Sydney metal titans Justice For The Damned cap off the year with their pummelling new single “Torn In Two“, out everywhere today via Greyscale Records. The band will launch the single live this weekend when they play SPEED’s sold out Sydney HC Xmas show.
“Torn In Two” explores how the people and information surrounding us shape our beliefs, ideals and understanding of reality as we grow older, even when those beliefs may not necessarily be true. “Written during a time of two ongoing wars, one connected to my own bloodline’s homeland, the song reflects on how easily even the people we consider wise or educated can be influenced by what they see online,” says vocalist Bobak Rafiee.
“We’re all bound by our own knowledge and awareness, meaning what feels like reality to one person can look like an illusion to another. The song ultimately builds toward a bleak realisation about how much of our public concern for others can become performative, and whether, beneath it all, we’re ultimately more concerned with ourselves.”
Formed in Western Sydney in 2011, Justice For The Damned have spent over a decade proving themselves as leaders of metallic hardcore. With three studio albums to their name, they’ve continued to raise the bar with each release, from their 2017 debut Dragged Through The Dirt to their critically acclaimed 2020 follow-up Pain Is Power, which cracked the ARIA Top 20 at #18 and propelled the band onto an international stage.
After four years, the band made a mammoth return last year with their third studio album Stay Relentless, which took out #1 on the ARIA Australian Artist Albums Chart and #13 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. The record released off the back of years of relentless touring across Australia, the US and Europe, further proving why they’ve grown to be one of Australia’s most revered metal bands. In recent years, Justice For The Damned have shared stages with the likes of Guilt Trip (UK), Chamber (US), Kublai Khan TX (US), Harms Way (US), Malevolence (UK), Left To Suffer (US) and Thy Art Is Murder, and they joined Make Them Suffer for a month-long regional run across Australian last year.
“Torn In Two” is out now and streaming everywhere via Greyscale Records.
