Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Oklahoma City noise-rock outfit Chat Pile and Texas-born, Oklahoma-based guitarist Hayden Pedigo have released a new single called “Demon Time”, the second preview from their upcoming collaborative album “In the Earth Again”. The album is slated for release on October 31, 2025, via The Flenser and Computer Students.
The new song leans into a darker mood than what fans may expect from either project alone. Chat Pile’s vocalist Raygun Busch describes “Demon Time” as engaging with Yeats’ widening gyre, suggesting that the track wrestles with themes of disintegration and cyclical collapse.
He says it was among the first songs recorded for the album and functions as a lyrical wellspring for the rest of the material. Pedigo adds that the song feels like a “gateway” to the rest of In the Earth Again — a kind of “calm before the storm” that sets a tonal foundation for what’s to come.
If the promotional framing is anything to go by, this release continues a deeper synthesis of their styles. The album gives Chat Pile space to explore moodier arrangements, sampling, and more intimate lyrics, while Pedigo recasts his normally quieter, pastoral language in harsher, metallic textures.
