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 arduous rock hit a brand new stride with this monitor. 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 dying, with disaster, with the void. It lurches and prowls with snarling vocals, scuzzy rhythms, and frenetic percussion. The monitor’s lyrical spine—sung with visceral theatricality—confronts the magnetic pull of the morbid, the inexplicably compelling urge to see into the abyss.
Mick Arrell’s songwriting, together with Jason Schauer’s bass work and Aaron Bree’s percussive pressure, retains the absurdity of contemporary existence firmly within the firing line. The drama and politics are stripped away; what’s left is uncooked vitality, darkish humour, and warped unity delivered by way of a warped fairground trip of arduous rock.
No Die is now obtainable to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast.
