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Orlando’s Dark Divine is serving up a brutally honest take on their latest single "Better Start Digging," out on Friday, July 18th via Thriller Records. Complete with a visualizer, the new track cuts straight to the bone of modern success culture, exposing toxic ambition and moral compromises that define the “win at all costs” mentality.
“Better Start Digging is a song that describes the shallow mentality of those willing to “do anything to make it,” Dark Divine mentions. “Success at the expense of destroying the person you once were is an all-too-common occurrence in certain industries and is almost fetishized by those who want to experience what they perceive as “the good life.”
DARK DIVINE - BETTER START DIGGING
What makes "Better Start Digging" particularly striking is how it captures the steady decay of identity that comes with chasing hollow promises. The song explores how the pursuit of external validation becomes a psychological trap, where each moral compromise makes the next one feel inevitable. Dark Divine turns a sharp focus on the toxic culture that weaponizes ambition, creating environments where selling out is the expected path to success. Diving into the psychology of those trapped in these cycles, the band delivers an unflinching look at how society has normalized sacrificing your authentic self for perceived achievement. Operating as both a cautionary tale and mirror, the track forces listeners to confront their own relationship with ambition and ask where they draw the line between a healthy drive and destructive obsession.
TOUR/FESTIVAL
Dark Divine joins the Summer of Loud tour alongside Beartooth, I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, and The Devil Wears Prada. See tour dates below:
7/18 - Mansfield, OH @ Ohio State Reformatory (Inkcarceration Festival)
7/19 - York, PA @ York State Fair
7/20 - Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
7/22 - Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
7/23 - Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
7/24 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/26 - Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
7/27 - Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
Dark Divine returns to Inkcarceration Festival this year, taking the Reformatory stage on Friday, July 18th – the same day "Better Start Digging" hits streaming platforms. After a standout performance at last year’s festival, the Orlando metalcore outfit is primed to deliver a killer set to fans old and new.
ABOUT DARK DIVINE
In the shadows of Orlando’s music scene, Dark Divine has emerged as something far more deliberate than just another metalcore band. Fronted by Anthony Martinez’s haunting vocals, Robby Lynch’s sinister guitar work, Cory Scissorhands thunderous bass lines, and Triston Blaize’s relentless drumming, the band weaves melody and menace into something uniquely their own. It’s brutal, it’s beautiful, and it lingers long after the first note.
The band quickly gained recognition with their breakthrough track “Halloweentown,” which didn’t just earn spins on SiriusXM’s Octane, it landed on major playlists like Spotify’s Rock Hard and Apple Music’s Breaking Metal. The press took notice, too. Outlets like idobi Radio, Outburn Magazine, and New Noise Magazine praised their fresh approach to the genre, with New Noise noting, “Dark Divine is playing all the right cards.”
And it’s not just about the music, it’s the live show. From their spine tingling set at Inkcarceration Festival 2024 to tours alongside bands like Black Veil Brides, Ville Valo, Holding Absence, Crown The Empire, and a memorable set at Apocalypse Fest alongside Motionless In White, Dark Divine knows how to bring their eerie vision to life onstage. Their growing fanbase, known as the “Reapers,” keep showing up in force, feeding off the band’s energy and authenticity.
Following the release of the deluxe edition of Deadly Fun, Dark Divine expanded their haunted universe, showing just how far they’ve come and how far they’re willing to go. Now, they’re bringing their signature sound on the Summer Of Loud tour, a return to Inkcarceration Festival 2025, and plotting their next chapter. With new music on the way and an evolving sound in the works, Dark Divine isn’t just keeping spooky alive-–they’re redefining it.
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