Rise Against have shared a new live performance video for “Damage Is Done,” a standout track from their latest album ‘Ricochet’, and it arrives as part of something larger than a standard music video release. The clip is the second visual produced through The A.R.T. Project (All Rise Together), a fan-driven creative initiative the Chicago-based punk rock band launched to celebrate community, collaboration, and expression around the record.
The concept behind the project is straightforward and genuinely generous. Late last year, Rise Against invited dozens of dedicated fans to create original posters inspired by ‘Ricochet’s lyrics, themes, and emotional urgency, and those pieces became the visual backdrop for the live performance videos. The fans themselves appear alongside the band throughout the footage, making the whole thing a document of the community that has built around this band over more than 25 years.
“Damage Is Done is about how hurt is not something that can be reversed, so we can either grow from it or let it unravel us,” says frontman Tim McIlrath. That kind of direct, emotionally honest framing is exactly what Rise Against have always done, and ‘Ricochet’ continues that tradition with the same urgency and melodic balance the band has maintained across their entire catalog.
The A.R.T. Project reflects a long-held belief at the core of Rise Against, that music is a collective experience, and that the people who show up for it are part of what makes it matter.