SICKWOOD releases its debut album, “May the Surface Be Condemned”!
Oct 20, 2026
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From the depths of Rome, a new beast crawls into the light: SICKWOOD. Formed in 2024, the trio will release their debut album "May the Surface Be Condemned" on November 20 via This Charming Man Records.
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.
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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. "May the Surface Be Condemned" was mixed and mastered by Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studio, with artwork done by Coito Negato, and will be out on November 20 via This Charming Man Records.
SICKWOOD are:
Mara Sverdrup - Bass & Vocals
Maurizio Fabio Fama - Guitars
Valerio Urbani - Drums
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