Attack Attack! - Attack Attack II
- Samuel Stevens
- Aug 7, 2025
- 2 min read
After more than a decade since their last full-length album, This Means War (2012), Attack Attack! returns with the gloriously chaotic Attack Attack! II—out August 8, 2025, via Oxide Records—is an album that’s as self-aware, unhinged, and sonically explosive as anything they’ve ever released. It’s not just a comeback; it’s a reinvention wrapped in sarcasm, breakdowns, and glitchy euphoria. This is Attack Attack! in 2025: older, weirder, and having a hell of a lot more fun.
For a band that practically coined “crabcore” and helped define the scene-kid era with neon-drenched Myspace aesthetics, Attack Attack! II doesn’t shy away from their roots—it weaponizes them. The Ohio legends embrace their legacy while refusing to get stuck in the past, gleefully blending metalcore, EDM, industrial, and arena-sized hooks into a sound that’s hard to define but instantly recognizable as theirs.
The album kicks off with “ONE HIT WONDER,” a tongue-in-cheek opening track that sets the tone with sarcastic swagger and feral energy. It’s a meta jab at critics and keyboard warriors, showcasing the band’s knack for turning mockery into metalcore anthems.
From there, Attack Attack! II only gets more unpredictable. Lead single “Dance!” might go down as one of 2025’s most iconic metalcore moments—not just because of the absolutely bonkers fake country promo campaign, but because it features Will Ramos (Lorna Shore) trading gutturals with synth-heavy groove sections and dance beats. It’s absurd. It’s brilliant. It’s so Attack Attack!.
Tracks like “Chainless,” “Walk On Water,” “Karmageddon,” and “Big Booty Britches” offer the kind of mosh-ready chaos fans have been waiting for, delivering spine-shattering breakdowns and soaring choruses. Meanwhile, their song “i complain on r/metalcore” might be the band’s most hilarious and self-aware track yet—riffing on internet elitism with enough heaviness mixed with some rap and pop elements to make even the most jaded listener smirk mid-two-step.
Balancing out the chaos are more melodic and emotionally resonant tracks like “Without You” and “Sacrifice,” reminding listeners that, beneath the memes and mayhem, Attack Attack! are still capable of earnest, stadium-sized heartfelt songwriting.
Where other bands might shy away from being "scene," Attack Attack! weaponizes nostalgia as a form of rebellion. They dismantle genre norms with a smile, throwing in dubstep drops, auto-tuned choruses, and cinematic synthscapes without ever losing the mosh-pit heart of metalcore. This isn’t just a throwback—Attack Attack! II is a future-forward freakshow that takes influence from hyperpop, nu-metal, and industrial metal alike.
Attack Attack! II is an album that only Attack Attack! could make. It’s irreverent, exhilarating, and undeniably bold—a musical middle finger to convention that both celebrates and satirizes the genre they helped shape. While some tracks will undoubtedly split the room (as intended), the album is a triumphant return and a reminder that metalcore doesn’t always need to be serious to be seriously good.
Whether you’re here for the breakdowns, the internet jokes, or just to feel like it's 2009 again, this album has something for you. And if you’re complaining about it online... well, they probably wrote a song about you too.
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