Tallah unleash sci-fi concept album Primeval: Obsession // Detachment with new video

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Genre-defiant nu-core disruptors Tallah have today released their most ambitious work to date, Primeval: Obsession // Detachment,  a fully live-tracked, sci-fi concept album that pulls listeners into a world of collapsing morality, split identities and sonic chaos. Released via Earache Records, the band have also dropped a brand new music video for focus track 'depleted', one of the album’s strangest and most textural songs.

Shot among rusted rebar and yellow-jacket swarms, the 'depleted' video captures the dystopian atmosphere of the record’s second act - wild, decaying and haunted. Sharing more on the experience, frontman Justin Bonitz shares:

“Despite all the dust, yellow jackets, and rusty rebar, this was one of the coolest locations we have ever shot at. There was so much to explore, and it really captured the vibe/aesthetic we saw in our heads when listening to the song. Derek Rathbun (director) made everything so easy and streamlined, so the shoot felt a lot shorter than it actually was. ‘depleted’ is one of the weirdest songs on the album, and we were hoping the video would match the same energy. Have fun listening!”

Watch the video to 'depleted' here: https://youtu.be/Zv-QnSjy5T8 

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Order Primeval: Obsession // Detachment here: earache.com/tallah

The track itself maintains the raw, unedited approach that defines Primeval: Obsession // Detachment. The album was recorded live in Michigan with producer Josh Schroeder using no clicks, no edits, and no safety nets. Like its four predecessors, 'What we know', 'A primeval detachment', 'augmented' and 'as fate undoes', 'depleted' also ties directly into the album’s layered sci-fi narrative. The concept follows two characters, Ana and Sheelah, on a morally destructive journey across an alien world. Fans can dive deeper into the lore through The Primeval Game, a playable story-world that’s updated monthly with new clues, song teasers, and narrative expansions. Explore the game, built in collaboration with Enzo Interactive at primevalgame.com

Primeval: Obsession // Detachment stands as Tallah's most ambitious and uncompromising work to date. Weaving sci-fi storytelling together with deliberately imperfect performances, Tallah prove that human instinct still has power in an increasingly artificial landscape.

Tracklisting:

1. 05:01
2. What We Know
3. augmented
4. as fate undoes
5. my primeval obsession
6. _la|cuna_
7. A primeval detachment
8. undone by fate
9. depleted
10. what we want
11. 07:09

Emerging from Pennsylvania in 2018, Tallah fuse the percussive force of second-generation drummer-turned-bassist Max Portnoy with the unpredictable dexterity of vocalist and viral phenom Justin Bonitz and the phenomenal guitarist duo of Derrick Schneider and Alex Snowden to form a sound that’s part brutalist nu-metal, part theatrical meltdown, and entirely their own. What began as a raw homage to the early-2000s metal they were raised on—Slipknot, Korn, Linkin Park—has since evolved into something far stranger and far more singular.

After making waves with their 2020 debut Matriphagy, a twisted concept album soaked in trauma and noise, the band were hailed by Knotfest as delivering “one of the best metal releases of the year” and by Metal Hammer as “leading the charge on the new wave of nu-metal.” The follow-up, The Generation Of Danger (2022), saw them push their hybrid sound further into chaos—earning millions of streams, high-profile festival slots, and nominations at both the Heavy Music Awards and AIM Independent Music Awards.

But it’s on album three, Primeval: Obsession // Detachment (out 5th September 2025 via Earache Records), that Tallah truly shatter what’s left of the mould. Decamping to Michigan to record the entire project live with longtime producer Josh Schroeder, the band abandoned edits, clicks, backing tracks, and rules. What remains is pure instinct—feral, volatile, and unrelentingly human.

To date, Tallah have clocked up 29.7 million Spotify streams and 6 million YouTube views.

Tallah are:

Vocals: Justin Bonitz
Guitar: Alex Snowden
Guitar: Derrick Schneider
Bass: Max Portnoy
Drums: Joel McDonald
DJ: DJ Navi

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