With the blistering cacophony of 2024’s Loved By None, Hated By All still ringing in our ears, Danish death/metallic hardcore outfit LIFESICK strike back with a brand new single, “Die With Me.”
The track begins in full grind mode with the chant “Die With Me” driving the chaos before shifting into a fast hardcore section. The track keeps pushing forward before collapsing into breakdowns that grow slower and heavier toward the end, finishing in a massive closing breakdown that feels like the final moments of a live set. Lyrically it’s about meeting death head-on and refusing to go quietly.
Stand by for more news on LIFESICK in the weeks to come.
LIFESICK: Simon Shoshan – vocals Nicolai Lindegaard – guitar Nikolai Lund – guitar Jeppe Riis Frausing – bass Lasse Skyttegaard – drums
Danish death metal/metallic hardcore outfit LIFESICK is pleased to kick off the year with a new video for “Peace Through Superior Firepower.” The track comes by way of the band’s critically lauded Loved By None, Hated By All full-length, released last Fall on Metal Blade Records.
LIFESICK manifests brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, the band’s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.
Comments the band on “Peace Through Superior Firepower,” “The idea of trying to spread peace around the world with bombs and guns is one of the most bizarre aspects of the human race. Some of us are raised with love, and a subtle hint of hate for others. This song features heavy and catchy guitar riffs, with plenty of sing-along vocal parts. The track includes layers of samples and pitched-down guitar, giving the breakdown a distinct feel compared to the rest of the songs on the album. ‘Only the dead see the end of war-a haunting anthem of vengeance.’“
Watch LIFESICK‘s previously released videos for “Loved By None,” “Legacy Of Misery,” and “Hollow Treats” HERE.
LIFESICK will take on a short run of European live dates this April with support from special guests Tchert. See all confirmed shows below.
LIFESICK w/ Tchert: 4/10/2025 Béi Chéz Heinz – Hannover, DE 4/11/2025 Hirsch Q – Dortmund, DE 4/12/2025 Gerber 3 – Weimar, DE 4/13/2025 Klub 007 – Prague, CZ 4/14/2025 Chmury – Warsaw, PL 4/15/2025 XI20 – Vilnius, LT 4/16/2025 KM12 – Riga, LV 4/17/2025 Paavli Kultuurivabrik – Tallinn, EE 4/18/2025 Lemmy – Kaunas, LT 4/19/2025 HD Die Rock & Metalbar – Dresden, DE 4/20/2025 Chekov – Cottbus, DE
LIFESICK was forged in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023’s Life And Other Lies EP brought the band’s sobering death/metallic hardcore to Metal Blade Records, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All.
As with previous offerings, the LP was recorded by Jacob Bredahl at his Dead Rat facility. This time Bredahl’s role expanded beyond engineering, helping to shape and revise new material before twiddling a single knob. “He came down to our rehearsal room where we played all the songs for him live, so he could add his touch to each song or edit stuff that we might have been a little blind to from playing the songs too much. This was the first time we did this, and it was very effective.”
Mixing was farmed out to Taylor Young at The Pit, “to give it a different touch or nuance from our previous releases,” while the tracks were handed to noise collective John Cxnnor, “to enhance the album with sound design and samples throughout every song, to better unify the album. We provided them with all the songs, along with keywords about the lyrical themes and the album artwork. With this information, they created unique dark industrial samples that perfectly fit the songs and our vision for the album.”
The results ring loud and clear from this tumultuous masterwork of bleak aggro beauty. Loved By None, Hated By All is unquestionably the band’s finest recording to date which is no easy feat considering the compulsive force of previous releases — there is some special spark of magic at work here.
Danish death metal/metallic hardcore goliaths LIFESICK today drop their fiery new video for “Hollow Treats.” The savage new track comes off the band’s equally ferocious full-length, Loved By None, Hated By All full-length, released on November 1st through Metal Blade Records.
LIFESICK manifests brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, the band’s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.
Comments the band on “Hollow Treats,” “When we were born, we were told all these fairytales about what the world had in store for us. But as soon as you get a taste, you realize there’s nothing inside – no love, no compassion, nothing. This song is catchy with groovy two-step rhythms and even groovier breakdowns. It’s a hardcore track with plenty of sing-along parts, and it ends with a twist of acoustic elements.”
