Durham, N.C.-based Doom/Sludge Metal band Doomsday Profit is proud to announce the release of their latest single, “The South Will Sink.” Mixing their usual vitriol with a more complicated range of emotions, propelled by elegantly melancholy guitar leads, the song offers a nuanced take on “Southern” Sludge, evoking bands like Crowbar, Thou, or Corrosion of Conformity.
Thematically, the song imagines a South lost to a rising ocean, viciously celebrating the cleansing floods that might finally wash away the region’s lingering history of racial violence and white supremacy, while also leaving room to mourn the loss of the land and the culture born out of it.
Stream “The South Will Sink” via the YouTube player below:
Regarding the song, frontman Bryan Reed offers the following:
Here’s to the coldest summer of the rest of our lives!
I’ve introduced “The South Will Sink” with that same quip dozens of times while sweat pours into my eyes on stage. And, yeah, the song’s about climate change and sea-level rise. It’s also about burying the white-washed stories of Confederate “glory” and the “Lost Cause” myth, and all the lingering effects of our rancid past that hang in the air like a bad smell that won’t go away. But truth be told, I love being from North Carolina. I love biscuits and barbecue (pulled pork, with vinegar-based sauce, to be clear) and Cheerwine. I love that our musical history includes icons from the worlds of jazz, blues, rock ‘n’ roll, folk, metal, and punk. I love the mountains and the Outer Banks. I love that our state’s history includes major Civil Rights sit-ins and our local lore embraces everything from Blackbeard to Bigfoot. There’s a lot I’ll miss when the ocean swallows us up. And that’s really what “The South Will Sink” is about: that bittersweet and complicated tension of welcoming the cleansing flood that will drown all the monuments to hate, but also mourning for what will be washed away with it. I hear that mix of emotions in the melodies Kevin wrote for the song and the dynamic shifts it carries from righteous rage to a sort of melancholic resignation in the bridge. That’s what it means to me, anyway. I hope you enjoy the song, and find something in it that speaks to you. And maybe have a nice cold glass of sweet tea. It’s hotter’n a two dollar pistol out there, and only getting hotter!
Purchase the track on Bandcamp: https://doomsdayprofit.bandcamp.com/track/the-south-will-sink
Promoting the release of their recent singles, including “The South Will Sink,” and in advance of the band’s official album release in September, Doomsday Profit has announced a handful of regional dates, including a three-day run in July with Bronco (ex-Toke; Magnetic Eye Records) and stops at Asheville Doomed & Stoned Fest and Tampa Doom & Gloom Fest II. All dates listed below.
Summer 2025 Shows:
July 11: Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor — with Bronco & Cosmic Reaper (Tickets)
July 12: Asheville, NC – Sly Grog Lounge — Asheville Doomed & Stoned Fest (More Info | Tickets)
July 13: Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 — with Bronco, Üga Büga, Greenhead (Tickets)
Nov. 1-2: Tampa, FL – Deviant Libation — Tampa Doom and Gloom Fest II (More Info | Tickets)