Thomy Sloane holds down both bass and vocals in the visceral sludge-punk trio Batpiss. Their fourth album – and third release through Poison City Records – is titled There’s a Place in My Mind Where We All Burn Alive. True to its name, the record brims with the band’s signature wall of noise and cathartic, unrelenting energy. Yet amidst the sheer volume and abrasion, Batpiss carve out unexpected moments of beauty and introspection, flashes of vulnerability that shine through the thrash and fury.

Thomy Sloane, bassist and vocalist for Melbourne’s visceral sludge-punk trio Batpiss, has long been central to the band’s ability to channel chaos into something strangely magnetic. Their fourth album – and third for Poison City Records – There’s a Place in My Mind Where We All Burn Alive pushes that tension even further.
The record is dominated by the Batpiss trademark wall of noise: thick, distorted bass lines, punishing guitar riffs, and drums that feel like blunt-force trauma. It’s an album steeped in cathartic aggression, yet it’s never one-dimensional. Within the din, the band carves out passages of unexpected tenderness, where fractured melodies and spacious arrangements allow a glimmer of introspection to seep through.
This balance between ferocity and vulnerability is what makes the album compelling. At its most savage, it recalls the relentless drive of early sludge and hardcore; at its quietest, it gestures toward something more reflective, even fragile. 

Thomy Sloane joins Dr Gonzo to introduce the tracks from There’s a place in my mind where we all burn alive by Batpiss on And This One’s Introduced By… 

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