Righteous Malfunction's new single "Ignored Until Impact" cuts through the noise like a battle cry from the brink of implosion. This is a shot across its bow, a much-needed and long-coming explosion of energy built up from years of being underrepresented, undervalued, and labeled. Throwing their unrestricted weight behind their name, Righteous Malfunction is weaponizing the breakdown.
Fueled by eardrum-piercing, corruption-nuclear virtuosity, and explosive doom seeds, "Ignored Until Impact" captures the primal underbelly of resistance. The production is jagged but controlled, a maelstrom of double kick drums, aggressive receive transitions, and screaming guitars that never sit still. The result is an experience that reads as a rebellion in every decibel.
Leading everything is a fierce female vocal lead, not polished, not passive, but raw, powerful. Her singing is less about pure intonation and more about physical presence. Her cries and growls and guttural roars pierce to the marrow, her expression a fusillade of liberated ecstasy that indicates what it felt like to be someone whose voice was clamped tight for too long and who, now, is finally unchained. It's both cathartic and contagious.
If the title "Ignored Until Impact" comes across as social commentary, the track is also profoundly personal, one for all those who have been invisible until their fury made them impossible to ignore. This is protest music masquerading as metalcore chaos, made for those who don't fit the mold and never asked to Righteous Malfunction is here to expose the malfunction in the system and transform it into art. For music fans who like their tunes to defy the status quo and burn with mission, this is a manifesto "Ignored Until Impact" is a testament to the fact that ignoring doesn't mean impotent. It means you are building up some force until you make contact.
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