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Silverstein team up with Rory Rodriguez for anti-AI anthem “Drain the Blood”
Post-hardcore veterans Silverstein have dropped a powerful new single, “Drain the Blood”, featuring Dayseeker‘s Rory Rodriguez. The track is the only collaboration on “Pink Moon”, the second half of the band’s ambitious double album arriving September 12th via UNFD.
Guitarist Paul Marc Rousseau shared that the song was actually the first idea he came up with for the album. While his early ideas usually get scrapped, this one stuck—and it ended up being his favorite, not just from the record, but possibly from the band’s entire career. The song was designed to feel entirely human, with strange, unexpected turns and overly dramatic lyrics meant to resist the growing influence of artificial intelligence in art.
Vocalist Shane Told added that the song serves as a warning against the rising role of machines in creative work. It’s meant to defend the emotional, imperfect qualities that define real music.
The song’s dystopian theme is brought to life in a striking video shot in a creepy LA studio and along the LA River, evoking the bleak vibes of Severance, Black Mirror, and Terminator 2. Told called it “some of the scariest possibilities of the future,” where art is stripped of its soul.
“Drain the Blood” follows the explosive first single “Negative Space”, teasing the emotionally raw and creatively bold direction of “Pink Moon”.
Fresh off their “25 Years of Noise” tour, Silverstein have a few final shows lined up for 2025, including stops in Australia and a year-end headliner in Brooklyn.
- I Love You But I Have to Let You Go
- Negative Space
- Drain The Blood feat. Dayseeker
- The Fatalist
- Widowmaker
- Autopilot feat. Cassadee Pope
- Death Hold
- Dying Game
Silverstein Tour Dates 2025:
July 25, 2025: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
July 26–27, 2025: Warped Tour 2025, Long Beach, CA
August 2, 2025: Northcote Theatre, Northcote, Australia
August 3, 2025: Roundhouse, Sydney, Australia
August 5, 2025: The Gov, Hindmarsh, Australia
August 6, 2025: The Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia
October 25, 2025: We Missed Ourselves Fest 2025, Ciudad De México, Mexico
November 23, 2025: Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB
November 25, 2025: The Palace Theatre, Calgary, AB
November 26, 2025: Midway, Edmonton, AB
November 28, 2025: Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC
December 13, 2025: Jannus Live, St Petersburg, FL
December 20, 2025: Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, NY