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We exist to bring you the most extreme music known to man. EST. 2014 We pride ourselves on looking after our customers and our artists!

Founded in 2014 by Matt Turkington, Vicious Instinct Records came out swinging by signing Vulvodynia, Internal Devour and Before The Harvest in its first year of business. Over the years Vicious Instinct Records has become a household name and built a reputation second to none. We exist to bring you the most extreme music and merch known to man.

11/06/2026

𝕯𝖗𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖙𝖍 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊.

Tribal Gaze’s sophomore album ‘Inveighing Brilliance’ is one of the best death metal albums I’ve heard in recent memory, and I wanted to do another merch run to honour it ⚔️

There’s something in the water in Texas man, so many sick bands coming out of there.

Always good to work with ᴍᴜʜᴀᴍᴍᴀᴅ ғᴜʀǫᴏɴ on the artwork, he gets the vision and smashed it once again!

Pre-orders are open for 14 days and most of this is already in production. All merch is completely custom made from the ground up, nothing but the best around here ❤️

08/06/2026

Just a bit of violence 💀

Always trying to run different designs for the store and pumped on how these turned out. 10 colour screen prints, nothing but the best quality s**t!

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03/06/2026

One of the craziest longsleeves we’ve ever done!

These sold out almost instantly and we’ve been getting hit up from people who missed out and want to have this part of their collection.

We are going to run these again which means the total amount made will be 150 units. No pre-orders, available in July!

This will be the case for all of our merch from now on.

To date, we have been keeping everything super limited but I think 150 is a fair number. It allows us to service the demand, but also keeps with our limited edition model.

Much love 💀

01/06/2026

VICIOUS INSTINCT x SLAUGHTERCULT 🇦🇺💀

Vicious Instinct Records is very proud to welcome Slaughtercult to the roster! This signing marks the full, official return of the label, and we couldn’t think of a better way to kick off this next chapter.

Slaughtercult is an Australian brutal death metal band that combines caveman slams with traditional death metal riffing to create a most violent sound. Their relentlessly aggressive live performances, coupled with their unwavering commitment, have seen the band grow into one of the country’s fastest-rising underground exports.

Their upcoming sophomore full-length album, DEVOURED BY PERVERSION, represents the band’s growth and is their most refined work to date.

Cover art and tracklisting will be unveiled soon 👀

Here is what the band had to say about joining the Vicious Instinct Records family:

“We are stoked to be joining Vicious Instinct and are grateful to be a part of their lineup alongside so many incredible bands. We can’t wait for everyone to hear our new material through Vicious Instinct!” - Sean

Slaughtercult is:
Jed (Guitar/Vocals)
Sean (Bass/Vocals)
Matt (Drums)

29/05/2026

Last weekend was unreal! I’ve never been more excited about the future of death metal in this country and Vicious Instinct will do everything we can to support it.

Check out these set snippets of Crime Spree Algor Mortis & DISENTOMB💀

Big thanks to Ewan from Ungrateful Dead Promotions for putting it on, and Laura and Alex for all of their help ❤️

27/05/2026

We have restocked the store!

All leftover Defeated Sanity, Tribal Gaze, DISENTOMB & INGESTED merch is available.

Run it up 💀

21/05/2026

You may have noticed the store is looking a little empty…

That’s because we are on the way to Melbourne and are bringing 96kg of merch with us! Who are we are seeing at the Death Fest this weekend?

We are also bringing the event merch, and this sick design we printed for 🩸

All orders from the last 48 hours have been shipped, and any orders made over the weekend will ship when we return!

Thanks for backing Vi 💀

13/05/2026

Disentomb ‘Sepulchral Spires’ longsleeves, tees and hats are shipping now!

We are still finishing up the hoodies and sweatpants, but they are nearly done. There’s a tonne of these to pack, so give us a little bit of time, we’re just a 2 person team.

Leftover stock will go up on the website next week. No reprints 💀

08/05/2026

Happy release day to INGESTED ‘Denigration’ is out now and it absolutely rips! Vicious Instinct is very proud to be helping them spread the sickness with the world ❤️

For nearly two decades, Ingested have stood as one of the UK’s most uncompromising forces in extreme metal. With this new offering, the band enter a new era. A sharpened, more focused version of the band is the result, whilst still honouring the brutality that built their name.

Vinyl and CDs are shipping now, with merchandise nearly complete. We are just finishing up the crewnecks and sweatpants, everything else is finished!

Thanks for supporting us and the boys.

07/05/2026

We spent the entire day shipping out the Defeated Sanity ‘Chapters of Repugnance’ pre-orders, and I couldn’t stop admiring these prints 😍

There is around 90 left to pack and remaining stock will be added to the website in the coming days. Thanks to everyone who ordered, I know these took a bit but quality takes time.

As a small token of appreciation for your patience, a 15% code has been included in each pre-order package. Thanks for supporting Vi 💀

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http://www.viciousinstinct.com/

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