The song is the latest from the forthcoming ~mAntras~ album
Alien Ant Farm has released “Last dAntz,” the final single from their upcoming album ~mAntras~ to be released on April 26th through Megaforce Records. The song follows the release of “So Cold” and “Fade,” both of which were accompanied by official music videos and can be seen on the band’s YouTube channel now.
~mAntras~ is a record that will not only challenge your preconceptions of the band but will also firmly reassert their place in the world. The band’s sixth full-length was shaped by personal change and growth, and it represents as close to a new beginning as a band first formed in 1996 can get. At the same time, it’s not a record that dismisses and disregards the past. Far from it. A record of deep contemplation, ~mAntras~ was born out of various trials and tribulations—its songs don’t just take the listener on a musical journey, but, as its title suggests, also on a personal and spiritual one.
Alien Ant Farm has encountered a lot of adversity since blowing up in 2001 with two iconic songs—first their composition, “Movies,” and then their classic, generation-defining cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”—but none more so between the release of Always And Forever and this record. It’s no surprise, then, that a lot of it has been captured on the 11 tracks that make up ~mAntras~. As guitarist Terry Corso puts it: “Growing up, divorce, children, family, death, band break-ups, surgeries, illness, health—everything is in this record. It’s literally a product of all the fucking shit, good and bad, that we went through.”
All of it, though, was channeled into crafting the most confident and self-assured album of the band’s career (“The manure makes the flower grow,” quips vocalist Dryden Mitchell). And despite the false start, when Alien Ant Farm felt they could pick things up again in terms of making new music, they did just that. What’s more, they found themselves thoroughly reinvigorated and re-inspired. Older and wiser and no longer as eager to please the music industry, the band really leaned into what it meant to be themselves on this album.
Alien Ant Farm recently announced an upcoming headlining tour that kicks off April 12th in Las Vegas, NV with support on select dates from The Ataris and Kaleido. Additional dates have been added with Drowning Pool, Saliva, and Driveways. The band will also perform at Welcome To Rockville, Louder Than Life, and Aftershock festivals taking place this year.
