Premiering exclusively with Devolution Magazine today, ‘beLIEve’ is the new video from Chicago shock-rockers Sinister Fate, and lead promo single from their latest studio outing, Profit of Doom: an extended ‘album-length EP’ comprising four new original songs and a cover version of Filter, rounded out with four additional remixes. Profit of Doom includes the singles ‘Meet Mister Scratch’ and the brand-new video-single ‘beLIEve’: a blatantly scornful send-up of the conservative Christian right in the USA.
Frontman David Bates admits that the band is not normally known for socio-political commentary, but found it difficult to avoid in the current climate:
“This new album release is definitely a commentary on my country’s current lay of the land, but it is dressed up through horror themes. I don’t like being direct and forcing beliefs or ideas down people’s throats. I’d rather let people interpret and think than just give the answers. I usually use some form of quote on the back of our albums, that someone will read and get a feel or vibe for what they’re about to hear. For this one I used:
When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO WATCH THE VIDEO:
Emerging from the darkest realms of Chicago, Sinister Fate have been terrifying the US Midwest since 2006. David Bates (vocals), Noel Divad (guitar), Leo Garcia (guitar), The Omen (bass), and DK (drums) combine their love for the macabre and freakshow aesthetics, with an intense shock rock / classic metal sound, to create Sinister Fate’s ghastly exhibition. Their mission statement: to keep the dead awake, and the living in fear…
Since shambling onto the music scene, Sinister Fate have toured all over the United States, playing such iconic venues as The Whiskey A Go-Go, House of Blues, The Metro, and Double Door, and headlining The Ride for Dime. The band have performed at Chicago’s Open Air Fest, Days of the Dead Horror conventions, and as staples at Breaking Fate Entertainment’s Indie and Horror Film Festivals. They have shared stages with a who’s who of rock, metal, and industrial music, including Ministry, My Life With Thrill Kill Kult, Combichrist, Hanzel Und Gretyl, and Psyclon Nine, to name a few.
Including albums and EPs, Profit of Doom is the band’s seventh studio release overall. Previously, Sinister Fate have released the studio albums Hellbound (2013) and Broken Minds, Damaged Hearts (2020), and the live mini-album, Live Ruin (2022), recorded at Hollywood’s legendary Whiskey-a-Go Go. Their EP releases meanwhile include Grave New World (2008) and Blood Pact (2016), and the rarities collection, Remnants from the Crypt (2019). Sinister Fate’s music also graces the soundtracks to Ron Fitzgerald’s Dark Realm, and the indie horror shorts, Bacon, and Balloon Feast.
Profit of Doom by Sinister Fate is released this weekend, Saturday 30 August 2025, as a download from Bandcamp and streaming on all the usual digital music platforms.
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