French metallic hardcore juggernauts Beyond The Styx share new single 'Dust Off' • GRIMM Gent

French metallic hardcore band Beyond The Styx returns with their fourth full-length, DIVID, scheduled for release on May 08 via Innerstrength Records. The album will be available on CD, vinyl, and cassette formats, as well as across digital platforms.

As a first preview of the album, BTSTYX streams the opening track, “Dust Off,” featuring Okan Deniz from the German heavy hardcore crew I Am Revenge.

<a href="https://innerstrengthrecords.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-styx-dust-off">Beyond The Styx – Dust Off by Innerstrength Records</a>

About the song “Dust Off,” which takes aim at racism and xenophobia, BTSTYX frontman Emile states:

“What is the value of memory in a world incapable of deconstructing the roots of its own history?

“According to UNESCO’s newly launched Global Outlook on Racism and Discrimination, race accounts for 38% of reported discrimination cases globally, followed by sex and gender (33%) and ethnicity (20%). Alarmingly, 18% of cases involve physical attacks, underscoring the violence and harm many face daily.

“A resource crisis is inevitable in a capitalist world, but a knowledge crisis is unforgivable in any democratic society.

“The silence has never been so deafening. The silence has never been so violent.

“The roots of evil—mother xenophobia, ever-growing with each crisis—serve only the interests of the powerful: divide and rule.

“If knowledge is power, then learning from the past means forging a better future. Dust off your life!”

Pre-Order DIVID via Innerstrength Records (vinyl and digital) HERE, or directly via the band (CD, cassette, vinyl, and merch – Europe) HERE.

Track Listing
01. Dust Off [feat. Okan Deniz from I Am Revenge] (LISTEN)
02. Bystander
03. Never Ending War
04. Chaosystem
05. Flowerviolence [feat. Delphine from Sisterhood Issues]
06. Anyøne
07. Graveyard FS
08. Kiss of the Cobra
09. Deadlock V
10. Storm of Life

Album Credits:
All songs written by Beyond The Styx.
Art direction, illustrations & design by Hafiz.

Guest vocals on “Dust off” by Okan Deniz (I Am Revenge).
Guest vocals on “Flower Violence” by Delphine Cheezy Crust (Sisterhood Issues).

Riding across Europe since 2011, Tours-based Beyond The Styx manifests a dark and violent musical universe at the crossroads of hardcore punk, thrash, and even death metal. “Is our history an eternal beginning?” With this question, BTSTYX makes their way—like the flap of a butterfly’s wing that can grow into a storm of change. Their hardcore confronts the realities of today so that today’s world does not harden into the hell of tomorrow.

The French quintet has released a demo, an EP, and three widely praised LPs to date. A relentless live band, BTSTYX has played more than 300 shows across Europe, sharing stages with Sepultura, Terror, Walls of Jericho, Malevolence, and The Acacia Strain, while also appearing at festivals such as Hellfest and Motocultor Festival.

Building on the strengths of their third album Sentence, BTSTYX propels further with the upcoming record DIVID, their most aggressive yet expressive work to date. The ten songs on the album radiate caustic, abrasive fury, cut through by frequent, almost unearthly breakdowns that nevertheless feel natural. While flashes of stab-frenzy metal swagger appear throughout, their relentless, snarling attack remains far closer to hardcore than to metal. Yet even in the most pit-ready moments, a menacing darkness lurks beneath the surface.

The record digs into a world stuck in permanent conflict, where inherited hatred, social indifference, war, environmental collapse, and personal breakdown feed an endless cycle of division. It expresses an authentic desire to expose evils gnawing at a decadent modern society—where many remain silent out of fear, others embrace rampant individualism, and only a few still try to preserve what little hope remains. At its core, DIVID pushes listeners to face that reality instead of looking away.

In a world more divided than ever, BTSTYX answer with the same raging live energy that has defined them for years. As the band puts it: “No More Borders! Cross The River!”

A release party will take place on May 09 in Saint-Avertin. BTSTYX will also appear at XTREEM FEST on August 01; more gigs and festival appearances will be announced soon.