Beyond The Styx Drops “Never Ending War” [Watch]
A critique of endless war and the systems that profit from it
French metallic hardcore outfit Beyond the Styx unveils the video for “Never Ending War,” the second single from their upcoming album DIVID, due out May 08 via Innerstrength Records.
“Never Ending War” sees BTSTYX taking aim at the realities of global conflict and the systems that keep it in motion. Of the track, vocalist Emile states: “War has left me in a state of shock since I was a child… I have never understood, and I don’t think I ever will, in whose name or for what purpose we could possibly wish for the annihilation of our fellow human beings. What forces can truly operate in such a process?
One day, I had the idea to research how many armed conflicts were currently raging in the world… The ICRC estimates, according to its report, that there were approximately 130 armed conflicts worldwide in 2024 (more than half of them in Africa).
While my eyes were mainly fixed on the Eastern front, 128 conflicts whose existence I was unaware of were at work: killing, torturing, raping, starving, displacing, traumatizing, and taking millions of adults and children out of school across our world.”
“War is a massacre of people who don’t know each other, for the benefit of people who do know each other but don’t massacre each other,” Emile says, echoing French poet and essayist Paul Valéry.
He continues: “When we take a step back from the atrocity of the images, we realize that no conflict truly and lastingly affects any people without a real economic stake. And that’s precisely where the problem lies… How can my own country simultaneously promote ‘human rights’ and be the world’s second-largest arms exporter?
‘If you want war, prepare for peace’ is the adage of modern capitalism, which, under the pretext of wanting to protect everyone from the fear of war at all costs, ultimately pits people against each other for its own benefit: the interests of the market.
We spend our lives convincing ourselves that life is priceless, while the price of peace only increases. At a time when the number of armed conflicts worldwide seems to be at its highest level since 1946, wouldn’t it be better for the West to start trying to make peace within itself before attempting to make peace with the rest of the world?
Never!”
Watch the music video for “Never Ending War” Below / Stream/Download the single on your preferred digital platforms HERE.
Listen to the first single, “Dust Off,” HERE.
Pre-Order DIVID via Innerstrength Records (vinyl and digital) HERE, or directly via the band (CD, cassette, vinyl, and merch – Europe) HERE.
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!”
Track Listing
01. Dust Off [feat. Okan Deniz from I Am Revenge] (LISTEN)
02. Bystander
03. Never Ending War (Watch | Listen)
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.
Recorded in July 2025 at Cornerstone Audio by Daan Nieboer, in Luttenberg,
Netherlands.
Engineered, mixed & mastered by Daan Nieboer.
Produced by Daan Nieboer & Beyond The Styx.
Guest vocals on “Dust off” by Okan Deniz (I Am Revenge).
Guest vocals on “Flower Violence” by Delphine Cheezy Crust (Sisterhood Issues).
—Band Lineup—
Emile : vocals
Adrien : drums
David : rhythmic guitar
Yoann : bass
Guillaume : lead guitar
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Innerstrength Records:
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