CELL PRESS

track-list:
Adult Baptisms
Kissed by a Morose on Mont Royal
Original Uranium Baby
Dark Side of the North
JOI to the World
Disco Naps on the Devil’s Bedpost
Blue Royale
Recoil (A Collective Behaviour of Violence)
Things They Do in France

engineered by Sean Pearson (Cursed, Shallow ND, Fiftywatthead) @ Boxcar Sound Recording
additional guitars tracked at Unfamous Audio – engineered by Paul Edwards
mixed by Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City, Town Portal, Great Falls) @ Antisleep Audio
mastered by Carl Saff (Ken Mode, Blacklisters, Fu Manchu, Childbite) @ Saff Mastering

Cell Press are:
PQ – vocals
Sean Arsenian – guitar, vocals
Mark McGee – drums
Tristan Dorrington-Meehan – bass

discography:
2024 – Cages – LP
2021 – Split LP w/ Anthesis, Botfly, Greber & Clouds Become Oceans
2020 – Self-titled– EP

shared stage with:
Greber
Ken Mode
Frail Body
Diner Drugs
Fuck the Facts
Glowing Orb
Skumstrike

8/10″ – Exclaim!:
“From the grooves on ‘Piss Police’ to the odd-timed melodic chords of ‘Blacked Out in Verdun’, everything moves in unexpected ways. All of this is perfectly set to the backdrop of PQ’s uniquely cackled screams… Cell Press is a great sludge metal EP that reminds the listener of the best aspects of this sub-genre. This EP makes the future appear bright for what is to come from this band.”
The Sludgelord:
“You know that feeling, when you spin a new record for the first time and it just fucking destroys you? Well today I am happy to report, Cell Press outta Montreal have truly delivered the goods with their debut self titled EP. I mean fuck, is it any wonder this band rules, when they can boast members from the likes of The Great Sabatini, Biipiigwan, I Hate Sally, Architect. With their self-titled release, Cell Press give zero fucks about accessibility, instead they focus on delivering punishing aggression with a melting pot of sludge metal, noise rock, and grindcore.”
Cave Dweller Music:
“a perfect showcase of their unique sound and style and leaves you wanting to hear more from the band. Their total disregard for the limitations of genres and boundaries results in the EP blending noise, grindcore, sludge, punk, groove and dark ambient among other influences. They perfectly blend raw aggression with groove and melody and aren’t afraid to shift gears to play with ambience and noise.”
Metal Noise:
“Warm fuzzy guitar tones bring a touch of the Sabbath to ‘Piss Police’ with broken chords and momentary pauses giving the kind of sound that Raging Speedhorn look for to accompany the rampant venting screams of the vocals that unapologetically roar along during the montage.”
The Independent Voice:
“Cell Press’s debut self titled EP is definitely an interesting listen. I didn’t expect it to take me on the journey which it did. An aggressive sound runs throughout showing that this band don’t play by the rules, they’re making music the way they want to.”
Flying Fiddle Sticks:
“Noisy and enjoyable, I give this Cell Press effort high marks. I am a Punk fan from the beginning, and I hear those roots here, certainly in the attitude, even if the category is technically off. The disenfranchisement is very appealing. Recommended.”

‘Cages’ as a whole album is a collection of songs with different themes and vibes.
Written over the span of two years (2021-2022) when the world was changing rapidly as was our personal lives.
Certain peaks and valleys through those years influenced the songs and the songwriting.
The members of the band have individually recorded at Boxcar Sound Recording in Hamilton, Ontario with sound engineer Sean Pearson a combined total of one dozen times between this band and their other projects (The Great Sabatini, Swarm of Spheres & Cruickshank).
‘Cages’ is an angry, gritty unapologetic look at the world through our eyes and expressed through our voices and instrumentation for your ears.
Cell Press:
“We think (and hope) that folks who enjoyed our first EP will be pleased with this offering and the next evolution of our sound and auditory trajectory. We are trying to offer a full-length album with no filler from start to end and are appealing to our listeners to embrace an almost passe era where bands present collections of songs that are meant to be listened to altogether and that fit and tell a complete story, with each song being individual chapters to that story.”
The cover art is a painting made by guitarist Sean (aka Wurmzilla) depicting an inpatient in a psychiatric ward.
The style of the rendering is attempting to express the fragility and mania of the person, and some of the ideas in the songs.
‘Adult Baptisms’:
“Questioning modern media and misinformation in a world in which a tsunami of news and information bombards us every waking hour. What is real and what is not? ‘Adult Baptisms’ would refer to people developing a religious fervor and cult-like view based on lies influenced by the opinion of a news corporation or the editorial take of a media personality.”
‘Kissed by a Morose on Mont Royal’:
“Opining on the contagiousness of mood and depression and the cloudiness of perception when in such a state.”
‘Original Uranium Baby’:
“A dystopian tale set in the town of Elliot Lake, Ontario in the year 2088.”
‘Dark Side of the North’:
“Expressing fury over the lack of clean drinking water for the northern communities in Canada which has been promised and then ignored over several election cycles and calling for change now.”
‘JOI to the World’:
“This is a song about hopelessness and the acceptance that things will never get better.”
‘Disco Naps on the Devil’s Bedpost’:
“A song about addiction and pushing the line of consumption more and more. Testing and tempting death by sticking one’s finger right in its face, daring it to make the move.”
‘Recoil (A Collective Behaviour of Violence)’:
“Exploring and questioning American-made mass murder and gun culture, broken promises by politicians, and the willful blindness and gross ignorance of 2A advocates and political lobbyists.”
‘Things they do in France’:
“A song about lost love and what could have been had it not been so toxic.”
Cell Press is a Montreal-based band that formed in 2019.
They play a sort of burly noise-rock that leans more on the hardcore and metal side of the swamp.
They took their name from the 2001 Russian prison documentary ‘The Mark Of Cain’.
The brutal humanity of that film is reflected in the music… on the surface, it’s raw and punishing, but there are complexities and nuances revealed once the surface noise has been embraced.
Members have played in a myriad of punk, metal and hardcore bands such as The Great Sabatini, Biipiigwan, I Hate Sally, The Chariot, Animal Ethics, Architect, Swarm Of Spheres, and Angles.
‘Cages’ is their first full-length album, recorded at Boxcar Sound Recording in Hamilton, ON, and due out in early 2024.
“We are very happy to announce our first full-length album ‘Cages’. This album has been in the works for the last three years, taking two years to write and one year to record, mix, master, and find the right partners to work with on the release. This album jumps all over the place thematically from demanding clean drinking water for the people in the northern communities in Canada to dystopian fiction in which the radioactive bones of the dead are used as currency, to addressing the current state of ‘truth’ and what we consume as information on a daily basis and how it has been dividing society to the point that it is almost reminiscent of a holy war with men and political affiliations taking the place of gods. Despite this diversity in lyrical themes throughout the album, the music pulls it all together from start to finish with relentlessly punishing guitars and drums. The aesthetic of our cover art is once again designed and painted by our guitar player, Sean Arsenian (aka Wurmzilla) who has a real knack for visualizing what the music on our album would look like translated into art. We are very proud of this album and are looking very forward to releasing it to your ears!”