Canada’s CULLED w/ Members of MARES OF THRACE Honour TOMAS LINDBERG’s Legacy w/ Cover of DISFEAR’s “Deadweight”
Canada’s Culled are honouring one of their greatest influences, Tomas Lindberg, on the first anniversary of his passing on September 16th, 2025. To mark the moment, Culled, along with backing vocals from Thérèse “Trez” Lanz and Casey Rogers from Mares of Thrace, is releasing a ferocious cover of Disfear’s “Deadweight” from the 2008 album “Live the Storm.” Lindberg’s legacy stretches across metal and punk, fronting At The Gates, Grotesque, The Great Deceiver, Disfear, The Crown, Skitsystem, and the grindcore supergroup Lock Up.
His impact on extreme music is undeniable, but it’s Lindberg’s work with Sweden’s crust‑punk wrecking crew Disfear that resonates most deeply with Alberta’s sludge‑soaked grind unit Culled. Their tribute channels the raw, storm‑ridden energy that made “Live the Storm” a landmark, and reflects just how profoundly Lindberg’s voice shaped their own sonic identity.
“With the first anniversary of his passing from cancer coming up, we wanted to pay tribute to his legacy by recording a cover of the song “Deadweight”. Not only is this d-beat masterpiece a sonic triumph in the Disfear discography, but it’s also still very poignant in today’s charged climate, fits Culled’s stance lyrically and emotionally, and hits hard from the first verse into the chorus…
“Propagating, entertaining, Rewriting and censoring
Our history desecrated, adjust, adapt, obey
Teachers, media, politicians, and, yeah, your parents as well
Are either bought or just equally fucked
It’s a one-way communication, A deadweight population
It’s a one-way communication; I won’t conform, no fucking way! “ adds vocalist Shane Hawco.
Proceeds from Bandcamp digital downloads of “Deadweight” will be donated to The Alberta Cancer Foundation.
Bandcamp – https://culled.bandcamp.com/track/dead-weight
Culled is a Sludge/Doom Encrusted Grind band from Alberta, Canada, with members residing in Calgary & Edmonton. The band features members with a historical impact in the Western Canadian heavy music scene, including former and current members of bands such as Thorazine, Disciples of Power, WAKE, Exit Strategy, Broken Nose, Fuquored, Mass Distraction, Begrime Exemious, The Noumenon, Section VIII, Acantha, and Bestir.
Their latest EP “Psycles,” released in July 2024 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, was recorded with Rob Lawless at Lawless Recording, mixed by Jesse Gander at Rain City Studios, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege Mastering.
Album (CD / Digital/ Bundles) at https://www.
Music Video – “Halo of Flies” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx8ku0sjvHc
Music Video – “Coercion” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRu_Y0JQGC4
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/2VATxkdiw86kl9pBXMXw7E
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