Norma Jean - A Killing Word (Official Music Video)

[@The11Lime]

This is gona be the best norma jean album until the next norma jean album.

[@devonkamplain6221]

I’ve literally said that with every album since Redeemer lol they just get better

[@ArtDadDraws]

Always is

[@coreyw5981]

Haven't heard it yet, does it beat all hail because god that was great

[@JohnMark8403]

Honestly, it’s such a testament to how talented Cory is - unbelievably consistent, but always evolving. This album rules!

[@jonathanlafreniere2025]

@@coreyw5981 it's close... but I dont know. Needs more time to set in I think. All hail was a masterpiece

[@meanmomma4500]

How does a band just NEVER SUCK? Norma Jean needs to hold classes so other bands would stop releasing crap. Their new album just grabs you by the throat from the beginning track "1994" and never lets up. So hyped to be seeing them TONIGHT!!!! Can't wait.

[@ydg7774]

Do you know any other bands with a similar raw sound?

[@goodbloke8417]

@@ydg7774 Darkest Hour… …in places anyway

[@marauder120gb]

Damn, humanity doesn't deserve this band, so many years of great music without any disappointment. Freaking awesome guys as always.

[@johnnyvegas5113]

Norma Jean continues to prove their the most underrated metal band of all time. Absolutely incredible work. Record after record.

[@jackcravford8744]

The album is just another unique piece of music history. Textures, rawness, emotional carnage, passionate art. It is just sooo good to be able to hear something that honest with great sense of urgency.

[@Rocko76]

Amen Jack 🙏 Sometimes the pain you are trying to chase away is the pain you’re more comfortable with.

[@Ben86511]

If you want I'll scream into a microphone for 4 minutes and sell it to you. I'll even make it sound urgent, artsy and all that stuff. I think it will be good for your emotional regulation, I promise.

[@jackcravford8744]

@@Ben86511 Honestly, there is much more than that. Most of the metalcore vocalists are screaming, but Cory has that emotional urgency, that i can hear rarely in other vocalists. The vocals on Redeemer are just emotional carnage and apart from other NJ albums and first two Slipknot albums, i can´t recall any kind of album with the same intensity on vocals.

[@yepwhatever1142]

A future classic!

[@ydg7774]

Any suggestions on other bands that have this type of raw sound? Having a hard time finding similar bands.

[@rhythm9474]

Lyrics: Love in the time Secondhand social passage A scripted interaction Conversation is truly random Threshing at the end And shaking like a rushing vein This is the introduction now Graven effigy, rendered before every eye Do your work with the desolate Broken before the providence, every saint Can you feel the lashing of the death sail? Visions of war Oh, there’s no interest in pleasing the ones looking for Searching ways to misunderstand You Gutter press talk shows and you don’t know me Testimony But I could never understand myself You can’t know every bruise I’ve bought But I know what you’re paying out to rake up its rot No reverence for life or limb But I would never disrespect the legacy they held Pressure mends if you apply it or fall beneath it Prisons and graveyards are filled with heads that wore the crown Whisper me a killing word I will find you in the darkness In the darkness, everlasting Spitting fire and brimstone at every turn I see everything, I see everything Hail the restless, the ranks and to all that are starved We’ll come back to, to accelerate Floor it all to the ground You can’t know every bruise I’ve bought You can’t know every bruise I’ve bought You can’t know every bruise I’ve bought You can’t know every bruise I’ve bought (We don’t know ourselves) You can’t know every bruise I’ve bought (We don’t know our) You can’t know every bruise I’ve bought But I know what you’re paying out to rake up its rot No reverence for life or limb But I would never disrespect the legacy they held Pressure mends if you apply it or fall beneath it Prisons and graveyards are filled with heads that wore the crown This is the killing word Whisper to me a killing word Yeah Whisper to me a killing word

[@stang1973]

any interpretations yet?

[@LifeAsA]

@@stang1973 It means fug this shiz. Stop shizzing on each other.

