The Armed are a hardcore band that would love to be known as anything but. Over the past decade, the Detroit collective has added layer upon layer of synths, electronics, costumes, short films about an overly enthusiastic karaoke singer, conceptual live shows, subterfuge, and experimental auditions for Stone Temple Pilots with the idea of separating themselves from heavy music’s past and staking out a place in its future. It’s a risky move for a genre that has historically relied on convention, tradition, and scene politics. But with 2018’s Only Love, the Armed separated from the metalcore sound of their early years and grew into something bigger, noisier, more melodic—their deranged idea of what pop music could be.

“All Futures,” the first single from the band’s upcoming third album Ultrapop, is the realization of that sound. What if Andy Warhol was really into Converge and CrossFit? That’s the logline, as the now eight-piece band attempts to reflect pop music and pop culture through the heaviest, most swole lens possible. “All Futures” is melodic, technical, squelchy—it features Troy Van Leeuwen from Queens of the Stone Age and a hook that’s shiny and immense. The song comes with a live performance video that sounds basically the exact same as the studio version, just to give you an idea of the talent and ambition the Armed are coming with here. From a band that’s spent the better part of 10 years being obtuse about who they were and what they stood for, “All Futures” finally feels like their signature anthem.