Real extreme music thrives on confrontation, and Master’s Ashes arrive with plenty of it on their debut single, “Defiance Disorder,” which we’re premiering today along with an accompanying lyric video. Featuring current and ex-members of Crisis, Voivod, Dystopia, Crowbar and The Convalescence, the band pulls from the bleak, dystopian heaviness of the early ’90s while sharpening it into something unmistakably current. “Defiance Disorder” is the opening salvo from their forthcoming debut album, How The Mighty Have Fallen, due out April 17, 2026 via Time To Kill Records.
Musically, the track is relentless and suffocating, balancing oppressive atmosphere with blunt-force aggression. Lyrically, it cuts even deeper. “Defiance Disorder” confronts the cycle of violence inflicted on children and teens in America and the psychological fallout that follows – trauma that often manifests later as vengeance, retaliation, and, in its most horrific form, mass murder. It’s an uncomfortable subject, delivered without metaphor or distance, and it sets the tone for an album that, adequately to the times we’re living in, functions as a full-scale protest rather than passive commentary.
About the track, Master’s Ashes tell Decibel:
“’Defiance Disorder’ speaks to the deadly combination of mental illness in teens and the culture of gun violence in America. This nexus creates monsters fed on 24-7-365 violence all around them. It’s a suffocating reality we all have to live with and it’s spreading to all corners of the globe.”
With How The Mighty Have Fallen, Master’s Ashes present a scorched-earth debut, dark, aggressive, and openly hostile toward political complacency and false authority. No gods, no masters – only resistance, firm and strong.
Check it out below. The album is out on April 17th and you can pre-order here straight away.
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