[@scumdog666]

@@stang1973 "My name is a killing word. MUAD'DIB!" - David Lynch's DUNE

[@BriK33]

Thanks, I read somewhere that Corey never intends his lyrics to be over analyzed and he sometimes just writes abstract imagery. Even though ALL HAIL had a definitive theme. I love it

[@foxross4468]

@@stang1973 Corey, as this other person said, may not intend for people to over analyze but he got some grief a couple years back for some things he said on social as the last album cycle was ramping up. The lyrics here seem awfully specific to not in some way be in defense of himself in that situation.

[@jonathanstubbs8158]

The world is a better place with Norma Jean in it

[@SummoningSalt]

You have a great fashion sense!

[@normajean]

Only the best! Thanks for the inspirational content when I needed it - Hmu when it’s time for that metal themed video. 🙌

[@chokovok7231]

This is a common interest I was definitely not expecting.

[@normajean]

@@chokovok7231 😂 love that.

[@NickBorgo]

The most ambitious cross-over of all time ❤

[@Do_not_at_me_bro]

Anything Summoning Salt Comments on means only one thing: it measures up to greatness.

[@M1XEDBAG]

Cory’s vocal performance on all of the choruses in this album is so unique. And I love the new choking scream that he incorporates into a few of the breakdowns. ❤️

[@massaj88]

Funny, the first time I ever heard one of those "choking" screams was by none other than Josh Scogin when norma Jean was starting out as Luti-Kriss. Go look up "Light Blue Collar" and wait for the breakdown. He learned from the master!!

[@M1XEDBAG]

@@massaj88 that’s an awesome call back! I never listened to Luti-kriss but that’s sweet

[@MDF87]

That's fucking AWESOME. Not many bands have been this consistently great for 20 years!

[@sd5458]

Not even the Deftones!

[@jordanmallory1423]

@@sd5458 That's a heavy statement. Good comparison though.

[@aaronalvarez4643]

The double bass at 4:14?!! Are you freakin kidding me!!!!

[@Coreadrin]

Every NJ album is just putting the whole genre on blast. Every time.

[@robertmorgan7624]

I live every Norma Jean album since Redeemer. They are second to none. But i have never seen anything like the first 3 singles released so far. This is next level. I cant wait for this to drop!

[@jdkropff]

They've come through my town twice in Spokane WA. Once in some dude's back yard in dogtown Hillyard as a 'fuck it we'll play here between Seattle and Boise last min' on their Wrongdoers tour. And the other on the 20th anniversary of Redeemer where they played the record front to back in a dive bar downtown. Fucking legendary. Monsters.

[@nikolaell]

It is already out, nice album

[@BreathingSoma]

I liked every album before redeemer , this song is ok.sleep explosion is a little better

[@inthewakeofoblivion3963]

Original drummer was a better Norma Jean. Now they sound radio.

[@robertmorgan7624]

@@nikolaell yeah, i post this the morning before it was released. Its amazing. 👍

[@Reversoul]

Jesus how is this band still so good?? It's ridiculous how consistent they continue to be after so many years.

[@kentaroallen8103]

I haven't listened to Norma Jean in years and on a whim I looked them up. This came up and its a banger!!

[@moty0303]

Havnt heard them in like 15+ years wasnt dissapointed

[@ud0ntevenkn0wme]

Check out "Landslide Defeater"

[@timofeystekolshchuk2765]

Haha same

[@psych0nautd759]

Welcome back ❤

[@yepwhatever1142]

Dafuq. You guys have a lot of listening to do. So much good stuff. I'll never forget this band. I could have alzheimers when I'm old and I'll be muttering the lyrics.

[@blegh.3403]

New NJ, New Slipknot, New FFAK! What a great time to be a fan of hardcore music

[@Gojira_Sama]

Norma Jean Forever

[@matth3760]

I swear this band can’t ever do any wrong. Been a long time fan, and I swear even with all the lineup changes over the years, every piece of music they put out still has that core Norma Jean sound everyone can recognize. Absolute legends man

[@Slevinlobell]

100%

[@ericchin739]

That's one of the MANY reasons they're my favorite band. It's not about the lineup. It's about the band itself. The band itself has taken on its own form. I absolutely LOVE that about them. Not despite of, but because of the lineup changes.