Watch LIFESICK‘s previously released videos for “Loved By None” at THIS LOCATION and “Legacy Of Misery” at THIS LOCATION.
LIFESICK was forged in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023’s Life And Other Lies EP brought the band’s sobering death/metallic hardcore to Metal Blade Records, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All.
As with previous offerings, the LP was recorded by Jacob Bredahl at his Dead Rat facility. This time Bredahl’s role expanded beyond engineering, helping to shape and revise new material before twiddling a single knob. “He came down to our rehearsal room where we played all the songs for him live, so he could add his touch to each song or edit stuff that we might have been a little blind to from playing the songs too much. This was the first time we did this, and it was very effective.”
Mixing was farmed out to Taylor Young at The Pit, “to give it a different touch or nuance from our previous releases,” while the tracks were handed to noise collective John Cxnnor, “to enhance the album with sound design and samples throughout every song, to better unify the album. We provided them with all the songs, along with keywords about the lyrical themes and the album artwork. With this information, they created unique dark industrial samples that perfectly fit the songs and our vision for the album.”
The results ring loud and clear from this tumultuous masterwork of bleak aggro beauty. Loved By None, Hated By All is unquestionably the band’s finest recording to date which is no easy feat considering the compulsive force of previous releases — there is some special spark of magic at work here.
LIFESICK has tours across Denmark and Southeast Asia booked through the new year with more shows to be announced in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.
Live Dates: 11/08/2024 Copenhagen Distillery – Copenhagen, DK *Record Release Show 12/06/2024 Blueprint Livehouse – Bangkok, TH 12/08/2024 Atlantis Bar – Siem Reap, KH 12/09/2024 Cloud Bar – Penh, KH 12/10/2024 142 Tran Nao – Ho Chi Min, VN 12/11/2024 Petai Belalang – Kuala Lumpur, MY 12/13/2024 The Rockin Jamz Hall – Johor Bahru, MY 12/14/2024 88Fryer – Timoq, PH 12/15/2024 Unknown 13 Pub – Quezon City, PH 12/18/2024 Tops Commercial Complex – Bacolod, PH 12/19/2024 South Republic Live House – Davao, PH 12/20/2024 BGC, Bottle Grounds Cafe – Baguio, PH 12/21/2024 Frontway Music Restaurant – Tarlag, PH 1/10/2025 Baltoppen – Ballerup, DK 1/17/2025 Sønderborghus – Sønderborg, DK 1/18/2025 Tøjhuset – Fredericia, DK 2/07/2025 Headquarters – Aarhus, DK
Danish death metal/metallic hardcore behemoths LIFESICK today unveil their animated video for “Loved By None.” The punishing new hymn comes by way of the band’s Loved By None, Hated By All full-length, set for release on November 1st through Metal Blade Records.
LIFESICK manifests brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, the band’s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.
Elaborates the band on their latest single, “Loved By None,” “The feeling of being loved by none and hated by all, despite trying your best to be a good person, can be overwhelming. It often feels like the world is trying to bring you down and keep you there. This song is the fastest and most aggressive track on the album, and also one of the shortest. It’s straightforward, bone-crushing hardcore, featuring a mix of blast beats and a groovy breakdown at the end.”
Watch LIFESICK‘s previously released video for “Legacy Of Misery” at THIS LOCATION.
LIFESICK was forged in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023’s Life And Other Lies EP brought the band’s sobering death/metallic hardcore to Metal Blade Records, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All.
As with previous platters, the LP was recorded by Jacob Bredahl at his Dead Rat facility. This time Bredahl’s role expanded beyond engineering, helping to shape and revise new material before twiddling a single knob. “He came down to our rehearsal room where we played all the songs for him live, so he could add his touch to each song or edit stuff that we might have been a little blind to from playing the songs too much. This was the first time we did this, and it was very effective.”
Mixing was farmed out to Taylor Young at The Pit, “to give it a different touch or nuance from our previous releases,” while the tracks were handed to noise collective John Cxnnor, “to enhance the album with sound design and samples throughout every song, to better unify the album. We provided them with all the songs, along with keywords about the lyrical themes and the album artwork. With this information, they created unique dark industrial samples that perfectly fit the songs and our vision for the album.”
