After going through one of the darkest periods of their musical career, Swollen Members are back and sounding more revitalized than ever. The Vancouver-based hip-hop trio somehow managed to persevere through drug addiction, label collapses, and legal troubles to create their 2009 release ARMED TO THE TEETH. While writing the album was necessary to empty the skeletons that have been piling up in the group’s closet, the album was a departure from Swollen Members trademark sound. With Madchild now free from his addiction to pain killers and having exorcised all his demons, he has returned to Swollen Members with a vengeance to record their seventh studio album, DAGGER MOUTH. From the powerful production of Rob The Viking to the dark poetic abstract expressionism of Madchild and Prevail, DAGGER MOUTH is a return to the classic Swollen Members sound by harnessing the group’s savage and chaotic energy into one focused and commanding effort. Swollen Members had developed such a powerful fan base when they were touring the world opening for everyone from Black Eyed Peas to Tech N9ne and collaborating with the likes of Nelly Furtado, Everlast, and Chali 2na (Jurassic 5).