[@matth3760]

@@ericchin739 late reply, but very well said. It’s amazing how many bands change their sound completely different, whether over the years, due to member changes, or sometimes both, but in this instance, even with both, Norma just has had their own sound that hasn’t drastically changed at all over the years. It’s a sound that really is i instantly recognizable, no matter whether it’s newer or older music, you can just hear it and go “yup, that’s Norma for sure”.

[@tommasovillella3210]

kings. put some respect on this name. years of greatness.

[@TRedenbacher]

How does this band release banger after banger after banger for like 20 years. Absolutely incredible.

[@tnygma0717]

I will never not love Norma Jean, they truly inspired my love for heavy music unlike any other band, there are alot of bands I like, but nothing, NOTHING, quite sounds like Norma Jean, they continue to be one of the most unique sounding bands in the heavy music scene

[@HeisntLegend]

Let me just say what everyone else is thinking. yyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@patrickgriffith9501]

After 25 yrs these NJ still has it. Insane

[@nopunksalive8902]

Norma Jean's been king of the hill as long as I've known em. Never gonna fall.

[@rollblackandgold]

This is officially the first song I have ever heard by Norma Jean. I am thoroughly impressed.

[@Ghost2Most]

They have so many amazing albums. Enjoy!

[@andrewhobart7237]

You've been in a coma for twenty years.

[@robertcarranza7188]

Oh man. Welcome! My favorite NJ album is Redeemer. Check it out.

[@rollblackandgold]

@@robertcarranza7188 finally getting around to starting the new album. Haven’t listened to a song of theirs since I made this comment. Gonna make that my project now lol

[@artybone6946]

All hail is my favorite! If you're anything like me you'll appreciate the dirty tone in guitar and Cory's voice in that album!

[@RextheRebel]

I have never heard a band that is this consistently mind-blowing and face melting. The level of happiness and emotional content I have right now is honestly beyond words. Killing words or otherwise. They have never made a bad song. That isn't something I have never said about any other band. Bar none, Norma Jean are the greatest metal band of all time.

[@kenkeller]

Been blasting NJ ever since they were still Luti-Kriss and I have zero regrets. It's magical and just keeps getting better and better, heavier and heavier with each passing record. Dang, boys!

[@BledWh1te]

hell yeah Luti-Kriss

[@bradleywilliams1615]

Man I'm getting old. Luti-kriss has it really been over 25yrs.

[@kenkeller]

@@bradleywilliams1615 why'd you have to go and say that?

[@bradleywilliams1615]

@@kenkeller No lie though it does keep getting better.

[@doubleAawesome1]

I'm 43 and saw Luti-Kriss at Cornerstone 99. They have been very consistent over the years.

[@Brian-vl2nu]

Didn't think All Hail could be topped, yet here we are.

[@fubarexress6359]

I completely lost these guys, I was SO INTO them and Emery. Got back into both of em today. WOW have I MISSED THESE GUYS.

[@whoopshey826]

An Arkansas boy made it big. LONG LIVE THE ALMIGHTY NORMA JEAN

[@HeisntLegend]

Oh...oh fuck. This is gonna be the best album in NJ history..

[@sandorkiss9040]

All Hail Norma Jean!!!!!!!!

[@jonathanstubbs8158]

They just don’t miss.

[@shmegdog7485]

After all this time yall are still bringing the nastiest riffs. Norma Jean forever. ✌️

[@Rocko76]

They just deliver what we have always dreamed of.. thank you guys for bringing light in this hell of an obscure world.

[@normajean]

We got you.

[@blacklivesmatterperodt492]

Been here since Bless the Martyr & Kiss the Child. Can't wait to hear thee new album. This band only gets better.

