Dark Arms II full album stream / lyric video finally up on YouTube <3

As promised, here's a direct link to the episode of CJLO's Electric Messiah I gave an interview on! Talking starts around 18:08 ~ we alternate between interview fragments and some select tunes from Dark Arms II.

Huge thanks to our pal @gregravengrave.bsky.social of Where Strides the Behemoth for this lovely review of our new record. 🖤✨ Definitely dig into some of his other recent reviews if you're looking for new stuff to check out—he's got great taste and is a fantastic writer.

Montreal gang! I'll be going live on CJLO 1690 AM tomorrow, February 11th, at 8:00 PM, with the Electric Messiah metal radio show. Very excited <3 Tune in if you're curious, and I'll be sure to share a link once the episode is available online.

It is Bandcamp Friday. I recommend celebrating by buying Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers II: Be (Not) Afraid by @annapest.bsky.social This album is so engaging. If the genre tags are offputting, try it regardless. This isn't what you expect. annapest.bandcamp.com/album/dark-a...

Another kind review of the new record, courtesy of Valkyrjian. <3

Huge thanks to The Progressive Subway for this wonderfully kind and generous review 🖤✨

oh hell yeah

Huge thanks to @heavyblog.bsky.social for having us on for an "Anatomy Of." Features us talking about some of our biggest musical inspirations and me talking about Evangelion. <3

We're back! Rounding up new(ish) releases from Anna Pest, Sadie, Ulver, Alter Bridge, Paleface Swiss, Woe, Enshine, Wildhunt, Orchid Throne, Lionheart, Bullet, Ellemst, Ellande and more. https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2026/01/09/release-roundup-1-9-26/

Shouts out to @heavyblog.bsky.social, and thanks so much to Josh for the lovely little writeup on the new record 🖤✨ www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2026/01/09/r...

Updated my discog list on RYM with links to drum playthroughs from each release, including "Sacred Angel, Bleeding Angel" from Anna Pest, which just dropped now! :) youtu.be/FpoxnR_jwIo?...

Our drummer, ⁨@Colin MacAndrew - Drummer, did a playthrough of "Sacred Angel, Bleeding Angel" off our new record! Check it out ~

RYM charts finally updated after the holidays! New Anna Pest is at #6 for 2026, and new Fleshvessel is at #3 for progressive metal in 2025!! 🤯🤯

We are so back

Yeaaaaah. After several listens today, I can confidently confirm that Anna Pest has once again delivered an absolute banger. Much like its Part I predecessor, Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers II: Best (Not) Afraid is a vibrant and exciting listening experience.

Anna Pest blow the doors off 2026 w/ an opus of ultra ambitious eclectic progressive-blackened-tech-death-grind-math-(posthard)-core. Techdeath Pupil Slicerolo Tomassi Cattle Decapitation. You! Gotta hear this! Esp. if you like prog/techy dm/mathcore. annapest.bandcamp.com/track/second... #MetalSky

The new @annapest.bsky.social album (and AP in general) is so fkn good. And abriction guest spot! 💗 annapest.bandcamp.com/album/dark-a...

new anna pest hell yeah

How are you folks enjoying the new record? Curious to hear if there are any early favourites 🖤✨

"Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers II: Be (Not) Afraid" is available now (for free) on Bandcamp. Happy New Year, everyone, and thank you for being here 🖤✨ #metalsky

At midnight tonight, Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers will turn five years old, and Dark Arms II will be released to the world. We're very excited to hear what you think 🖤✨ Happy New Year, much love ~

ANNA PEST 2026 MONTREAL REGRESSIVE METAL THINKING MAN'S RECESSIVE GENE MUSIC NO SWEDISH SONGWRITERS NO BASS PLAYER April Hutchins: Vocals, Programming John Angel: Guitar, Vocals Colin MacAndrew: Drums, Vocals

Let's fuckin gooooooooooooooooo

"Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers II: Be (Not) Afraid" will release on January 1, 2026. Artwork by Melanie Hutchins. #metalsky

Happy holidays from the Anna Pest gang ~ we've got a surprise present coming for you soon ❤️

Terrible with dates and I never remember to post on anniversaries - but I thought it was worth mentioning that Anna Pest turned 10 years old in November. Thank you for being here 🖤✨

This new record contains the best-written lyrics and best-written/sounding music that I have ever composed, and it's not particularly close

Guitar tone on the new record hits like a ton of bricks.

