Drowning Pool released their second single off of their upcoming album Strike A Nerve, their first new album since 2016. The new song is called “Choke,” and features Drowning Pool’s signature musical style with a dash of clean, melodic vocals. Guitarist CJ Pierce spoke on the new song, talking about how it challenged the band musically as well as how the evolution of the band’s sound shines through.
“‘Choke’ is another one of my favorite songs off Strike A Nerve. Musically, we really wanted to push ourselves to extremes on this album and venture outside our musical comfort zone with some of the songwriting and playing — like you hear on ‘Mind Right’ — but ‘Choke’ is a perfect mix of the more traditional Drowning Pool style and the foundation we laid on the Sinner record, and the ever-evolving band that we have become with [singer] Jasen Moreno. Lyrically, ‘Choke’ comes from a place where many of us have been before. It’s about when someone has given up on you, put you down, and speaks nothing but words of negativity and hate. But like we always do, we fight through, we persevere, and we ultimately overcome. We’re still here, we’re still thriving, and we’re not going anywhere. We’re strong, and we hope you choke on your words.”
Strike A Nerve is set to be released on September 30th later on this year. The album is available for pre-order now. Check out the album artwork as well as full track list below!
Drowning Pool / Strike A Nerve / Release Date: September 30th, 2022
