Norwegian blackened hardcore outfit KORRUPT have dropped the official video for “Devoted to the Grave,” the new single taken from their forthcoming third album, The Weight We Carry, out October 30 via Holler Records.
Following its recent premiere at No Echo, “Devoted to the Grave” offers another blistering look into a record that pushes the Kristiansand five-piece’s collision of blackened metal and hardcore into increasingly dark and confrontational territory.
Formed in Kristiansand in 2013, Korrupt emerged from the city’s small hardcore scene. Growing up in a region historically shaped by conservative Christian culture left its mark, with organised religion, social control and the watchfulness of small-town life repeatedly finding their way into the band’s music.
The Weight We Carry pushes that confrontation further, exploring the ideas, expectations, fears and pressures people inherit and absorb, and ultimately have to decide whether to accept or reject.
Musically, Kvelertak provide an obvious reference point, but there are equally strong traces of Turbonegro’s infectious hooks and Comeback Kid’s hardcore energy, all dragged through the frostbitten aggression of Immortal.
Korrupt’s 2017 debut, Preachers and Creatures, released through Fysisk Format, attracted international attention from Metal Injection, Metal Underground and New Noise Magazine, while Germany’s VISIONS ranked it #20 on its albums-of-the-year list.
Six years later, Secret Sorrows pushed the band further. Norwegian daily Stavanger Aftenblad awarded the album a perfect 6/6, declaring that the standard for the year’s best record had already “been set.”
Three years on, The Weight We Carry continues that evolution: five musicians channelling the frustration, unease and resistance that have always fuelled Korrupt into their next uncompromising statement.
The Weight We Carry will be released October 30, 2026 via Holler Records, digitally and on vinyl LP. Pre-orders are now available at this location.
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