International metal supergroup Firstborne, featuring Chris Adler (drums), James Lomenzo (bass), Myrone (guitar) and vocalist Girish Pradhan, have released a new single, entitled "Dead Rats".

The group fearlessly explores the sonic landscape of thrash, metal and hard rock on this new track. The song was self-produced by the band with mixing / mastering by longtime collaborator Machine. You can listen to "Dead Rats" and stream the insane visualizer below.

"Dead Rats" punches you in the face with a chugging lead riff and then softens the blow with a profound melodic sensibility and more than a dash of 80s' metal  nostalgia, serving as a perfect reminder of the groups musical pedigree. Adler contributes a blistering percussion performance, with bassist James Lomenzo holding down the low end with a pulsating groove. Myrone is at it again flexing his ubiquitous playing style that is equal parts technically impressive and approachable - his acrobatics on the fretboard don't distract from his ability to write a damn good song. Girish Pradhan takes command of the song with a soaring vocal performance, jumping octaves and creating fireworks with his unmistakable voice and attitude. You can stream the song here.

The AI generated video by visual artist Keith Roberson adds a compelling visual element to "Dead Rats". The pulsating, constantly shifting visualizer is a nightmarish ride through an artificial hellscape - if the algorithm could dream up something this bizarre and beautiful, we have good reason to fear for the future. Words don't do the "Dead Rats" official visualizer justice, so you should just click below to see it for yourself.

Drummer Chris Adler has this to say about about the new single: "As promised, another monthly Firstborne banger! In addition to the killer tune, we are stoked on the accompanying visualizer by Keith Roberson, our AI guru. IT's a first for us, and likely you as well. Check it!"

Guitarist Myrone has this to add about the ethos of the group: “No Labels, No Management, NO GODS, NO MASTERS!!!!”

Get the single via Bandcamp here, and watch a visualizer for the track below:

The band previously released two singles, "Bad Things" and "One Of A Kind". Both songs were self produced by the band with mixing / mastering by longtime collaborator Machine. Both singles, including a new lyric video for "One Of A Kind", below.