Raven imagery and cybernetic glitches accompany ESOTERIK’s single “Dirt” in its official visualizer. Taken from the duo’s upcoming album NÜ SKIN, the track is available now across major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.
Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Brady Bledsoe places the song’s concerns with artificial stimulation, digital decay and diminishing attention in direct terms: “In a culture designed for cheap stimulation and the systematic destruction of our focus, 'Dirt' is about the urgency of restoring balance,” he says. “It's a warning that a mind without memory mistakes novelty for progress.”
The industrial grunge-metal single brings together jagged electronic sequences, down-tuned instrumentation and raw vocals. Its lyrics contrast digital assimilation—“Simulation complete / shut down extinct / Synchronization repeat / shut down delete”—with a desire for physical grounding: “I want to smell like the dirt / I want to bleed like the sky”.
Mythology provides another expression of that struggle. The line “Odin calls to me but I can't see clearly” connects the Allfather’s call with personal power and clarity obscured by artificial static. Those themes extend into the visualizer’s ravens and glitch aesthetic.
The announcement describes the single artwork as a glitched, cyan-line rendering of Odin’s ravens, Huginn (Thought) and Muninn (Memory), circling the Allfather’s eye. A dark, corrupted signal grid forms the background. The imagery represents the fragmentation of thought and memory through modern hyper-consumption.
“Dirt” follows recent releases from NÜ SKIN and continues the album’s rollout. The announcement presents the upcoming record as ESOTERIK’s official transition into metal, following years of international touring and chart success in Europe.
Based in the U.S., ESOTERIK comprises Allison Eckfeldt on vocals and Brady Bledsoe on instruments and vocals. The alternative metal/industrial duo has combined dark electronic textures with aggressive rock sensibilities since 2013.
