The Casualties Announce New Album “Detonate” & Reveal Title Track

Today, punk stalwarts The Casualties have announced Detonate, their first new album in eight years, will be released digitally on March 27th via Hellcat Records with vinyl and CD following on July 17th. On the new record The Casualties reignite their rage and cement their status as one of punk’s most enduring and uncompromising acts. The Casualties have also shared the lyric video to the album’s blistering title track, a scathing hardcore-punk blast of fury and frustration suggesting we should blow it all up and start anew.

“It stems from being overloaded. You feel like your head is about to explode, which I think is what everybody is feeling these days. You’re pounced on day by day with terrible news and social media, and you just feel like you’re going to snap.” (drummer Marc “Meggers” Eggers)

Politics. Hatred. Endless war. These are just a few of the reasons why the title of The Casualties’ new album is Detonate. Instead of tearing each other apart, The Casualties punch back at authorities and systems that seek to divide, taking the chance to promote unity and camaraderie to all who feel alienated by the cruel state of the world. Detonate is the second chapter in a new epoch for The Casualties. As their second album with David Rodriguez at the mic, it solidifies the vocalist’s partnership with Marc “Meggers” Eggers and guitarist Jake Kolatis. As the follow-up to 2018’s Written in Blood and their first record for Hellcat Records, the Epitaph Records subsidiary curated by Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Detonate sees this new version of The Casualties locking into place. Amplifying the punk ethos that The Casualties have embodied since 1990, Detonate is a powerful instalment in the band’s rich history as a voice for the voiceless.

“We were in the studio for Written in Blood about eight months after I joined. With this new record, we really grew together. For me, it’s the proud moment where we clicked the three Legos together. I want people to feel empowered when they hear this record. I want them to feel like they have a voice. I want them to feel like they’re with like-minded people when they come to a Casualties show. They can be themselves and not watch the show but be part of the show, scream with us, jump off the stage. We want them to feel like they’re part of something.” (David Rodriguez)