Patriarchy unveiled ‘Servile’ single just before releasing ‘Appendices’ EP

A live show favorite that will delight fans with its inclusion on their latest release, LA duo Patriarchy’s “Servile” dives into the gray zones of Stockholm Syndrome. The voice of the song demands to be depersonalized; to become a tool of a master (society, religion, lover, etc). The electro-industrial metal epic is the focus track for Patriarchy’s new Appendices EP, out now. 

“‘Feed me, fuck me, keep me high…’ This direct quote from a Manson family killer felt perfect for “Servile,” a track about the terrifying intimacy of surrender,” says Actually Huizenga. “Surrender to a lover, to society, to religion, to addiction, or any force that makes self-erasure feel like devotion. In the song, I speak from inside of a body being reshaped  by control: cutting off the parts that won’t obey, trading fear for submission, and finding the power in becoming someone else’s weapon.”

Patriarchy has been playing “Servile” live for the past year and it has quickly become a crowd favorite. Metal fans may recognize the banshee backing vocals on the track: That’s all female Norwegian black metal band Witch Club Satan, who Patriarchy invited to provide screams on the choruses while they toured the US this summer.

“Servile” follows two other genre-bending summer singles, “Bite Marks” and “Lilylicker,” as Patriarchy continues to define their self-described Snuff Pop sound in unexpected ways. View the video for “Bite Marks” here. Official video for “Lilylicker” to follow.

“‘Bite Marks’ has had a crazy life before even being released,” Patriarchy explains, “born during a wildfire blackout in Malibu, recorded multiple times, abandoned, cut from our last album Manual For Dying… But we couldn’t let it die, we loved it so much. Being that it was written while we were genuinely scared, you can hear that in its DNA: the same energy we love in our favorite Skinny Puppy and Nine Inch Nails dancefloor bangers, industrial sounds with unsettling pulses. Those are the best kinds of songs to us, where you’re scared and excited at the same time.”

The band adds, “‘Hate Fuck’ started as a guitar driven industrial track and ended up a deconstructed piano ballad, ‘Servile’ started as a minimal synth pop song and morphed into a metal epic when we revisited it. We can’t even explain how ‘Ode,’ a somber meditation on power and corruption became a disco track but here we are…. Snuff pop has no rules, we just follow the screams.”

Rule-breaking and unpredictable, the Appendices EP isn’t just a collection of B-sides. Each track stands alone, forming an EP through their shared refusal to resemble one another. Moving through electro-industrial, metal, dance punk, and fractured pop, the release continues to refine, and expand, the band’s “snuff pop” moniker. 

Appendices was written, recorded, and produced by Patriarchy with additional production and mixing from Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe, Street Sects, The Armed), Enyang Urbiks (Peaches, Arca), and Matia Simovich (Inhalt, Riki, Madeline Goldstein).

Available on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and Bandcamp since August 7, 2026.

Tracklist:

1. Bite Marks
2. Lilylicker
3. Servile
4. Ode (to an Apprehensive Tyrant)
5. Hate Fuck

Patriarchy is the Los Angeles-based ‘snuff pop’ project led by vocalist and filmmaker Actually Huizenga. With three albums, dozens of remixes, and a live album under their belt, the band has amassed a cult following built equally on the music, elaborate cinematic videos, unapologetically transgressive lyrics, and a live show with a reputation for going too far. The on-and-off chemistry between Huizenga and the mysteriously named bandmate “The Drummer” is its own subplot.

They’ve collaborated closely with Twin Shadow, John Fryer, Drab Majesty, Geneva Jacuzzi, and ADULT., amongst others. Patriarchy has done a handful of European/US headline runs, was direct support for The Cult across North America, and become a fixture at major festivals in EU and US including Cruel World, Roadburn, and Brutal Assault. Their live show has drawn comparisons to Nine Inch Nails, Crystal Castles, and Rammstein.

In 2026, they embarked on a US tour with all female metal band Witch Club Satan, and were recently headlining shows in Europe in July/August. Recently, it was announced that Patriarchy will be part of the 2027 line-up of the Finnish underground festival Sonic Rites!