The results ring loud and clear from this tumultuous masterwork of bleak aggro beauty. Loved By None, Hated By All is unquestionably the band’s finest recording to date which is no easy feat considering the compulsive force of previous releases — there is some special spark of magic at work here.
LIFESICK has tours across Denmark and Southeast Asia booked through the new year with more shows to be announced in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.
LIFESICK Live: 10/17/2024 Studenterhuset – Aalborg, DK 10/25/2024 Posten – Odense, DK 10/26/2024 Platform K – Horsens, DK 11/08/2024 Copenhagen Distillery – Copenhagen, DK *Record Release Show 12/06/2024 Blueprint Livehouse – Bangkok, TH 12/08/2024 Atlantis Bar – Siem Reap, KH 12/09/2024 Cloud Bar – Penh, KH 12/10/2024 Saigon Kick World Music Bar – Ho Chi Min, VN 12/13/2024 The Rockin Jamz Hall – Johor Bahru, MY 12/14/2024 88Fryer – Timoq, PH 12/15/2024 Unknown 13 Pub – Quezon City, PH 12/18/2024 Tops Commercial Complex – Bacolod, PH 12/19/2024 South Republic Live House – Davao, PH 12/20/2024 BGC, Bottle Grounds Cafe – Baguio, PH 12/21/2024 Frontway Music Restaurant – Tarlag, PH 1/10/2025 Baltoppen – Ballerup, DK 1/17/2025 Sonderborghus – Sonderborg, DK 1/18/2025 Tojhuset – Fredericia, DK 2/07/2025 Headquarters – Aarhus, DK
Danish death metal/metallic hardcore goliaths LIFESICK will unleash their crushing Loved By None, Hated By All full-length November 1st on Metal Blade Records.
LIFESICK manifests brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, the band’s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.
Formed in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015, LIFESICK‘s hometown was founded in 1650 as a giant fortress, at a time when the country was being continually battered by war and defeated by empire after empire. Although the Danish Realm is now among the world’s most peaceful and prosperous places to live, LIFESICK iskeen to alert us to the bitter conflict still raging in their hearts and minds. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023’s Life And Other Lies EP brought the band’s sobering death/metallic hardcore to Metal Blade Records, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All.
“Sometimes it feels like the more you give, the more they take,” comments the band on that pessimistic title. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve given our all, but we’ve been knocked down time after time. That’s what inspired this title and it resonates with most of the songs on the album. It fits perfectly with LIFESICK’s theme, which is and always will be about the roughness of living in today’s world. LIFESICK exists as it does because of the world as it is.“
As with previous platters, the LP was recorded by Jacob Bredahl at his Dead Rat facility. This time Bredahl’s role expanded beyond engineering, helping to shape and revise new material before twiddling a single knob. “He came down to our rehearsal room where we played all the songs for him live, so he could add his touch to each song or edit stuff that we might have been a little blind to from playing the songs too much. This was the first time we did this, and it was very effective. It is definitely not the last time we will do it.“
Even so, the responsibility for applying LIFESICK‘s monomaniacal momentum to a more sophisticated and immersive sound picture has been shared around more than usual. Mixing was farmed out to Taylor Young at The Pit, “to give it a different touch or nuance from our previous releases,” while the tracks were handed to noise collective John Cxnnor, “to enhance the album with sound design and samples throughout every song, to better unify the album. We provided them with all the songs, along with keywords about the lyrical themes and the album artwork. With this information, they created unique dark industrial samples that perfectly fit the songs and our vision for the album.”
The results ring loud and clear from this tumultuous masterwork of bleak aggro beauty. In advance of the record’s release, today LIFESICK unleashes first single, “Legacy Of Misery.” The band elaborates, “This is an anthem for all of you who have been beaten down by the system and let down by everyone around you, but have found solace in this brotherhood of outcasts. This song is the grooviest on the album, featuring a catchy sing-along chorus. Additionally, it features guest vocals from our good friend Andreas Bjulver from Cabal.”
