The Armed

The Armed are a five-piece band from Detroit, Michigan that formed in 2009. They were formed out of the remnants of another band called Slicer Dicer, though the members of The Armed often go unnamed. This band is an all-out assault on both the ears and the mind. Sonically, they're loud and aggressive, but still precise in their attack. Songs get shredded through with militant execution and unleashed frustration. Not only through the music, but through their lyrics they convey this agenda of aggression. The band expresses a clear disdain for contemporary culture, which may not be entirely original, but still quite poignant. Their second full-length (produced by Kurt Ballou) came out last year, which you might recognize from my "best of" list. Enjoy.

These Are Lights (2009)

1. Party At Pablo's

2. Kingbreaker

3. Hail Troglodon

4. As Centaurs

5. Buy A Snake

6. I Steal What I Want

7. Grand Party Frankenstein

8. Gave Up

9. Terrordactyl

10. Elephant

11. The Great Fatsby

Common Enemies (2010)

1. Death Panel

2. Liar

3. Second Hand

4. Woodenlung

Young & Beautiful (2011)

1. Young & Beautiful

2. Mujahoudini

3. Pushing Daisies

4. Maize Maze

5. You Have Died

Spreading Joy (2012)

1. Cop Friends

2. No Rest Until Ruin

3. Bloat

4. Sterling Results

5. Countervictims

The Armed/Tharsis Thay (2013)

1. The Armed - Culture Faded

2. The Armed - American Lives

3. Tharsis They - Dim Rivers

4. Tharsis They - Dragging Stones

An Ode To No One (2014)

1. An Ode To No One (Smashing Pumpkins cover)

Untitled (2015)

1. Future Drugs

2. Forever Scum

3. Nervewrecker

4. Rhythm 0

5. Enemies Closer

6. Blessings

7. Dead Actress

8. Polarizer

9. Ender

10. No Risk

11. Issachar

12. Paradise Day

13. Rage Of Youth

14. Dead Artist

Only Love (2018)

1. Witness

2. Role Models

3. Nowhere To Be Found

4. Apperception

5. Parody Warning

6. Fortune's Daughter

7. Luxury Themes

8. Heavily Lined

9. Middle Homes

10. Ultraglass

11. On Jupiter

Ultrapop (2021)

1. Ultrapop

2. All Futures

3. Masunaga Vapors

4. A Life So Wonderful

5. An Iteration

6. Big Shell

7. Average Death

8. Faith In Medication

9. Where Man Knows Want

10. Real Folk Blues

11. Bad Selection

12. The Music Becomes A Skull (feat. Mark Lanegan)

Perfect Saviors (2023)

1. Sport Of Measure

2. FKA World

3. Clone

4. Modern Vanity

5. Everything's Glitter

6. Burned Mind

7. Sport Of Form

8. Patient Mind

9. Vatican Under Construction

10. Liar 2

11. In Heaven

12. Public Grieving

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