SIM - Announce New Album ‘PLAYDEAD’ Out September 27th Via UNFD

SiM fans, rejoice! The genre-blending Japanese metal, punk, and reggae powerhouse have today announced their forthcoming new album PLAYDEAD, out on September 27 via UNFD. In celebration of the news, the heavy reggae punks have shared their new track RED taken from the upcoming full-length which is also the theme song for the new season of the Netflix anime series Kengan Ashura.

Speaking about the nu-metal influences of RED, vocalist MAH shared: “We aimed at creating sounds that reflect the deep respect we have for the heavy music from the early 2000s, like Limp Bizkit and Korn. The main distortion guitar for the backing is an arrangement of the rhythm from Evanescence’s Going Under”. The song embodies the history of rock music that’s ingrained in our flesh and blood, our DNA”.

About the inspiration behind the song’s lyrics, MAH commented: “The theme of the lyrics is “The Meaninglessness of Division”... We all have different cultures, speak different languages, have different physical attributes, etc. These are facts. But at the end of the day when you cut through the skin, what flows out is the same. Bright red blood. And yet regardless of being in close proximity of one another, the same country, the same city, the same school, even the same class, we as humans try to “divide”. Groups are formed for foolish reasons, like favorite TV programs or celebrities that they dislike, and try to expose the “traitors”. Sadly, this can occur amongst music fans too. Fans watching the same band at the same live venue may say “I don’t like the person next to me” and start instigating mindless discussions on social media. It’s a total waste of time. As artists, this is the very thing we despise the most. We want everyone to view us as their friends and family”.

Prior to today, SiM‘s smash-hit singles “The Rumbling” and “Under The Tree” and were featured on the massively popular Japanese anime series Attack On Titan, which together have clocked up a colossal 161 million streams and counting across DSPs and over 53 million views on YouTube.

Tracklisting:

01. PLAYDEAD 

02. RED

03. HiDE and SEEK

04. SWEET DREAMS

05. Die Alone

06. TOO LATE

07. KiSS OF DEATH

08. Sad Song

09. BBT

10. DO THE DANCE

11. Not So Weak

12. UNDER THE TREE (Full Length Ver.)

13. The Rumbling (Orchestra Ver.)