Las Vegas-based beatdown hardcore outfit TWIST LOCK have released their punishing new single „Get Bent“, a slow-burning, breakdown-heavy offering taken from their forthcoming debut EP Surplus Citizen. The record is set for release on June 12, 2026.TWIST LOCK have made their intentions clear with the release of „Get Bent“, the latest single from their forthcoming debut EP Surplus Citizen, due June 12, 2026. The track channels raw frustration and hostile energy into a slow, crushing exercise in beatdown hardcore, built around commanding breakdowns and a foreboding atmosphere that tightens like a vice before exploding into groove-driven aggression.
The band describe the track as one of their most personal to date. „Get Bent“ confronts the systemic disillusionment felt by a generation sold a future that never materialised, with corporate greed and economic inequality serving as the backdrop for its unrelenting intensity.
Formed in 2024, TWIST LOCK brings together current and former members of ATOLL, EYES OF PERDITION, LUNACY, NECRAMBULENT, and NECROBOT, operating across Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Mobile. The trio strips the genre back to its most confrontational essentials, drawing influence from KNOCKED LOOSE, THE ACACIA STRAIN, KORN, SUNAMI, CODE ORANGE, and AGNOSTIC FRONT.
Surplus Citizen was produced by TWIST LOCK and recorded at Filthy Swine Productions with engineers Wade Taylor and Cameron Broomfield. Taylor handled mixing and mastering duties and also created the EP’s cover artwork. The four-track record comprises „Your Mistake“, „Get Bent“, „Cunstituents“, and „Imbecile“, presenting a focused and uncompromising statement from a band with little patience for excess.
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