NY crossover thrashers Extinction A.D. are sharing their new song and music video “They Live, They Die” which was released through M-Theory Audio. It is their fifth single of 2026. The song is a banger with some killer solos lurking here and there and an exquisite outro.
Watch the video here:
Vocalist/guitarist Rick Jimenez shares his thoughts:
“I always view underground music as something pure. A place for expression, exchanging ideas and community. Still after all these years, though, when I encounter people who abuse that and use it for self-serving reasons or some hierarchical status, it drives me into a rage. Blatantly exploiting people on any level sucks, but especially within the world of heavy music. There’s a big fat line between socializing and social climbing, and the fakes always expose themselves in the end, no matter how many times they try to rewrite history.
“We started writing this song by jamming on a riff one night at the end of a practice, and once I got back home and plugged my guitar back in, the rest of the song kind of wrote itself. It unintentionally became a bit of ‘everything XAD does’ in one song. Some pseudo melody, choruses, shredding, thrash, and face-smashing mosh. One-hundred percent intensity.”
Live Dates
6/19 – 1st Republic Brewing – Burlington, VT
6/20 – Empire Underground – Albany, NY (w/ Deveria, Skull Mason, Vaexus, Townsquare Execution)
6/27 – NJ Metalfest – Debonair Music Hall – Teaneck, NJ (w/ Electrocutioner, Cruel Bomb, Scarhaven, Witchforce, Mourning, Earthbound A.D., Hellenbäch, Symetria)
9/18 – Within These Walls 2026 – The Nile – Phoenix, AZ (with Outta Pocket, Skin Ticket, Die Young, Will To Live)
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Photo courtesy of Extinction A.D.
Artwork courtesy of Chemical Messiah
