Masked DJ figure Marshmello and collaborator SVDDEN DEATH surprised European EDM crowds earlier this year by peppering a punishingly slam-centric, metal-and-dubstep-mutating cut called “Midnight” into one of their sets. Now, the next-level-weird collaborative cut between Oklahoma death-metal faction PeelingFlesh, SVDDEN DEATH and fellow EDM artists YVM3 and NIMDA is officially on streamers for all to enjoy.
While its somewhat unclear how everyone got together on the track to begin with, a press release explains that the song’s origins lay with PeelingFlesh guitarist Jason Parrish, who riffed up some sick-and-slimy guitar damage one day while nostalgically reflecting on Ice-T’s O.G. Original Gangster LP.
“The song came from me listening to Ice-T with my pops when I was like 9-10 in a ‘89 Trans Am with two 12”s in the hatch and always wanting to sample ‘Midnight’ by Ice T into something,” he summed up in a statement. “So I sampled it for the intro and wrote some riffs over it, essentially.”
While technically sporting some snippets from the O.G. “Midnight,” PeelingFlesh take it in a dark and digesting new direction through dank metal riffage and the occasional nug-crushin’ blast beat. As for the EDM contingent on this collab, the track accordingly takes some deep and electronic bass-squelching side-journeys.
You can check out the hybrid heaviness out up above.
PeelingFlesh likewise have a handful of festival dates, headline shows and tour dates with Sunami and Pain of Truth coming up soon. You’ll find the date details down below.
Peeling Flesh tour dates 2025:
5/9 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple
5/10 New Kensington, PA – Preserving ^
5/13 St Louis, MO – Delmar Hall ^
5/15 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel ^
5/16 Charleston, SC – Music Farm ^
5/17 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West ^
5/18 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville
5/19 Pensacola, FL – The Handlebar
5/20 New Orleans, LA – Siberia
5/21 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
9/18 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
^ with Sunami, Pain of Truth