy, carried by walls of Orange amps and dense, persistent fuzz. Over this low-end, shadow-drenched instrumental landscape, a female voice moves effortlessly between hauntingly clean melodies and feral growls.
Lyrically, the band draws listeners into a world suspended between the psychedelic and the monstrous; a dark, metaphor-laden critique of the modern world system, inhabited by chthonic deities and enchanted woods.
Born from a fateful meeting between Maurizio Fabio Fama (guitars) and Mara Sverdrup (bass/vocals) in December 2024, the lineup was completed when Valerio Urbani (drums) joined on drums in September 2025. After a series of live shows in their hometown of Rome, the trio entered the studio to record the band’s full-length album.
“May the Surface Be Condemned” was mixed and mastered by renowned sound architect Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studio (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour of Penance), with visually arresting artwork provided by Coito Negato.
With “May the Surface Be Condemned”, SICKWOOD establish themselves as one of the most promising new voices in the Italian doom scene – heavy, eerie, and uncompromising.
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