Incoming: Motionless In White Return With Decades and a Brutal Corey Taylor-Assisted New Single
- Lee (Review Zoo)
- May 8
- 3 min read
The Pennsylvania metalcore institution are leaning harder into chaos, goth theatrics and industrial aggression on their seventh album, with Decades arriving this July via Roadrunner Records.
For a band that built its reputation on horror aesthetics, breakdowns and enough black eyeliner to terrify suburban malls, Motionless In White have shown remarkable staying power. Two decades into their career, the Scranton heavyweights are still finding fresh ways to weaponise metalcore, industrial noise and gothic melodrama without sanding off the jagged edges that made them cult favourites in the first place.
Now the band have announced their new album Decades, due July 17 through Roadrunner Records, alongside the release of venomous new single “Playing God”, which features a particularly feral guest appearance from Corey Taylor.
If recent Motionless In White material has flirted with arena-sized polish, “Playing God” sounds more like kicking a hole through the internet itself. According to vocalist Chris Motionless, the track takes aim at the exhausting state of online discourse and the constant churn of outrage culture.
“I can't believe how aggressive Corey sounds,” Motionless said of the collaboration. “It's an observational commentary on toxic internet culture and the people who perpetuate it.”
That frustration bleeds directly into the song’s atmosphere — all serrated riffs, industrial crunch and apocalyptic energy. It feels purpose-built for fans who like their modern metal maximalist, theatrical and just a little unhinged.
The upcoming Decades looks set to pull together every era of Motionless In White’s sound. Across the record, the band reportedly fuse the gothic metal melodrama of their early years with the industrial electronics and colossal hooks that pushed them into the mainstream metal conversation alongside acts like Bring Me The Horizon and Ice Nine Kills.
Produced by Drew Fulk and Justin “JD” deBlieck between Upstate New York and Los Angeles, the album also ropes in guest appearances from Skylar Grey and Dark Divine vocalist Anthony Martinez. Song titles like “Blood Pact”, “Love At First Bite” and “Afraid Of The Dark” suggest the band aren’t abandoning their flair for camp horror any time soon either — thankfully.
Chris Motionless insists the record doubles down on heaviness rather than restraint.
“We were never afraid to take risks,” he explained. “We are never going to abandon heartfelt, emotional, and heavy songs.”
That mindset has helped Motionless In White outlive plenty of their scene contemporaries. While many 2010s metalcore bands either softened their sound for radio play or disappeared entirely, MIW have continued evolving without losing their identity. Their ability to move between crushing breakdowns, synth-driven goth textures and massive choruses remains oddly unique in modern heavy music.
The timing makes sense too. Alternative metal and theatrical metalcore are having another cultural surge, with younger audiences rediscovering the drama and excess that bands like Motionless In White have always embraced. Decades feels positioned to capture that momentum while reminding everyone who helped build the blueprint in the first place.
The band are currently on the road with Bring Me The Horizon before launching a massive North American headline run this summer alongside Lorna Shore, Fit For A King and Static Dress — including their first-ever headline performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Twenty years in, Motionless In White still sound like they’re trying to claw through the walls rather than settle into comfort. That’s probably why they still matter.
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