This is Martyr Defiled’s world, and you just live in it – if the self-released EP from the Lincoln based death metal mob is anything to go by. Combining huge anthemic riffs, disgusting breaks and neck snapping groove, Martyr Defiled have taken their jaws straight to the throat of all that they see wrong with the world - and they won’t let go until it bleeds out. Currently recording the next spine-shattering instalment to the Martyr Defiled saga, slated for a Q2 2014 release, the latest record ‘In Shadows’ comes from 5 years of notoriety and struggle - including touring with giants like The Black Dahlia Murder, Despised Icon and All Shall Perish. Martyr Defiled have earnt their right to smash their way through every venue put in front of them, bringing the kind of ferocious support from their fans that would make any west london hooligan firm proud. Originally signed to Thirty Days Of Night records, then picked up by Siege Of Amida Records to release their debut album Collusion, Martyr Defiled have rolled through the UK and continental Europe like a steamroller on steroids, and have no intention of stopping any time soon Reviews for In Shadows: ”..they certainly come up trumps in terms of sheer balls-to-the-wall deathcore heaviness. Galloping riffs, blast beat drumming, guttural vocals and monumentally bludegeoning breakdowns..blending to create a sound that suggests the band are well up to the challenge of taking on any more-hyped peers from across the atlantic” - 8/10 Big Cheese Magazine “..murderously contagious riffs and venomous lyrics pack an exhilarating punch, marking the quintet out for future acclaim” - 8/10Metal Hammer Magazine "Armed with their brute sonic artillery, it’s certainly safe to say that In Shadows is a beast made up of pulsating, neck-snapping, deathcore wonderment" - 9/10 Terroriser Magazine “The energy has increased two fold, the aggression is still unrelenting, the political attack is still on the forefront and though the instrumentation throughout is impressive, it sounds completely natural and intended to be” - 9/10 deadpress.co.uk “fun to hear something this in-your-face and visceral from this subgenre. You can easily image Martyr Defiled playing these tunes in their rehearsal space or a small club and sounding not too different from the record. That’s—here is that word again—fun” - 8/10 thisisnotascene.com Live Reviews: "Playing a brutal set of technical death metal with a hardcore punk edge, the Lincoln boys were tight, aggressive and brilliant" - 4/5 The Sunday Mail, September 2012 "Martyr Defiled up the ante with an all-action display of death metal fury. Vocalist Matt Jones paces back and forth like a caged lion with a roar to match, and as his bandmates pummel us with granite-hewn riffs, submission has never felt so good” - 9/10 Rocksound Magazine, June 2012 “They put their all into their performance, only for the audience (which makes the venue so packed that we had to leave through the bar and fight our way into the crowd) to give as much back in return, having one hell of a party” - Discovered Magazine, July 2012 “Martyr Defiled tear the mainstage a new one in the morning, inciting some seriously bizarre moves in the pit” - 4/5 Terrorizer.com, Hevy Music Festival Coverage “Pacing the stage with commanding swagger, frontman Matt Jones relentlessly urges the crowd to erupt. They do so accordingly, with the bounce of Nemesis surely damaging the foundations of the Barfly’s floor” KKKK - Kerrang Magazine, March 2012