LIFESICK Unleashes “Loved By None” Animated Video; Loved By None, Hated By All Full-Length Nears Release On Metal Blade Records

Photo by Allan Kristiansen

Danish death metal/metallic hardcore behemoths LIFESICK today unveil their animated video for “Loved By None.” The punishing new hymn comes by way of the band’s Loved By None, Hated By All full-length, set for release on November 1st through Metal Blade Records.

LIFESICK manifests brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, the band’s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.

Elaborates the band on their latest single, “Loved By None,” “The feeling of being loved by none and hated by all, despite trying your best to be a good person, can be overwhelming. It often feels like the world is trying to bring you down and keep you there. This song is the fastest and most aggressive track on the album, and also one of the shortest. It’s straightforward, bone-crushing hardcore, featuring a mix of blast beats and a groovy breakdown at the end.”

Watch LIFESICK’s “Loved By None” animated video at THIS LOCATION.

Watch LIFESICK’s previously released video for “Legacy Of Misery” at THIS LOCATION.

LIFESICK was forged in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023’s Life And Other Lies EP brought the band’s sobering death/metallic hardcore to Metal Blade Records, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All.

As with previous platters, the LP was recorded by Jacob Bredahl at his Dead Rat facility. This time Bredahl’s role expanded beyond engineering, helping to shape and revise new material before twiddling a single knob. “He came down to our rehearsal room where we played all the songs for him live, so he could add his touch to each song or edit stuff that we might have been a little blind to from playing the songs too much. This was the first time we did this, and it was very effective.”

Mixing was farmed out to Taylor Young at The Pit, “to give it a different touch or nuance from our previous releases,” while the tracks were handed to noise collective John Cxnnor, “to enhance the album with sound design and samples throughout every song, to better unify the album. We provided them with all the songs, along with keywords about the lyrical themes and the album artwork. With this information, they created unique dark industrial samples that perfectly fit the songs and our vision for the album.”

The results ring loud and clear from this tumultuous masterwork of bleak aggro beauty. Loved By None, Hated By All is unquestionably the band’s finest recording to date which is no easy feat considering the compulsive force of previous releases — there is some special spark of magic at work here.

Loved By None, Hated By All will be available as a jewel case CD (EU + USA) and digitally as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

Crimson Red Marbled (USA + EU)
Dark Charcoal Marbled (EU – Ltd. 300)
Clear Black Dust Splatter (EU – Ltd. 200)

Find preorders at metalblade.com/lifesick.

LIFESICK has tours across Denmark and Southeast Asia booked through the new year with more shows to be announced in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.

LIFESICK Live:
10/17/2024 Studenterhuset – Aalborg, DK
10/25/2024 Posten – Odense, DK
10/26/2024 Platform K – Horsens, DK
11/08/2024 Copenhagen Distillery – Copenhagen, DK *Record Release Show
12/06/2024 Blueprint Livehouse – Bangkok, TH
12/08/2024 Atlantis Bar – Siem Reap, KH
12/09/2024 Cloud Bar – Penh, KH
12/10/2024 Saigon Kick World Music Bar – Ho Chi Min, VN
12/13/2024 The Rockin Jamz Hall – Johor Bahru, MY
12/14/2024 88Fryer – Timoq, PH
12/15/2024 Unknown 13 Pub – Quezon City, PH
12/18/2024 Tops Commercial Complex – Bacolod, PH
12/19/2024 South Republic Live House – Davao, PH
12/20/2024 BGC, Bottle Grounds Cafe – Baguio, PH
12/21/2024 Frontway Music Restaurant – Tarlag, PH
1/10/2025 Baltoppen – Ballerup, DK
1/17/2025 Sonderborghus – Sonderborg, DK
1/18/2025 Tojhuset – Fredericia, DK
2/07/2025 Headquarters – Aarhus, DK