Six-member wrecking crew Psycho-Frame are thrilled to announce their debut album “Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother”. The album arrives on July 25th, 2025, via SharpTone Records.
Drawing influence from classic American death metal while channeling a chaotic, present-day urgency, the band’s sound is as deliberate and technical as it is aggressive.
To mark the occasion the band has shared the video for “Blueprints For Idol Genocide”. Watch it below.
The track will grab you by the nape of your neck and throttle you from start to finish with its djent-y, deathcore rhythms and crawled-outta-hell-and-went-back-for-a-visit vocals.
“It’s a song about bad actors in the community”, says vocalist Michael Sugars. “I see people moving in weird ways. So, I’ll keep my distance and let God sort ‘em out while I do my thing”.
The album is also a bit of a commentary on society and how one should navigate their place within it.
Guitarist/vocalist Hunter Young comments: “So many people are looking for someone to save them. No one is coming to save you at the end of the day though. That’s where ‘Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother’ comes in. You’re on your own”.
No truer words!
Pre-order & pre-save “Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother” here.
Tracklist:
1. Blueprints for Idol Genocide
2. Inverted Spear of Heaven
3. The Portal
4. Black_wave Ii
5. Endless Agonal Devotion
6. Apocalypse Through Lysergic Possession
7. I Won’t Be There to Watch You Go
8. Filleted and Fucked [s.o.l.]
9. God is Busy
10. Still Water Salvation
11. Neuro++Terror
Viscerally technical, and crushingly heavy, Psycho-Frame are comprised of several veterans of metal’s various sub-genres with a purpose of creating aggressive and immolating music. What began as a casual collaboration between Hunter Young, of Moodring, and Michael Sugars, formerly of Vatican, quickly grew into something more serious. Both were getting off tours with their respective bands and playing games together. “The more that happened the more we said, ‘Let’s make something that we actually want to hear’”. The result was a series of early releases that gained fast traction.
Debut single “24 Hours Left” arrived in April 2023, followed two highly acclaimed EPs — “Remote God Seeker” in May 2023 and “Automatic Death Protocol” in December 2023. The “FEED” double single dropped in early 2025, while the band also landed on Revolver’s list of “Top 5 Deathcore Bands Right Now”.
Psycho-Frame recorded the new album throughout 2024, with a focus on clarity, heaviness, and a refusal to overcomplicate the message.
The vision is clear: make a record that hits hard and says exactly what it means.
Line-up:
Michael Sugars — Vocals
Hunter Young — Guitar + Vocals
Aiden ‘Dave’ Bessent — Guitar
Jordan Crain — Guitar
Colter Cuthbertson — Vocals
Leo McClain — Drums
