Party Cannon have regurgitated their latest dose of absurd extremity with Subjected To A Partying, an amusing play on Dying Fetus’ Subjected To A Beating and the newest statement of intent from Scotland’s most chaotically unhinged export.
Party Cannon – Subjected To A Partying EP
Release Date: Out Now
Words: Matty Hunter
Formed in 2010, Party Cannon have built their reputation on pairing punishing, old-school-inspired slam brutality with their own riotous creativity and a colourful, party-fuelled aesthetic that emphatically works.
The band have evolved into one of Extreme Metal’s most recognisable bands, and their growing stature in the modern landscape is impossible to ignore.
Releasing via Unique Leader Records, the nine-track EP delivers crushing slam riffs, remixed cuts, two live tracks and of course, the band’s signature sense of fun. It is available on all major platforms, and can be ordered on CD, vinyl and amusingly, on Nintendo 64 as well, and that particular platform has already sold out on pre-orders.
“We are going where no slamming Death Metal band has before, Nintendo 64,” Party Cannon bassist Clankenstein said. “That’s right, it’s time to get N or get out. To celebrate Daryl ‘The Frogman’ Boyce’s first release as our new vocalist, we decided to make it something truly special, and there’s nothing more special than a console whose lifespan ended in 2001.
“Vominic Stonebones painstakingly designed and ported the cartridge himself. The Frogman sounds like unfettered pressurised sewerage pouring all over these tracks, and we couldn’t be happier with how disgusting these vocals are. It’s a new era of Party Slam.
“It’s been a mental year for Party Cannon. Played every festival ever, toured non-stop, new vocalist, the official addition of a skull man to the band. So we wanted to give you all a taste of the new low the band has sunk to, rather than making you wait seven years for a new album (again).
“We took a slightly different approach to writing this EP. We distilled our sound down to its four main components, slam, goregrind, early 2000s brutal Death Metal, and NYDM and wrote a song that focused on each of those styles while still retaining the Party Slam sound.
“So, one song is slam-focused, one is goregrind, etc. As a spicy treat, we also invited some of our friends to join in on the dumbassery. The EP features remixes from low IQ legends Kmac2021, Frontierer and Ritual Studio.”
Subjected To A Partying opens with Parisian Bed Bug, which is a brutal track that leaves a little introduction to Party Cannon, whether that is for a first-time listener or an OG fan. The track is one that does not let up on killer riffs, the best drumming on the record, in my opinion, and it has several humorous samples, which, for me, I am a huge fan of.
Track two is my favourite track that Party Cannon have released to date. Thirst Trap officially dropped as a single on 13 June 2025, and fans who caught Party Cannon live in the second half of last year will have heard this song played. I heard it live when they supported Nekrogoblikon in September, and I could not help but have a smile on my face the whole time as I admired the spectacle and listening assault that it was.
It is whimsical as ever, and despite only being two minutes long. It has a chaotic song structure, and every element of the track makes for a great listen, and it is already a fan favourite at their live shows.
The following song is High Tariff Behaviour, which also dropped last June and has already been played live on many shows that the band have done since. It opens with a hilarious sample of Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants exclaiming, “Good grief, he’s naked”, before bursting into a cacophony of noise for four minutes.
It is brutally slamming and keeps you engaged for its duration, and for anyone who has never listened to the band before, it is a perfect example of what their music is about.
Improper Use Of A Speculum is next, which was dropped last Halloween as a treat for the fans, and the musicianship on this one is particularly admirable, with Martin Gazur’s snare sound being filthy. Clocking in at just under five minutes in length, it makes you want to mosh and is again a highlight of Party Cannon’s set of late.
The lyrics for this song make you feel for the person who has suffered this unfortunate event with the surgical instrument. I will let you look them up.
Tracks 5-7 are remixes, and they add even more chaos to the already hectic tracks. Thirst Trap (Kmac2021 remix) is heightened with elements of drum & bass and techno, but it just works. Low IQ Behaviour (Frontier Remix) follows in the same vein and is full of welcome surprises. The final remixed track, High Tariff Overture (Ritual Remix), further highlights the insane vocal talent of Daryl and is chaotic as hell.
Finally, the EP closes with two live tracks, both from a show in 2025 in their home country of Scotland, in Glasgow, only about 40 miles away from their hometown of Dunfermline. These are High Tariff Behaviour (Live in Glasgow 2025) and Human Slime (Live in Glasgow 2025), the latter of which is a track from the band’s latest album Injuries Are Inevitable.
The two songs highlight the humour of the band, marring spewing vocals with blunt precursors about the songs’ meaning and even an order for the crowd to perform a push-up pit at one, and I can vouch that this is great to see live.
This EP will drop less than a month before Party Cannon teams up with New York slam institution Internal Bleeding, with support from slam heavyweights in Guttural Slug, for the UK/IE Vomitour, which will steamroll its way across the UK and Ireland in April, into the start of May.
Billed as “the dumbest tour of the year,” the trek will see Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding trading headline-length sets each night, promising high-tariff behaviour and extreme IQ loss in equal measure.
Bassist Clankenstein says the band have put together “a lineup that can only be described as the epoch of barbarity” and recommends that fans wear a helmet, because injuries at these shows are pretty much inevitable.
I will be in attendance on the first night of the tour in Newcastle. Stay tuned for my review of what is sure to be a chaotic, IQ-lowering concert.
Tour tickets are on sale now via linktr.ee/PartyCannonUK. Subjected To A Partying is out now via Unique Leader Records. For more details, visit party-cannon.com.