Loved By None, Hated By All Track Listing: 01. Death Wish 02. Peace Through Superior Firepower 03. Double Cross 04. Hollow Treats 05. Legacy of Misery (feat. Andreas Bjulver of Cabal) 06. Poems for My Funeral 07. Liquid Courage 08. Loved by None 09. The Mourning March 10. Straight Jacket
LIFESICK has tours across Denmark and Southeast Asia booked through the new year with more shows to be announced in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.
LIFESICK Live: 10/12/2024 Walthers Musikcafe – Skanderborg, DK 10/17/2024 Studenterhuset – Aalborg, DK 10/25/2024 Posten – Odense, DK 10/26/2024 Platform K – Horsens, DK 11/08/2024 Copenhagen Distillery – Copenhagen, DK * Record Release Show 12/06/2024 Blueprint Livehouse – Bangkok, TH 12/08/2024 Atlantis Bar – Siem Reap, KH 12/09/2024 Cloud Bar Phnom – Penh KH 12/10/2024 Saigon Kick World Music Bar – Ho Chi Min, VN 12/13/2024 The Rockin Jamz Hall – Johor Bahru, MY 12/14/2024 Cafe Lupe – Antipolo, PH 12/15/2024 Unknown 13 Pub – Quezon City, PH 12/18/2024 Tops Commercial Complex – Bacolod, PH 12/19/2024 South Republic Live House – Davao, PH 12/20/2024 Canto Bogchi Joint – Baguio, PH 12/21/2024 GH Building – Tarlag, PH 1/10/2025 Baltoppen – Ballerup, DK 1/17/2025 Sonderborghus – Sonderborg, DK 1/18/2025 Tojhuset – Fredericia, DK 2/07/2025 Headquarters – Aarhus, DK
Friday, 12th January, marked the release of Love And Other Lies, the latest EP from Danish metallic hardcore group, LIFESICK. In celebration of its official unveiling, the band has dropped a video for “Reverse Birth,” featuring a guest vocal appearance by Nails‘ Todd Jones.
Elaborates vocalist/lyricist Simon Shoshan (aka Simon Sorrow), “This is from personal experience. I have a lot of ADHD and from time to time, I deal with stress, depression, and anxiety. I went to a psychiatrist to get help and the first ‘doctor’ I spoke with gave me the feeling that I just wasn’t trying enough and that I just felt too bad for myself. So that gave me the best mindset to write these lyrics and I think they speak for themselves.”
Watch the band’s previously released videos for “Rude Awakening” HERE and “Every Unpleasant Emotion” HERE.
Formed in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015, LIFESICK creates brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, LIFESICK‘s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.
Love And Other Lies serves as the followup to the band’s critically acclaimed, 2022-issued Misanthropy LP, a record the press praised as an “an absolute barnburner, practically overflowing with buzzsaw riffs, blistering blast beats, bludgeoning breakdowns and brutish, barking vocals” (No Clean Singing). The three new tracks – “Every Unpleasant Emotion,” “Rude Awakening” (feat. Mark Whelan of Fuming Mouthand), “Reverse Birth” (feat. Todd Jones of Nails) – were produced by Jacob Bredahl at Dead Rat Studio in Aarhus, mixed by Jacob Bredahl, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, and seamlessly further Misanthropy‘s intensity.
LIFESICK‘s Love And Other Lies is available on vinyl and digital formats. Preview and purchase the EP at: metalblade.com/lifesick
LIFESICK Live w/ Cabal, Viscera, Vexed: 1/12/2024 Mephisto – Hannover, DE 1/13/2024 Matrix – Bochum, DE 1/14/2024 Patronaat KZ – Haarlem, UK 1/15/2024 The Fleece – Bristol, UK 1/16/2024 Rebellion – Manchester, UK 1/17/2024 Underworld – London, UK 1/19/2024 Substage – Karlsruhe, DE 1/20/2024 Kiff – Aarau, CH 1/21/2024 Backstage – Munich, DE 1/22/2024 Arena – Wien, AT 1/23/2024 Modra Vopice – Prague, VZ 1/24/2024 VooDoo Club – Warsaw, PL 1/25/2024 Badehaus – Berlin, DE 1/26/2024 Distillery – Copenhagen, DK
Lifesick are: Simon Shoshan: vocals Nicolai Lindegaard: guitar Nikolai Lund: guitar Jeppe Løwe: drums Jeppe Riis Frausing: bass
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