Dead Cross share second preview of new album, with “Heart Reformer” video

Dead Cross, the SoCal band featuring Michael Crain, Dave Lombardo, Mike Patton and Justin Pearson, share a second single from their forthcoming album “II”, out on October 28, via Ipecac Recordings, with the release of “Heart Reformer” and its accompanying video.

Crain shares:

“’Heart Reformer’ was as much fun to write as it is to listen to. It’s a classic Dead Cross song. It’s a pit stirrer and a fist pumper!”

The short-film like clip, which takes the track’s title literally, was directed and edited by Dark Details (a.k.a. Chris J. Cunningham).

You can watch the video below:

The band broke the news of “II”’s impending arrival with the release of “Reign of Error”. The one-minute and forty-five second wake-up call of a song is matched with a Displaced/Replaced-crafted clip that offers a scathing critique of the U.S. Supreme Court. 

“II”, while both a raucous hardcore collection, and at times, a politically-charged opus, has its roots in friendship, with the band rallying together after Crain received a surprise cancer diagnosis.

Crain says:

“Words can’t even begin to describe how much this album means to me. It’s birthed of pain and uncertainty. The slow, excruciatingly painful, and nauseating recovery from cancer treatments were the catalyst for every riff and note on this album. However, my will to live and be with my brothers Justin, Dave, Mike, and co-producer Ross Robinson, got me out of bed and running into the studio every day to get it all on tape.”

Dead Cross released their self-titled debut album in 2017. Alternative Press deemed the 10-song collection “viciously contagious,” The Quietus said the record is “completely gleeful,” The Needledrop deemed it “one of a kind,” The Guardian says, “an album that sounds as if it was a blast to make and one that’s immensely enjoyable to listen to” and Rolling Stone said Dead Cross is chock full of “charging, head-spinning ragers.” A surprise, also self-titled, EP followed in 2018, with a standalone single, a cover of Black Flag’s “Rise Above” released during the summer of 2020.

“II” tracklisting:

1. Love Without Love

2. Animal Espionage

3. Heart Reformer

4. Strong and Wrong

5. Ants and Dragons

6. Nightclub Canary

7. Christian Missile Crisis

8. Reign of Error

9. Imposter Syndrome