Veteran Amsterdam hardcore punk group Vitamin X debut the first single from their sixth album, ‘Age Of Paranoia’, the band’s first release for Southern Lord.

About the track the band remark, “the lyrics are the starting point of a bigger theme; the age we’re living in, is an age of confusion and paranoia… more than ever, we’re controlled and affected by media, technology, mobile devices, internet, social networks, governments, politics, climate change, pollution, fake news, etc. ‘Modern Man’ is a sarcastic song in which we wonder if our so-called ‘progress” isn’t actually ‘regress.’”

‘Age Of Paranoia’, the latest chapter in the band’s lineage, was recorded by Igor Wouters at ARC Studios in Amsterdam, and includes several special guest guitar solos by J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr., Witch) and Bubba Dupree (Void, Soundgarden, Dave Grohl’s Probot, Brant Bjork). ‘Age Of Paranoia’ offers sixteen volatile tracks, packed into a succinct, white-knuckled twenty-eight minutes. The album surges with rapid-fire punk angst, replete with ripping rock leads and raised-fist, group-chanting anthems. To complete the recording, the cover artwork is created by Marald (Baroness, Kylesa, High On Fire).

‘AGE OF PARANOIA’ TRACK LIST:
1. Modern Man
2. Rollercoaster Ride
3. Age Of Paranoia
4. Human Plague
5. No One
6. Flip The Switch
7. Short Circuit
8. Speak No Evil
9. Deranged Degenerate
10. Revers Midas Touch
11. Media Messiah
12. Road Warrior
13. Bounce Back
14. Leave Me Alone
15. Rock N Roll Destroyer
16. Shock Value

VITAMIN X LIVE DATES:
03/05/2018 N8 Lounge – Bonn, DE
04/05/2018 TBA – Antwerp, BE
10/05/2018 Mondo Bizarre – Rennes, FR
11/05/2018 Unies Sont Nos Cultures Fest – Lorient, FR
12/05/2018 TBA – Le Havre, FR
15/06/2018 TBA – SP
16/06/2018 Valles Escrema Fest, Montornes del Valles, SP
06/07/2018 Flugplatz – Zwickau, DE
07/07/2018 RIIP Fest – Tours, FR
14/07/2018 Woodstick Fest – Lage, DE
03/08/2018 TBA – Wroclaw, PL
04/08/2018 Novy – Jicin, CZ
05/08/2018 TBA – Bratislava, SK
07/09/2018 Chimpyfest -, London, UK
14/09/2018 Punk Rock Weekend Fest – Stockholm, SE
15/09/2018 TBA – Troisdorf, DE

‘Age Of Paranoia’ will be released on LP, CD, and digital formats on the 18th of May through Southern Lord.

[photo by Klaus Naber]

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