DC hardcore band NØ MAN — which features 3/4th of Majority Rule — will follow up 2024’s great Glitter and Spit with a new album, Between the Sword and the Neck, that’s out October 30 via Iodine Recordings. The album features contributions from FAIM‘s Kat Lanzillo-Hidalgo, HIRS Collective‘s Jenna Pup, and poet Kamelah Shami (who is vocalist Maha Shami’s mother).
The album title comes from Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, and is a metaphor for “the impossibility of genuine negotiation between an oppressor and the oppressed.” Shami is the daughter of Palestinian refugees and the band say the album is rooted in the Arabic word “sumud,” which means “steadfastness or perseverance.”
The first song released from the album is “They Have Names” which pays tribute to the many who have died in Israel’s occupation of Palestine territories, first with pure fury and then moving into sorrowful atmospherics while the names of lives lost are read by friends and family. Listen below.
NØ MAN have a few shows this weekend with Reversal of Man, playing Toronto, Montreal and Burlington, VT. Those dates are listed below.
Between the Sword and the Neck:
In Spite
Zoo
Moan
Pregnant Hearts
They Have Names
Murmur
Run Faster
In Tongues
نزيف على الورق
Blood and Paper
NO MAN – 2026 TOUR DATES
July 31 -Toronto, ON @ New Friends Fest w/ Reversal of Man
Aug 1 – Montreal, QC @ Turbo Haüs w/ Reversal of Man
Aug 2 – Burlington, VT @ Radio Bean w/ Reversal of Man