Influenced by classic Florida death metal, but seasoned with BOLT THROWER and PANTERA’s Texas groove, THROAT LOCUST seeks to create extreme music with a broad appeal. The new EP Dragged Through Glass was unleashed on January 6th, 2023.

Throat Locust became an idea at the beginning of 2022 with the drive to play fast and heavy death metal but keeping the groove that Texas lays down. The original concept came out at the end of 2021 when Eric and his friends attended Knotfest in Iowa (it was insane – Eric) and the main draw was to get his friends into GATECREEPER which would be their first time seeing them. After their set and watching his buddies turn into high school kids once again in the pit and loving life he decided that’s what he wanted to do, create a band that invokes that spirit and fun of metal. The next day they were walking around downtown Des Moines talking about the show and that’s when the band was conceived. When returning to Corpus Christi that’s when the work began looking for musicians that have that same dream and writing music. About halfway into 2023 musicians Gil Perez, Adrian Cavazos and Rob Cantu joined the band and the music started gaining its foothold. Alex Gregory was already a friend of Eric’s other band SWITCHBLADE JESUS and merch handler and was a part of the song structure in the beginning of THROAT LOCUST as him and Eric traded audio and riffs building up the structure of THROAT LOCUST.

THROAT LOCUST produce merciless death metal that emerges straight out of the impending doom. The sheer monstrous power of their sound is immense. Dragged Through Glass showcases an epic insight into the quintet’s heavy realms. THROAT LOCUST is sure to appeal to lovers of the guttural.

It was my pleasure to have Eric to talk on the EP and much more, Check out the below YouTube video for the complete coverage.