With No Die, Grasp Splinter unveiled their first single of 2025, cracked open a pit of sonic carnage and dared us all to crawl in. Portland’s prodigal sons’ grotesquely theatrical tackle exhausting rock hit a brand new stride with this observe. They’ve at all times melted faces with monolithic riffs and psychedelic fretwork, however now they’ve stitched these foundations to a grimmer, extra vehement guise—with out forgoing the tongue-in-cheek Machiavellian mischief that’s at all times simmered beneath the insanity.
Grasp Splinter didn’t throw out the rulebook. They rewrote it with charred ink. From the primary chug of the bass to the final chaotic breakdown, No Die is a warped mirror to our obsession with loss of life, with disaster, with the void. It lurches and prowls with snarling vocals, scuzzy rhythms, and frenetic percussion. The observe’s lyrical spine—sung with visceral theatricality—confronts the magnetic pull of the morbid, the inexplicably compelling urge to look into the abyss.
Mick Arrell’s songwriting, together with Jason Schauer’s bass work and Aaron Bree’s percussive power, retains the absurdity of recent existence firmly within the firing line. The drama and politics are stripped away; what’s left is uncooked power, darkish humour, and warped unity delivered by a warped fairground journey of exhausting rock.
No Die is now accessible to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast.
