Just when you think you’ve mapped the outer limits of metal’s experimental edge, Tritonic come crashing through the boundary like a wrecking ball made of feedback and philosophical angst. Their latest offering, “Demiurge,” isn’t just a single—it’s a statement of intent, and the accompanying music video, now live on all major platforms, sets the stage for something truly staggering. The single itself officially drops on April 13, 2025, but the visual assault has already begun.
Tritonic, the genre-defiant outfit from the UK, have made a name for themselves as sonic shapeshifters—sludge metal on one side, free jazz chaos on the other, with everything from musique concrète to nu-metal whispering (or screaming) in between. They’re not just bending genres, they’re obliterating the boundaries between them and then using the debris to build something feral and profound.
“Demiurge” is the first glimpse into their upcoming second album Bend the Arc!—a record that’s already being whispered about in underground circles like a secret spell. The arc in question might be long, as the Martin Luther King Jr. quote suggests, but Tritonic aren’t waiting around for it to bend. They’ve taken it into their own hands, forged it in chaos, and hammered it into something crookedly beautiful.
The track’s title draws from ancient Gnostic thought, referencing a flawed creator—an architect of a broken world. It’s a heavy idea, and Tritonic don’t treat it lightly. Instead, “Demiurge” becomes a sonic exorcism, a reckoning with power, control, and the terrifying space between intention and outcome. The music is searing and textural—guitars howl and slide with ghostly imprecision, bass rumbles like tectonic plates grinding, and drums explode in complex, post-human patterns.
But here’s the twist: those guitars? They’re fretless. Tritonic took apart their instruments and rebuilt them as a kind of homage to both destruction and rebirth. It’s a move that deliberately welcomes dissonance, embracing the idea that true freedom means letting go of convention—even precision itself. Where most bands seek clarity, Tritonic dives headfirst into uncertainty. Every note in “Demiurge” feels like it’s wobbling on the edge of collapse, and yet the result is hypnotic.
The video is no less daring. Visually stark and unnerving, it feels like a meditation on decay—organic and digital, personal and political. Static-laced visuals pulse between shadowy ritual scenes and decaying architecture, shot in moody monochrome tones that accentuate the track’s existential heft. There are no obvious storylines here—just impressions, flickers of violence, fragments of meaning. It’s not unlike the music itself: emotionally precise, narratively ambiguous.
This is a band that thrives in contrast. Their 2020 debut Port of Spain flirted with hardcore’s sheer muscle, tempered by moments of delicate, melodic introspection. Their 2023 EP Algae Bloom pushed the envelope further, blending punk fury with electronics and satirical undertones. But Demiurge is something else entirely. It’s bolder, colder, more cerebral—and somehow more visceral too.
It’s not background music. It demands attention. You don’t simply listen to “Demiurge”—you experience it. And maybe that’s the point. Tritonic aren’t here to make your day better or provide a neat escape. They’re here to hold up a mirror—cracked, dirty, and all too real—and ask what you see staring back.
As we wait for the full impact of Bend the Arc! to arrive, “Demiurge” is the perfect storm of sound and vision to tide us over. Or, more accurately, to shake us up.
Catch the video now. Brace yourself for April 13. The demiurge is here, and Tritonic are its prophets.
