Entology by Vile Ent

“Entology” the first full length album by Vile Ent, has been long in the making. Work on the anthology album first began in late 2019, and things generally exploded on many levels for the band members, even before the lockdown culture of 2020. But that unfortunate period of time did indeed essentially halt work on the album, for whatever bizarre reasons at that time, until further notice so to speak. Once work on the album resumed, it began to take shape in a very interesting way.

Entology is an anthology of Vile Ent’s recordings originating in 2009 up to 2024 - meanwhile taking a few looks at still older recordings which serve as the roots of Vile Ent, you could say. Most are brief snippets of wildness, while “Cyclopiceia” is almost seven minutes worth of insanity by pre-Vile Ent outfit Violent Christ. The earliest Vile Ent tunes “Slashthroat” and “The Violence” are placed at the beginning, but this anthology isn’t necessarily chronological. By “Brainless Heads”, we have moved up to 2020 and a dual vocal assault from Vile Ent and Squelch Chamber/Cold Seeps vocalist Jay Snyder. After which the twists and turns in Vile Ent history are many and varied. And unpredictable…Eventually we find ourselves brought up to the present with another Vile Ent collaboration with guitarist/programmer GAUZE (formerly MrBUMP), “Escape From Planet X”. About real UFO experiences. This science non-fiction epic devolves into “Sonic Avalanche” which hurls random, mangled drum solos into a deranged ditty headed by Snyder’s vocals and acid-tinged guitar by Griff (The Cold Seeps, Sollubi), and wild ass saxophone by Steve Jacobs (Braddock Brothers).

Further madness erupts with Griff again on “Manifesto” and then, POW, into the alternate version of “Brogrammer”, originally on Vile Ent’s “Morning Wood” EP (2018). Conjuring visions of smoke rings spiralling in a haze of DMT, we are then led to the pit of defiant wounding with Jay Snyder’s “Senile Agitation” and the Hard-Rockin’ “My Blood Is Not Free.”

So, if wondering why the first Vile Ent full length is an anthology, it is because this first album may be the last. What? Well, we shall see, what the Ent future brings…

Tracklist

1.	Introduction	0:23

2.	Slashthroat	5:23

3.	The Violence	2:44

4.	Brainless Heads	5:40

5.	No Fucks To Give	0:22

6.	Slashthroat (remix)	5:05

7.	Trite Deviations	2:12

8.	Cyclopiceia	6:42

9.	The Death Of Canada	1:14

10.	Escape From Planet X	4:12

11.	Sonic Avalanche	4:01

12.	Shrunken Head	0:37

13.	Manifesto	0:46

14.	Brogrammer - alternate version	4:12

15.	Senile Agitation	5:32

16.	My Blood Is Not Free	5:18

Credits

released October 4, 2024

Main members:

Vile Ent - Lead and Backing Vocals, Programming, Keyboards, Bass, Drums
Jay Snyder - Lead and Backing Vocals
Dare2Funk - Guitars, Programming, Bass, Keyboards

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