The Violent Hour, the heavy rock band formed by former Butcher Babies vocalist Carla Harvey and Anthrax and Pantera drummer Charlie Benante, drops a new single “Screenager” alongside a visualizer and announces fall festival appearances at Rocklahoma, Louder Than Life, and Aftershock. Stream it now. 

“Screenager” combines heavy riffs and commanding vocals with melodic hooks, lyrically addressing the erosion of genuine human connection in the digital age. Harvey says: “We wanted to write something that felt as relentless as the endless scroll. Musically, ‘Screenager’ channels the aggression and energy of early Metallica but opens up into huge, soaring melodic choruses. Lyrically, it’s about how we’ve traded genuine human connection for digital validation, and how anonymity has fueled a growing lack of empathy by making cruelty feel consequence-free.”

The single features a guitar solo from Attila Vörös. Harvey explains: “We asked our friend Attila Vörös to lay down the guitar solo for ‘Screenager,’ and he absolutely delivered with a combination of Eighties shred and modern melodic metal that only he could pull off.” A full music video follows the visualizer in the weeks ahead.

The Violent Hour will perform at Rocklahoma in Pryor, Oklahoma, on September 6, Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 17, and Aftershock in Sacramento, California, on October 1. A debut album is forthcoming later in 2026

FESTIVAL DATES

09/06 — Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma
09/17 — Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life
10/01 — Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock