With their latest release Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned, North Carolina doom metal band Cosmic Reaper has stepped into a darker, heavier realm. We sat down with bassist Garrett Garlington to talk about the band’s creative direction, the mythic backstory behind the track Blood Feather, gear talk, and even hypothetical alien abductions.

Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned is available now on streaming platforms and physical formats via [Heavy Psych Sounds Records and Spotify]. Follow Cosmic Reaper on [Bandcamp/Facebook/Instagram] for tour dates and doom updates.

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