Defiled Release Video for New Single “Altered State”
Posted on May 26, 2026
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While masters of the vile art known as death metal since the early ‘90s, Defiled aren’t relics or custodians for the old-school. The Japanese legends have shared stages with Morbid Angel, Mayhem and Cannibal Corpse, but, historically, they’ve carved their own singular path through metal’s hallowed crypts. Their upcoming ninth album continues to alter the genre in unthinkable ways. On Altered State, they deliver a dizzying blast of death metal straight from the future.
“While rooted in death metal’s formative years, the record pushes far beyond genre orthodoxy”, Metal Injection wrote upon the announcement of Altered State. Distorted Sound noted how the album is “continuing to expand on the band’s long-established blend of old-school death metal, technical thrash riffing and progressive rock compositional logic”.
Today, Defiled are releasing a music video for the third and final advanced single from Altered State. While upholding death metal’s raw speed, the title track from the band’s new album upends all conventions at every twist and turn.
“This song showcases our core identity”, Defiled guitarist and founding member Yusuke Sumita says. “The tempo shifts lean more toward progressive or fusion methodologies than traditional death metal, creating a dramatic, thrilling atmosphere that defies monotony”.
Watch the music video for “Altered State” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
Altered State comes out June 12, 2026 on Season of Mist.
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Can’t wait for Altered State? You can hear the entire album before it comes out by RSVPing to this week’s Bandcamp Listening Party.
Defiled Altered State Bandcamp Listening Party
Thursday, May 28 @ 12:00 pm Central European Summer Time / 6 am Eastern Time
RSVP
https://defiledjapan.bandcamp.com/live/altered-state-listening-party
After hearing them pound out three albums in four years, metalheads would be forgiven for assuming Defiled had reached the highest level, that there were no horrors left for them to reveal. Altered State quickly quiets any further foolish suspicions. Like a spider, the title track spins a web that’s both catchy and impossible to grasp .
“Altered State is undoubtedly one of the most unconventional entries in our discography” Sumita says. “Defiled have shifted our focus toward concepts that we and death metal as a whole have overlooked. We invite anyone to join us in exploring the outermost edges of the genre”.
Defiled are still guided by the underground spirit, but “Altered State” descends into the deepest and darkest corners of our warped reality. Bassist Takachika Nakajima and drummer Keisuke Hamada cut sharply between slippery grooves. “Receive the power”, Shinichiro Hamada growls after summoning a demonic solo with his whammy bar. As the band whip into one final head-spinning frenzy, they rip apart any and all preconceptions of death metal. “You are now in an altered state”.
Hear the title track, “Obsession”, “Portal” and other songs from Altered State during Defiled’s Japanese summer tour, as well as their upcoming shows with Incantation and Brujeria.
Defiled 2026 Altered State Japanese Tour
June 9 – Tokyo @ Holiday with Incantation
June 10 – Yokohama @ El Puente
June 11 – Fussa @ Chicken Shack
June 12 – Tokyo @ Earthdom
June 13 – Fukushima @ Sora
June 13 – Sendai @ Solfa
June 14 – Aizuwakamatsu @ Karando
June 14 – Niigata @ Rocka
June 15 – Nagano @ Rosebery Cafe
June 16 – Kofu @ Bodega
June 17 – Iida @ Space Tama
June 18 – Nagoya @ Studio 246
June 19 – Osaka @ Hokage
June 20 – Okayama @ Dogvult
June 20 – Hiroshima @ Agit
June 21 – Fukuoka @ Reflex
June 21 – Sasebo @ Distortion
June 22 – Mabi @ Branch
Defiled 2026 Japanese Dates with Brujeria
September 15 – Tokyo @ Cyclone
September 16 – Osaka @ Socore Factory
The video for “Altered State” was created by Seaside99works.
More praise for Defiled
“Nobody sounds like these guys: they make art out of riffs, snares, and death” – New Noise
“Defiled boasts a pompous, unrelenting cavalcade of punishment and decimation” – Ghost Cult
“Blending the influence of extreme metal and gutter punk, Defiled are straight to the point and it’s relentless” – Distorted Sound
“Defiled don’t stick around long for their songwriting to risk losing its audience but, at the same time, the band do a striking amount of work within any individual track as they keep evolving the riff or sequence of songwriting so you’re always wondering what will happen next” – The Razors Edge
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