Attention! We'll be performing a matinee at Turbo Haüs on December 7, 2025, with local punk rock legends Brain Size 61 (featuring my father on guitar and my uncle on vox)! We'll also be playing a couple of brand new, previously unreleased songs ~ Be there or be there!

We're sad to announce that our bass player, April Sada Solomon, has decided to step down from Anna Pest. [1/6] 📸 @shvdderbvg.bsky.social

It is our honour and pleasure to welcome John Angel to the fold as our new guitar player! John is an incredible guitarist and singer, a brilliant songwriter, and just a wonderfully kind, thoughtful dude. 📸 @shvdderbvg.bsky.social

Happy 2-year anniversary to “Catgirl in the House of Evil (…and Other Stories)”! This was a very special record for us. Our first split, our first record to feature Colin and April, and in my humble opinion, our most airtight release. Just three songs and they all fucking rip.

RIP Tomas Lindberg. A kind and humble man, one of the vocalists who’s inspired me the most, and the voice of some of my most beloved metal albums of all time, without whose influence the type of music I make wouldn’t even exist. We lost a legend today. Spinning his music in celebration of his life 🖤

my pleasure to announce the FIRE+ASH canadian mini-tour with @lilfiremanic.bsky.social and tons of other friends! If you're in the area you dont wanna miss this!

We’ll be supporting our homies in @ashvestal.bsky.social and @lilfiremanic.bsky.social at La Sotterenea on September 29th, alongside Girl With Armor! This will be a very special performance for us, and we’ve got a big surprise in store for you. Don’t miss it!

I currently have slots available for client work and commissions! Consider me for producing, mixing/mastering, features, music for your game/podcast, or anything else I offer. Small budget friendly 🖤 Help me put my music degree to use and help feed a 🏳️‍⚧️ boi. Info 👉🏽 tvmanoise.com

We love you, Montreal! From our recent performance at the Thrash Can 🎥 @neil2468.bsky.social

Tomorrow, we'll be throwing down with our pals in Pyrocene Death Cult and STAB at this insane live metal/drag/burlesque event! It looks like it's gonna be an incredible night, can't wait to see you there ~

Last night was fucking awesome, thank you to everyone who came out. The kids are alright, and Montreal is the greatest city in the world. Our next show is May 3rd at La Biu. Be there or be there ~

Quickly realizing that I am utterly incapable of writing bad music when I'm writing about a bad bitch that I'm still hung up on

“You and Me at the End of the Fucking World” is our best album overall and has our best songs. Our side of “Catgirl in the House of Evil” is our most watertight release. Just three extremely fun and heavy songs, no filler. “Dark Arms Reach Skyward…” is imperfect, but endearing and oddly timeless.

Cookin

God I love using uncleared samples (For legality reasons, this is a joke)

It feels strange to say it, but my biggest inspiration for this new batch of tunes I’m writing is my own music. Reflecting on what I’ve done, what I know I do well, and how I can do it better. I’ll always continue to experiment, but these songs aren’t “experimental”; they’re deeply intentional.

When our shit gets a bad review, I don't give a fuck. When our shit gets a bad review from a Russian dude, I laugh

When I do a mic check, I don’t say “check.” I say, “every second Friday, at 5:23 PM, I shit myself. It’s becoming a problem. There are a number of respectable establishments in which I am no longer welcome. Everyone I love eventually leaves me.”

I really wanted to invent vaporcore, but Fromjoy beat me to it. I’m gonna settle for inventing vaporgrind.

RIP Thotcrime. Today is for you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIS9...