UK Groove Metal Upstarts STRUCK/DOWN Announce Debut LP "Queue For The Cure"
- Jason Hesley
- Nov 9, 2025
- 1 min read
Following a streak of rough 'n' ready groovers, Kent-based groove metal outfit STRUCK/DOWN have shared details of their upcoming debut studio LP, Queue For The Cure, out 20th February, 2026 via self-release. The announcement also comes alongside a riff-heavy new single, titled "Leach", and a zany, tongue-in-cheek music video directed by Kiall Baker.
"Leach", is a ferocious, riffy and attitude-laden metal masterclass that deftly melds the world of the classic and the modern in effortless style. Discussing the themes of the track, the band states: ""Leach" is about today's abundance of fakery and fickle perspectives, artificial views, selfish uses of alleged kindness, a care coated sheep on a manipulative wolf."
They continue, ""Leach" points at bad friends and alien family, parasitic types exploiting the kind and the anxious, sometimes the perpetrator has no idea they are such, but addiction to pity is becoming more common, with a heavy symptom of draining their circle with self woe, painting it over every day that could be otherwise labelled as a gift."
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