With the global West descending into fascism and an American government hell bent on strengthening the police state and spreading egregious disinformation, the timing is as urgent as ever for Planet On A Chain to deliver another album. Ritual Routine, out today through the legendary Revelation Records, was recorded and mixed by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios. The result is twelve fast hardcore punk tracks that produce an ongoing assault on the senses. Lightning fast riffing, frantic drums that never cheat, fills that border on the impossible, and outraged vocals come full force across the record.
The song “Mangled and Twisted” discusses the ongoing nightmare of landmines used in ground warfare and the terror they continue to force communities to suffer through years after a conflict has ended. “Poor Excuse” was written about platforming and making a celebrity of those who carry out or attempt to carry out acts of violence against others that escaped consequences under the guise of “self defense.” “Reveal The Worst” delves into the desensitization of the public after years of armed actions, diminishing outrage to heinous acts being carried out in Gaza in the present day.
Ritual Routine can be streamed HERE and is available on vinyl now through Revelation Records.
Once a band whose notoriety rested heavily on the “members of” angle, Planet On A Chain have become mainstays of the Revelation Records roster: an interstate outfit featuring four members from Northern California’s volatile hardcore punk scene and a vocalist from Texas by way of New Jersey whose combined output totals over a century of making some of the most urgent and forward thinking bands of their respected eras. Since forming, the band has released 2022 full-length Deprogram, 2023’s Boxed In – an LP worth of re-recorded demo material, and 2024’s Culture Of Death.
Planet On A Chain is Dave (vocals), Brian (guitar), Alex (guitar), Tobia (bass), and Moses (drums).
