French metallic hardcore juggernauts Beyond the Styx hit the road today for a mini-tour supporting their latest album, DIVID, kicking things off with an appearance at Be’Horns Fest in Barinque, France.
BTSTYX vocalist Emile states:
“Nothing has changed since writing ‘DIVID.’ On the contrary, everything has accelerated. As I often say, I don’t know exactly where we’re going, but we’re going there.
Since we can’t seem to find meaning in this world, we’ll try to do something we love above all else: play extreme music, thrill crowds, share our humanity, meet new souls, and pass on our passion to the artists of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, with complete authenticity. After an intense and emotional release party, the DIVID tour finally begins. May it take us as far as the wind can carry us. No more borders! Cross the river!”
DIVID Mini-Tour:
BTSTYX’s fourth album, DIVID, is available as of May 08 via Innerstrength Records on CD, vinyl, and cassette formats, as well as across digital platforms.
Stream DIVID on your preferred digital platforms HERE.
Order DIVID via Innerstrength Records (vinyl and digital) HERE, or directly via the band (CD, cassette, vinyl, and merch – Europe) HERE.
Riding across Europe since 2011, Tours-based Beyond The Styx manifests a dark and violent musical universe at the crossroads of hardcore punk, thrash, and even death metal. “Is our history an eternal beginning?” With this question, BTSTYX makes their way—like the flap of a butterfly’s wing that can grow into a storm of change. Their hardcore confronts the realities of today so that today’s world does not harden into the hell of tomorrow.
The French quintet has released a demo, an EP, and three widely praised LPs to date. A relentless live band, BTSTYX has played more than 300 shows across Europe, sharing stages with Sepultura, Terror, Walls of Jericho, Malevolence, and The Acacia Strain, while also appearing at festivals such as Hellfest and Motocultor Festival.
Building on the strengths of their third album Sentence, BTSTYX propels further with the new record DIVID, their most aggressive yet expressive work to date. The ten songs on the album radiate caustic, abrasive fury, cut through by frequent, almost unearthly breakdowns that nevertheless feel natural. While flashes of stab-frenzy metal swagger appear throughout, their relentless, snarling attack remains far closer to hardcore than to metal. Yet even in the most pit-ready moments, a menacing darkness lurks beneath the surface.
The record digs into a world stuck in permanent conflict, where inherited hatred, social indifference, war, environmental collapse, and personal breakdown feed an endless cycle of division. It expresses an authentic desire to expose evils gnawing at a decadent modern society—where many remain silent out of fear, others embrace rampant individualism, and only a few still try to preserve what little hope remains. At its core, DIVID pushes listeners to face that reality instead of looking away.
In a world more divided than ever, BTSTYX answer with the same raging live energy that has defined them for years. As the band puts it: “No More Borders! Cross The River!”
Track Listing
01. Dust Off (feat. Okan Deniz from I Am Revenge) [Listen]
02. Bystander
03. Never Ending War [Watch | Listen]
04. Chaosystem
05. Flowerviolence [feat. Delphine from Sisterhood Issues]
06. Anyøne
07. Graveyard FS
08. Kiss of the Cobra
09. Deadlock V [Watch | Listen]
10. Storm of Life
Album Credits:
All songs written by Beyond The Styx.
Art direction, illustrations & design by Hafiz.
Recorded in July 2025 at Cornerstone Audio by Daan Nieboer, in Luttenberg,
Netherlands.
Engineered, mixed & mastered by Daan Nieboer.
Produced by Daan Nieboer & Beyond The Styx.
Guest vocals on “Dust off” by Okan Deniz (I Am Revenge).
Guest vocals on “Flower Violence” by Delphine Cheezy Crust (Sisterhood Issues).
—Band Lineup—
Emile : vocals
Adrien : drums
David : rhythmic guitar
Yoann : bass
Guillaume : lead guitar
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