Unleashing The Animal With ROK RUPKIN From WITHIN DESTRUCTION

Interview by Kris Peters
Within Destruction, Slovenia’s most awesomely audacious,
genre-defying metal pioneers, have officially announced their next
chapter with the reveal of their upcoming album Animetal set for
release on April 11, 2025, via Sumerian Records.
To mark the news, the band has dropped their electrifying new
single Cybergirl, accompanied by an official music video that
plunges listeners into a dystopian world where the lines of reality
are blurred. Packed with relentless riffs, soaring melodies, and
their signature, anime-inspired electronic elements, Cybergirl
epitomises Within Destruction’s ability to innovate and push
boundaries while staying rooted in the chaos of modern metal.
In more good news, the Slovenian futurists have also announced
their return to Australia on the eve of Animetal. Having truly
transcended their deathcore origins, the band’s once relentlessly
brutal sound has flourished into a cyberized, anime-inspired, and
unpredictable concoction. Fans of sheer guttural force fear not,
however - as fellow Europeans Distant will be tagging along to
bring their downtempo slams to Australia for the first time ever.
With Melbourne’s Gravemind rounding out the bill, this is a
psychotic trio of modern metal sure to dazzle and pulverise.
HEAVY caught up with Within Destruction's frontman Rok Rupkin
recently to discuss the album and tour.
"If you listen to our other records and then listen to Animetal
there is quite a bit of sound difference," he measured when asked
to describe the new album musically. "The reason why that is the
case is because we have decided to stray our own path to set
ourselves away from the industry. Not only through the sound but
also visually through art, through music videos and band members as
well. So any time someone would listen to our song or see our
album, they would immediately say I know this is Within
Destruction. We wanted to build our own brand, in a way."
In the full interview, Rok talks more about Animetal and what
Within Destruction were going for musically, how their sound has
changed since their previous release, the anime aspect to the album
and how they fit in together, the early days of the band and where
they fit in, musical growth and how much Within Destruction have
left in them, their upcoming shows in Australia and more.


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