Cut Short are not interested in looking away. The Liverpool metal outfit have released “Modern Affliction,” a track that digs into the relationship between individual decision-making and the world that shapes those decisions in the first place. It’s bleak, precise, and exactly the kind of music this band was built to make.
Vocalist Matthew Kean frames the track plainly: “The decisions we make shape the world around us, but how much does the world we are in shape us? Modern Affliction delves into how the decisions we make influence our day to day lives, as well as how the modern world can cause us to make decisions that separate us from who we really are and want to be.”
Cut Short draw from hardcore, metalcore, and progressive metal, threading those influences together into something that reflects the chaos and weight of urban reality. Their visual aesthetic mirrors that approach, juxtaposing Liverpool’s historical grandeur against homelessness, addiction, and urban decay. It’s confrontational by design, and it works. The band have already shared stages with Wargasm UK, Dream State, and Heart Of A Coward, and have earned support from BBC Radio 1, Metal Hammer, Kerrang, and Rock Sound.
“Modern Affliction” is out now.