Survivalist
Title:A Place For Those Who Suffer, Alone
Label:Seek and Strike
30th January 2026
Survivalist don’t ease you into this record they drag you by the throat into their world of anguish, fury, and suffocating heaviness.
"A Place For Those Who Suffer, Alone" is not an album; it’s a psychological assault, a concrete block to the skull delivered with surgical precision by Gavin (vocals), Nick (guitars), Lee (bass), and Rhys (drums) a unit that sounds less like a band and more like a demolition crew with emotional trauma.
The opener “A Place for Those Who Suffer” sets the tone immediately: bleak, punishing, and dripping with the kind of despair that feels earned, not manufactured. Gavin’s vocals tear through the mix like a man exorcising every demon he’s ever swallowed, while Nick’s riffs grind forward like industrial machinery chewing through bone as the rhythm section of Lee and Rhys destroy the foundations!
Then comes “Radio Bleed ”, a track that hits with the subtlety of a sledgehammer to the sternum. The breakdowns don’t just drop they collapse, like the floor giving way beneath you. Survivalist understand weight, and they weaponise it.
"Deathbed” ft. Alex Koehler is a full‑force gut‑punch the kind of track that doesn’t just hit hard, it drags you under.
Koehler’s signature venom tears through the mix like a blade, turning the song into a collapsing cathedral of rage, breakdowns, and emotional ruin. This is the sound of a band refusing to go quietly into the dark.
"Speak Up" is where the band’s emotional venom really curdles. Aaron’s bass tone is a swamp monster dragging you under, while Ryan’s drumming is a relentless barrage tight, violent, and utterly unforgiving. This track feels like staring into a mirror you’ve been avoiding for years.
“Denial In Your Deception STOP PLS” It’s suffocating, cathartic, and disgustingly heavy. Survivalist don’t just write songs; they craft emotional punishments.
The album closes with “How Do I Stop Thinking About Death”, a bleak, atmospheric gut‑punch that leaves you staring at the wall, questioning your life choices. It’s the perfect ending not triumphant, not hopeful, just brutally honest.
Survivalist have delivered a record that feels like a therapy session conducted with a chainsaw. It’s raw. t’s merciless.
It’s the sound of a band who refuse to sugar‑coat the darkness.
If you want polished, pretty metal look elsewhere!
If you want truth, trauma, and riffs that hit like a brick to the jaw, A Place For Those Who Suffer, Alone is your new sanctuary.
The Metal Gods Meltdown APPROVES. IT RAWKS!
Review: Seb Di Gatto Score: 9/10
Reviewed: 20/01/26
SURVIVALIST ARE:
Gavin Sharp (vocals)
Nick Butcher (guitars)
Lee Shaw (bass)
Rhys Fraser (drums)
TRACKLIST:
1. A Place For Those Who Suffer, Alone
2. Radio Bleed
3. Failure Of Being
4. All Of Our Desires...
5. Deathbed ft Alex Koehler
6. Weaponised God Complex
7. Speak Up (Louder)
8. ...Ruined By Grief
9. Denial In Your Deception STOP PLS
10. ROT (Redux)
11. I, Tyrant
12. How Do I Stop Thinking About Death