Umbilicus is a new Floridian Retro Rock band that is made up of Death Metal royalty featuring drummer and lyricist of Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz, Taylor Nordberg (Inhuman Condition, The Absence, Fore) on guitar, Vernon Blake (Anarchus, Napalm Death [Live]) on bass, and vocalist Brian Stephenson (Fore, Old James). Watch a teaser from the band.

 

Mazurkiewicz says: “Umbilicus was formed in the summer of 2020 and driven by our love of rock and roll from the late 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s. I’ve been listening to well-known bands like Grand Funk, Bad Company and Steppenwolf and not-so-well-known bands like Sir Lord Baltimore and Lucifer’s Friend for the last 20 years or so now. The more I listened to these bands the more I wanted to play music like this. It is just so much fun to sit back and groove out and play by complete feel without beating my body down. To just play some pure hard rock! We composed 10 very cool songs throughout 2020 but the one piece of the puzzle was missing: an awesome voice to tie it all together. Enter Brian Stephenson! An amazing vocalist and lyricist that completed the lineup! I am so proud of what we have written and I can’t wait for the world to hear what we have to offer!”

 

The band is currently finishing up their debut album, yet-untitled, to be released in 2022. More details regarding track-listing, artwork, and release date will be announced soon. A teaser video is available below which features a short demo mix of a new song.

Umbilicus is:

Brian Stephenson – vocals

Paul Mazurkiewicz – drums

Vernon Blake – bass

Taylor Nordberg – guitar

Photo by Deidra Kling

 

Follow Umbilicus:

https://www.Facebook.com/Umbilicusfl

https://www.instagram.com/Umbilicus_official