Lauded Philadelphia band Paint It Black has shared ’Dominion’, the second single from the upcoming record ’Famine,’ set for release on November 3rd on Revelation Records. Following the hard-stomping ’Famine,’ their new song is two minutes of ripping, melody-fueled hardcore shouting at the exploitation of a thoughts and prayers-filled society. Ink & Dagger guitarist Don DeVore brings his off-kilter approach to the song, contributing a distinct riff.
Expanding on the song’s sentiment, the band states: “This song is our attempt to address our country’s frightening slide into right-wing theocracy. Aside from direct assaults on reproductive freedom and free speech, the nastiest trick that religious fundamentalism plays on the faithful is the promise of a better life after the one we’re currently living. Rather than critiquing or challenging an economic arrangement that guarantees a life of toil and struggle or abject poverty for most humans, so that a very small number of people can accumulate wealth, we’re offered the narrative that suffering in this life has meaning and will grant us admission into the hereafter. In this way, fundamentalist organized religion protects power and wealth. The idea that the natural world was created for humans to exploit is the reason the world is on fire.”