Sidewalk Mafia - Soulcrushers (2024)

With Soulcrushers, the second album from Sidewalk Mafia, the band has fully found their own style, as they were still drifting a bit on their debut. The album differs from the previous works in the way that it is not as thematic as the first one. There are some fictional stories in their lyrics for the first time! However, as usual the music is heavy, oppressive with surprising twists and turns – not forgetting the big melodies either!

You can also find a wider musical expression on the record, sound-wise and genre-wise. All the pieces have found their place, with a number of shows played around Europe supporting the debut album and while they were making Soulcrushers.

Sidewalk Mafia is a blackened gothic/doom metal trio from Helsinki, Finland. The band’s sound is oppressive with low tuned guitars, but also melodic and at the same time atmospheric with a wall of sound type production. The group was founded in 2021 and released their debut full-length album 72 Hours in May 2022 via Sliptrick Records.