About the Lab

I create worlds, sounds and chaos.

An independent imprint releasing original work across electronic, progressive metal, screamo/hardcore and West Coast hip-hop.

The Mess Lab runs on a simple principle: the record gets finished before it gets cleaned up. 4 acts, 9 albums out, and a working method that treats an album as a whole object rather than a folder of singles. Several of the releases are full concept records, written start to finish as a single narrative.

Songwriting and composition across the entire catalogue is credited to Hoblivion Graves.

Founded
May 2026
Acts
4
Albums
9

Creative Process Statement

AI helped build the pieces — a human put them together.

The lyrics and musical compositions were generated using AI systems, but every creative choice, direction, theme, and final arrangement was shaped, curated, and assembled by a human artist.

The vision, storytelling, and execution of this project were guided by human intention from beginning to end.