Two voices fight for control in OMNIKOLOSS’ new single, ‘Splitmind.’ Performed in English and German, they embody human consciousness and an implanted presence as the arrangement moves from metal toward synthesizers. The track is available now and appears on Quantum Fleshdrive, the band’s third studio album, arriving December 4, 2026, through Unholy Conspiracy Deathwork. Album pre-orders are available.
OMNIKOLOSS explain the vocal premise: ‘One represents the conscious human voice, while the other is an implanted voice that has developed a life of its own through a neural interface. As the two begin to fight for control, the track escalates with them.’ The announcement also includes a YouTube player for ‘Splitmind.’
The song places humanity beneath ruined cities, hiding from machines. As the survivors retreat, their bunker becomes both a physical refuge and a shelter for the mind. The threat increasingly concerns the boundary between external reality and thought.
‘What begins as a story about hiding from machines ultimately becomes a story about losing the last private space a human being possesses: the certainty that one's own thoughts still belong to oneself,’ the band explain. ‘There is nowhere left to hide. The mind may already have become part of the machine.’
That premise connects to the wider album’s body horror, cyberpunk and dark science fiction influences, including Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Akira and Blade Runner. Its world depicts technology entering the body, voices entering the mind and the distinction between human and artificial becoming unstable.
Black metal remains the foundation of Quantum Fleshdrive, alongside electronic music, analogue synthesis, ambient and industrial sounds. Across its six tracks, acoustic drums and guitars meet programmed beats, field recordings and synthesizers including the Moog Sub 37, Korg MS-20, Polysix, Minimoog and Juno-60. The band’s broader writing also incorporates synthwave and soundtrack influences, with atmosphere and thematic concepts carrying equal weight to traditional song structures.
The recording process combines spontaneous performances, deliberately written passages, electronic manipulation and acoustic material. The announcement describes the album as coming from a place where the distinction between black metal and futuristic sound ‘no longer matters.’
David Feistel produced and mixed Quantum Fleshdrive at Cave Sustain. Markus Stock mastered it at Klangschmiede Studio E. Karmazid created the cover artwork, with additional layout by Johnny Doe.
The album’s 12-inch vinyl editions comprise 150 Hypnotoad Green copies and 100 Fleshdrive Red copies. A limited edition consists of 20 special sets containing Fleshdrive Red vinyl, an exclusive DIY cassette and an OMNIKOLOSS pin.
- Omnisyndrom Alpha 17 (12:24)
- Invisible Eruptions (7:51)
- Splitmind (8:51)
- Nectere (01:59)
- Liquid Dreams (6:45)
- Artificial End (03:55)
OMNIKOLOSS began in 2020 with a writing session between Tobias Norbinski (DER ROTE MILAN) and David Feistel (STELLAR MASTER ELITE). Surviolence (CAPTAIN CAVEMEN) joined shortly afterward, and vocalist Khonan completed the lineup.
Surviolence handles drums, electronic beats and additional vocals; Feistel contributes bass, synthesizers, additional guitars, sampling and production. Khonan performs vocals, while Norbinski plays guitars.
The band’s earlier releases include Wandering Through Concrete Valleys, issued through Unholy Conspiracy Deathwork in 2023, whose vinyl edition sold out. The 2025 release コンクリートの谷を彷徨って II followed through the same label as a single 26:53 composition, accompanied by a handcrafted VHS box that sold out shortly after launch.
