{"id":16384,"date":"2025-10-01T06:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16384"},"modified":"2025-10-01T06:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:30:34","slug":"industrial-sludge-metal-band-worst-ones-releases-new-single-video-deny-reality-about-a-society-driven-by-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16384","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Sludge Metal Band WORST ONES Releases New Single &amp; Video \u2018Deny Reality\u2019 About A Society Driven By Ignorance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Deny-Reality-Single-Cover-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16385\" style=\"width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Deny-Reality-Single-Cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Deny-Reality-Single-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Deny-Reality-Single-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Deny-Reality-Single-Cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Deny-Reality-Single-Cover-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Deny-Reality-Single-Cover-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philadelphia\u2019s industrial sludge metallers WORST ONES is back with a new powerful single, entitled Deny Reality. The song channels the bleak pulse of Godflesh, the twisted hooks of Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, and the sample-driven chaos of Skinny Puppy, creating something both claustrophobic and hypnotic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deny Reality is a mid-tempo industrial sludge anthem built on relentless electronic percussion and skittering hi-hats that slice through layers of noise loops. The guitars have been shredded, resampled, and reconstructed into something ripped and inhuman. A towering chorus cuts through the haze, while a crushing breakdown in the middle drags the listener deeper into heaviness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrically, Deny Reality confronts the culture of willful ignorance that has metastasized into complicity. Lines like \u201cCast out your empathy, behold your tragedy\u201d and \u201cMy nightmares are dreams, you deny reality\u201d attack the blindness that sustains power and allows violence to thrive. The song reflects a world where denial has become survival, even as that denial drives us toward collapse. In its imagery of poisoned breath, hollow faith, and the erasure of empathy, the track positions ignorance not as escape but as the very engine of destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to its digital release, Deny Reality will appear on Abolish ICE, a compilation CD of Philadelphia-area metal, hardcore, and punk bands. The CD features 16 artists, including Trunk, L.M.I., Sunrot, Boozewa, SOJI, Detox Meds, and Get Well. Copies are available from the bands in exchange for donations to Juntos, a community-led Latine immigrant rights organization based in Philadelphia. Through this release, WORST ONES aligns its music with direct action, using its sound as both protest and support for those most affected by systemic oppression. With Deny Reality, the band continues the mission of turning noise into resistance. The result is not just another sludge anthem, but a dirge for a society choking on its own denial and a demand to confront the truth, no matter how unbearable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deny Reality was written and recorded by Drew Ew and Doppelganga. Mixed and mastered by Jared Birdseye. Promo Photography by Luz Sanchez. Live photography by Vinny Barreras. Cover and logo by Drew Ew except \u201cdeathmetallogo\u201d by Darren Adcock. Music Video by Worst Ones and Luz Sanchez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Worst Ones - Deny Reality (industrial sludge metal) \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fYBVbo3NudU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Follow&nbsp;WORST ONES:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worstones.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/worstones\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@worstones\">TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worstonesband\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@worstonesband\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worstones.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia\u2019s industrial sludge metallers WORST ONES is back with a new powerful single, entitled Deny Reality. The song channels the bleak pulse of Godflesh, the twisted hooks of Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, and the sample-driven chaos of Skinny Puppy, creating something both claustrophobic and hypnotic Deny Reality is a mid-tempo industrial sludge anthem&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16384\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Industrial Sludge Metal Band WORST ONES Releases New Single &amp; Video \u2018Deny Reality\u2019 About A Society Driven By Ignorance!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16386,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384\/revisions\/16386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}