VCTMS have premiered a new video for their new song “twenty/eight.” You can check that out below:
Drummer/vocalist Meredith Henderson commented:
“Last year on my 28th birthday I had a complete health collapse due to chronic illness. I watched my body slowly wither down to a weight I haven’t been since I was in middle school. From a cancer scare, multiple hospitalizations, multitude of doctor visits, It was a push pull between my own sanity and my want to keep pushing through it. I lashed out at many people I loved during the course of this. It was a side of me that I couldn’t keep away anymore. I was miserable, grieving a version of me that might have never existed again. There was times I didn’t want to be alive anymore admittedly. I openly talked about it. I was angry, I was depressed, I was suffering. I spent 16 days in the hospital the first time. I couldn’t walk more than 10 feet without being out of breath due to low oxygen levels. This infection dragged out for 8 months as I never quite got back to baseline until April of this year. I’m still dealing with the fallout from that collapse honestly as It was the most grueling experience of my entire life. Sometimes you feel your independence is stripped from you when it comes to illness and all you can do is take a back seat to all that’s out of your control then hyper focus on survival.
To those that deal with chronic illness I send my love. Not all the battles are seen but be proud that of yourself for fighting through them. You’re stronger than you think.”
Metal Anarchy 