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DSGNS "Nothing Is Waiting For Us"

"Nothing Is Waiting For Us" was released in 2024 as the first DSGNS release written collaboratively with Daniel Maldonado on vocals.

More aggressive and immediate than earlier work, the record pushes the band’s sound into a rawer and more volatile space while maintaining its underlying precision. The compositions reflect a tighter, more unified approach, shaped by a fully realized lineup writing with clear intent.

"Nothing Is Waiting For Us" captures DSGNS in a more complete and controlled state, where intensity and structure are no longer in tension but fully aligned.

Track listing:

  1. Bloom (Music Video)
  2. Dark Cloud
  3. Ghost Runner
  4. Second Death

Released in 2024

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DSGNS "Ceremony"

"Ceremony"was recorded and released in 2020 as the first DSGNS release to feature Daniel Maldonado on vocals.

The music was written prior to his involvement, with Maldonado contributing all lyrics and vocal performances. Recorded more than a decade after his last release, the project marks a return to heavy music during a period of personal transition, capturing a renewed sense of urgency and presence.

"Ceremony" reflects a re-entry rather than a beginning, documenting a moment where past experience and new context converge.

Track listing:

  1. Crooked Teeth
  2. Dead Husk
  3. Zealot (Music Video)
  4. Ceremony
  5. Hungry Tombs
  6. Bolter

Released in 2020

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Thumbscrew "Enlightenment"

"Enlightenment" was released as a limited 2xLP pressing, compiling All Is Quiet and Within Hearts of Redemption for the first time on vinyl.

Issued years after the original recordings, the release revisits the complete body of work in a new format, presenting it with expanded artwork and physical detail. The pressing captures a period of output that was originally confined to the early 2000s underground, now preserved in a more permanent and deliberate form.

"Enlightenment" reframes the material as a complete collection, documenting the full scope of Thumbscrew’s recorded work.

Track listing:

  1. Fighting Wonders
  2. The Stuff Movies Are Made Of
  3. A Thought For You
  4. Grumpy
  5. Second Place Treat
  6. 602
  7. Is That You Duke Raul
  8. On To Better Things
  9. Enter The Drag Queen
  10. Most Well Know Stranger
  11. Did You Get Everything You Wanted
  12. Maliscent
  13. Be Prepared, Dig In
  14. A.I.M. Plays A Big Role In Her Life
  15. Title Song (A Little Black Heart)

Released in 2020

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Thumbscrew "Within Hearts of Redemption" EP

"Within Hearts of Redemption" EP was recorded and released in 2006 as a follow-up EP from Thumbscrew, continuing the project’s evolution within the early 2000s underground.

Written largely on the road and tracked over a single weekend, the release captures a band operating at full intensity. More chaotic, more aggressive, and more refined than earlier work, it reflects a period where performance, precision, and direction fully aligned. The compositions push further into technical and volatile territory, while maintaining the raw immediacy that defined the project.

"Within Hearts of Redemption" EP stands as a concentrated snapshot of that moment, documenting a version of Thumbscrew that had become fully realized.

Track listing:

  1. Did You Get Everything You Wanted
  2. Maliscent (Music Video)
  3. Be Prepared, Dig In (Music Video)
  4. A.I.M. Plays A Big Role In Her Life (Music Video)
  5. Title Song (A Little Black Heart)

Released in 2006

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Thumbscrew "All Is Quiet"

"All Is Quiet" was recorded and released in 2004 as the debut full-length from Thumbscrew, a mathcore and technical hardcore project rooted in the early 2000s underground.

Defined by dissonance, irregular structure, and an unpolished intensity, the record reflects the fractured sound of the Myspace-era scene. It marks an early stage in Daniel Maldonado’s musical output, capturing a period shaped by experimentation and instability.

Track listing:

  1. Fighting Wonders
  2. The Stuff Movies Are Made Of
  3. A Thought For You
  4. Grumpy
  5. Second Place Treat
  6. 602
  7. Is That You Duke Raul (Music Video)
  8. On To Better Things
  9. Enter The Drag Queen
  10. Most Well Know Stranger

Released in 2004

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Thumbscrew "Beauty Is You Dead" Demo

"Beauty Is You Dead" was originally recorded and released in 2003 as an early demo from Thumbscrew, marking Daniel Maldonado’s first recorded vocal performance with the project.

Initially distributed as a limited CD-R, the material captures a formative stage defined by raw execution and early experimentation. Several compositions would later reappear in a more developed form on "All Is Quiet", linking the release directly to the band’s subsequent output.

Reissued in 2023 with proper packaging and artwork, "Beauty Is You Dead" documents the origin of the project in its most immediate and unrefined state.

Track listing:

  1. Second Place Treat
  2. Fighting Wonders
  3. The Stuff Movies Are Made Of
  4. Most Well Know Stranger

Released in 2023

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