Banks Arcade sign with Arising Empire and release new single 'Severance'

Arising Empire have never been ones to play it safe, but with their newest signing, they’ve doubled down on something far more volatile. Enter Banks Arcade and their ferocious new single 'Severance', a track that doesn’t just blur genre lines, it tears them apart and leaves the pieces smoldering.

Watch 'Severance' here: https://youtu.be/bsG7nRjwFBY
Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/severance

Built on a collision of punishing metalcore, glitchy electronic textures, and the swagger of modern hip-hop, 'Severance' feels less like a song and more like a system overload. It’s aggressive, cinematic, and calculated chaos, exactly the kind of statement you’d expect from a band that has never acknowledged the idea of staying in one lane. 'Severance' captures that momentum at full speed. There’s a maximalist intensity running through the track, industrial electronics colliding with downtuned riffs, hooks that feel like they’ve been dragged through a rave at 3am, and a sense that everything could fall apart at any second, but never does. It’s controlled destruction.

Catch the band live:
July 10, 2026 — Cheltenham, United Kingdom — 2000trees Festival

Banks Arcade online:
https://www.instagram.com/banksarcade
https://www.facebook.com/banksarcade
https://www.tiktok.com/@banksarcade