Vicious Instinct

Vicious Instinct 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.

THE RED SHORE MERCH PRE-ORDER UPDATE ๐ŸคFirst of all, thank you to everyone who pre-ordered. We wouldnโ€™t have been able to...
18/06/2026

THE RED SHORE MERCH PRE-ORDER UPDATE ๐Ÿค

First of all, thank you to everyone who pre-ordered. We wouldnโ€™t have been able to do such an insane drop without your support!

Windbreakers, hats, jerseys, tees and longsleeves are all complete. Hoods, crews and moshies are still being printed, with QC and stock checks still to come.

We expect to start shipping everything in the first week of July but there is a huge amount of orders to pack and there are only 2 of us haha.

No expense has been spared and quality is of the utmost importance around here. Thanks for the patience, we canโ€™t wait to get these in your hands!

As for vinyl, production is underway but is being handled by Breakthrough Records and we are beholden to their timelines. Everything is on track and being pressed in the US, the quality is going to be great!

Deliquesce are fu***ng sick and so is this shirt. We have some top tier death metal bands in Australia and this is one o...
17/06/2026

Deliquesce are fu***ng sick and so is this shirt.

We have some top tier death metal bands in Australia and this is one of them ๐Ÿ’€

๐Ÿ“ธ- Shaun Wilkinson

Vicious Instinct Records is incredibly proud to announce Caution has officially joined the roster!If youโ€™ve had your ear...
16/06/2026

Vicious Instinct Records is incredibly proud to announce Caution has officially joined the roster!

If youโ€™ve had your ear to the ground lately, you might have heard some rumblings about this band and their live shows.

Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Caution are a death metal band delivering relentless aggression, crushing riffs, and chaotic live energy. Blending the brutality of death metal with the raw violence of hardcore, the band consists of close mates who share a unified vision to create the heavy music they want to hear.

I donโ€™t think we have ever signed a band straight from demo recordings but this band rips, and we will be releasing their debut single very soon ๐Ÿ‘€

This is what they had to say about joining the Vicious Instinct family.

โ€œSuper grateful to be joining Vicious Instinct Records. Weโ€™re excited to keep writing the heaviest music we can, and share the roster with some amazing bands. C u soon!โ€

Caution is:
Anatoly: Vocals
Henry: Guitar
Jackson: Guitar
Keo: Bass
Matt: Drums

Itโ€™s Sunday morning in Australia, which means itโ€™s time for Coffee & Morbid Angel on vinyl โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ’€What are you listening to ...
13/06/2026

Itโ€™s Sunday morning in Australia, which means itโ€™s time for Coffee & Morbid Angel on vinyl โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ’€

What are you listening to today?

Disentomb Basketball Jersey ๐Ÿ€ Only 8 of these remain and will never be printed again!Completely custom made from the gro...
13/06/2026

Disentomb Basketball Jersey ๐Ÿ€

Only 8 of these remain and will never be printed again!

Completely custom made from the ground up, with sublimation printing, colour matched ribbings and an embroidered Vicious Instinct team sigil.

Get one while you still can!

๐•ฏ๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–‹๐–Ž๐–‘๐–™๐– ๐–ž๐–”๐–š ๐–ˆ๐–—๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐–Š.Tribal Gazeโ€™s sophomore album โ€˜Inveighing Brillianceโ€™ is one of the best death metal album...
11/06/2026

๐•ฏ๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–‹๐–Ž๐–‘๐–™๐– ๐–ž๐–”๐–š ๐–ˆ๐–—๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐–Š.

Tribal Gazeโ€™s sophomore album โ€˜Inveighing Brillianceโ€™ is one of the best death metal albums Iโ€™ve heard in recent memory, and I wanted to do another merch run to honour it โš”๏ธ

Thereโ€™s something in the water in Texas man, so many sick bands coming out of there.

Always good to work with แดแดœสœแด€แดแดแด€แด… า“แดœส€oฬจแดษด 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 โค๏ธ

Just a bit of violence ๐Ÿ’€Always trying to run different designs for the store and pumped on how these turned out. 10 colo...
08/06/2026

Just a bit of violence ๐Ÿ’€

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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One of the craziest longsleeves weโ€™ve ever done! These sold out almost instantly and weโ€™ve been getting hit up from peop...
03/06/2026

One of the craziest longsleeves weโ€™ve ever done!

These sold out almost instantly and weโ€™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 ๐Ÿ’€

VICIOUS INSTINCT x SLAUGHTERCULT ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ’€Vicious Instinct Records is very proud to welcome Slaughtercult to the roster! This ...
01/06/2026

VICIOUS INSTINCT x SLAUGHTERCULT ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ’€

Vicious Instinct Records is very proud to welcome Slaughtercult to the roster! This signing marks the full, official return of the label, and we couldnโ€™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 countryโ€™s fastest-rising underground exports.

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

Cover art and tracklisting will be unveiled soon ๐Ÿ‘€

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

โ€œWe are stoked to be joining Vicious Instinct and are grateful to be a part of their lineup alongside so many incredible bands. We canโ€™t wait for everyone to hear our new material through Vicious Instinct!โ€ - Sean

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

29/05/2026

Last weekend was unreal! Iโ€™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 & DISENTOMB๐Ÿ’€

Big thanks to Ewan from Ungrateful Dead Promotions for putting it on, and Laura and Alex for all of their help โค๏ธ

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