HUMANKIND trace personal struggles and collective responsibility on Perfect World

Written by EOS Editorial Team

November 11, 2026

HUMANKIND connect individual mental health struggles with questions about humanity's future on Perfect World, their second studio album, due December 4, 2026, through ROAR — A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music. Its ten-track sequence moves from depression and trauma toward digital alienation, environmental destruction and social division.

The modern metalcore band's debut, An End, Once and for All, concentrated on surviving inner darkness. Perfect World extends that perspective beyond the individual while retaining resilience, compassion and the search for purpose as its central concerns. The announcement describes healing as “finding a way to move forward without allowing it to define you,” rather than erasing past experiences.

Opening song “The Darkness I Own” addresses depression as something people may have to live alongside. “Desire to Die” examines suicidal thoughts and emotional exhaustion without romanticizing them, while “Black Sands” considers childhood wounds and the effects of taking on adult responsibilities too early.

“Drain Me” shifts the focus toward digital culture. Its subject is the psychological cost of social media turning identities, emotions and people into rapidly consumed content. The song connects constant performance and the pursuit of validation with lost authenticity and emotional exhaustion, questioning how much control people retain over technology.

The album also includes HUMANKIND's interpretation of Billie Eilish's “lovely,” featuring Nastassja of ENEMY INSIDE. The cover reverses the original male and female vocal roles while retaining its emotional focus. Within the album's narrative, it represents the need to let healing proceed at its own pace.

“Fed Up” turns exhaustion into determination, moving the record from survival toward resistance. “Humans” then examines recurring war, environmental destruction, greed and division. Its question concerns collective responsibility: why those patterns persist despite human progress.

The title track, “Perfect World,” features Christoph Wieczorek of ANNISOKAY and brings those themes together. Framed as a retrospective view of humanity after everything has ended, the song considers a world whose possibilities went unprotected. Mental health, loneliness, environmental damage, digital alienation and social division converge in its question of whether change is still possible.

Musically, the album combines modern metalcore with cinematic atmospheres, breakdowns, melodic choruses and emotionally driven songwriting. Wieczorek, also associated with Sawdust Recordings, again worked with HUMANKIND, handling production, mixing and mastering. The songs form a connected narrative while retaining their individual subjects; the broader message encourages empathy, openness and honest conversation without offering simple answers.