Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Controversial Russian group Pussy Riot has enlisted the participation of Avenged Sevenfold for a track on their recently announced album titled “CYKA”, as per theprp. This album is set to release on June 12th and is now accompanied by the unveiling of a new collaborative song called “CANDY DOPAMINE. ” Members of the noted multi-platinum alternative metal band contributed to this song, which is available for listening below. This marks a previous collaboration between the two musical acts. In 2023, Tolokonnikova was featured on an updated version of Avenged Sevenfold‘s “We Love You.” Avenged Sevenfold also extended an invitation for Pussy Riot to serve as their opening act. Pussy Riot currently exists in exile outside of Russia, as their outspoken critiques of the governing authorities and various elements of Russian life have led to their arrests and incarceration in the past.
This song is kind of a love & hate song to prescription and designer drug culture. It started with my dependence on anti depressants, but it’s also looking at everyone now mentalhealthmaxxing and looksmaxxing via pills and injections. It’s not a judgement, it’s just an observation and my personal experience with these things is that I have to be in a long term relationship with them for my PTSD and depression. – Nadya Tolokonnikova
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Pussy Riot was officially established in the summer of 2011 when Nadya and Kat left the radical street-art collective Voina, seeking to create a movement that focused more on feminist perspectives in their criticism of Putin and the oppressive regime that was emerging. Several members of Pussy Riot had earlier engaged in Voina’s provocative public performances, including Nadya, Kat, and Peter, alongside their videographer Tasya. After it was revealed that Vladimir Putin would seek a third term as president, and fueled by worries over diminishing free speech, political corruption, and electoral fraud in Russia, they sought to form a “militant, punk-feminist, street band” to rally against the Putin government and tackle topics such as gender and LGBTQ rights.
