Portland’s masked menaces Amerakin Overdose just did something nobody saw coming: they took the masks off. The industrial/nu-metal shock rockers — known for theatrical, character-driven chaos rooted in the spirit of Slipknot, Korn, and Mudvayne — have released their first-ever acoustic track, “My Endless Battle,” and it’s a gut-punch of a song that trades pyro and prosthetics for raw, unflinching honesty.
Out now on all major streaming platforms, “My Endless Battle” features Jonny Santos of Spineshank and Silent Civilian, who also produced the track and performed on it alongside Nikolas Roy Quemtri. The accompanying video, filmed and edited by Drumwell Media, marks the first — and, according to the band, likely only — time Amerakin Overdose will appear unmasked in a performance video. That alone tells you how seriously they’re taking this one.
The single is a frank meditation on mental health, depression, and suicide, drawn from frontman Cody Perez’s own journey of recovery and his “never give up” mantra. “‘My Endless Battle’ is putting the scars of life on display,” Perez says. “You never know what someone is dealing with behind the surface. This song is for anyone who feels stuck, suffocating in that darkness, like it’s never going to end. No matter how bad it gets, there’s always a way through it. There’s always hope — and the sun will shine again.”…