Hardcore thrash lifers Vitamin X are back with a new single

Ride the Apocalypse is the 2nd single and title track of Vitamin X’s upcoming seventh album, out on March 13th via Svart Records. The song is a sarcastic, high-speed snapshot of the times we’re living in – a world racing toward collapse, driven by climate change, endless wars, and the global rise of right-wing politics.

“It captures the feeling of moving at shattering speed, faster than light, straight toward the abyss – while governments, corporations, and public figures keep pretending nothing is wrong. Climate denial, political denial, moral denial: everything is “under control,” as long as growth continues and profits stay intact.

Musically, the track goes into raw and relentless Discharge style D-beat hardcore punk, opening with repetitive, pounding marching drum hits, before exploding into full D-beat speed.

Fasten your seatbelts, crank it up, and Ride the Apocalypse with us! Pre-order the album at Svart’s webstore; 17 tracks of pure hardcore thrash punk mayhem!”, comments the band.

Listen to the new single HERE

New video for the first single Chop Chop Chop of the upcoming album is also out now! Filmed during Vitamin X‘s Japan tour in late 2025 it captures the band raging in the streets and at the high speed shows, and lots ot singalongs with the fans. Check it out HERE

Amsterdam’s hardcore legends Vitamin X are back with their seventh album Ride The Apocalypse, the band’s most intense and ambitious album to date — released by Svart Records in March 2026.

Mastered by Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust, Municipal Waste) and featuring apocalyptic artwork by Andrei Bouzikov (Municipal Waste), the record delivers 17 tracks of pure mayhem: faster, harder, and heavier than anything the band has done before.

Everyone who’s heard the early mixes agree — this is the strongest Vitamin X album yet.

For over two decades, Vitamin X has been one of the most explosive and influential forces in crossover hardcore punk. Emerging alongside the early wave of modern crossover and thrash-revival bands like Municipal Waste and Wolfbrigade, Vitamin X carved out a sound that is unmistakably their own: ultra-fast, razor-tight, socio-political, fun, and always completely unhinged.

They’ve released albums on iconic labels such as Southern Lord, Havoc, and Tankcrimes, and worked with legends like Steve Albini, John Baizley (Baroness) and J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.). Their video About to Crack reached millions of views. The band has played over a thousand shows worldwide and appeared at festivals such as Hellfest, Maryland Deathfest, EXIT, and Obscene Extreme.