[@danieldukes7297]

Norma Jean does not disappoint! 😎😎😎

[@jacobellis828]

Norma Jean is just, Norma Jean....................... They're So goood. Always heavy, always their style. Keep it going Norma Jean. Loved you guys since for 10 plus years. I'm a supporter. Keep it up Norma Jean.

[@devoncrestway338]

i was introduced to this band at a church function in 2006 and been a fan ever since.

[@bradleydarko557]

I love this dudes voice so much

[@dustinszarell8917]

ENJOY THEM,A WHOLE BUNCH!!

[@nigel7880]

I opened for these guys back in 2014, they crushed then and crush on now!

[@eldorado223]

Norma Jean is infinite!

[@davekargol]

Thank you for still being a band.

[@jaredvanderkwast6944]

This is album of the year. No debating.

[@iviaverick52]

I permanently damaged my hearing at a Norma Jean concert in Colorado back in 2011. Glad to hear them making awesome music again haha

[@hisparussky]

Man.. I just listen to this and I.. just don't believe it.. this song is soooo powerfull, but has so much soul at the same time. Wow... Just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joefisher9213]

Remember when we were 15 listening to songs sound much sadder? Now we are 35 listening to Norma Jean!

[@kevinhynes6411]

That double bass at the end.... so rad

[@scarletthebear4371]

This band is criminally underrated and I love them so much. Come to the UK pretty pretty please

[@randallturner1636]

Cory rocking the Summoning Salt merch may be the most punk rock thing in this whole video. This absolutely rips.

[@yousmokemid]

still the greatest

[@TrephineArtist]

So many contrasts -brooding yet joyous, chaotic and calm, savage but soulful, no one does it quite like the almighty Norma Jean!

[@moad8794]

Its crazy that every few years i revisit norma jean to hear the old shit that i grew up loving. Only to be blown away by their new shit. Looking forward to seeing them in a month.

[@Bridgetjune666]

Friken incredibleeeeeeeeee WOW🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@RazorrekkerMusic]

oh my god the riff at 1:24 TEARS

[@douglaswindham6905]

From Luti-Kriss to NJ to the many different band members, I have loved every single second!!! Another absolute Banger!!!There is NO ONE with the ability to evolve with each album but still have enough of the "NJ Factor" that always hits. I love, love, love you guys and will FOREVER! I can't wait to be 65 years old and show my grandkids the archives. I am so excited about the upcoming show in Houston. Can't wait! See y'all then!!!!

[@skyfayette8907]

They get better and better and better .. seriously this band never disappoints

[@theyurireviewer]

That chorus is one of the best this year

[@zao275]

I’ve been listening to this song several times daily. It is amazing.

[@BongRipper69]

Summoning Salt hoodie, fuck yeah

[@Avoidnormal]

Holy Moses that is sheer brilliance.

[@kylebichler2258]

Holy shit Norma Jean ! All hail! All hail!

[@adamdestro123]

Certified banger! What a way to start the day.

[@xavierplanellruiz3587]

Love this band

[@artybone6946]

Man I wish my friends were obsessed with this song as I am!

[@noway3242]

No original members left. Band is still alive.

[@lorumerthgaming]

There is only NORMA JEAN

[@Calibur43]

This song is perfectly structured. I'm also heavily fucking enjoying the bigger presence of double bass on this album lol.

[@NakedChickfilaFightClub]

You ever have ab and that makes you feel feelings but you're not quite sure what they are? like that sensation when you cup your ears under a hot shower and a sense of loneliness and happiness consumes you

[@SupermanComplex9]

You people are maniacs. It's not that I ever doubt you, it's just so improbable that every new record is so great after a catalogue of such great records. This track is insane and the video? Sheesh. What an experience. Thanks for sharing! Stoked to get into the album today!

[@richschmeck5496]

This riff is serious as hell. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@benjamindalphond621]

This band always been good and still AT the top Man!🔥🔥🔥

[@jayonbikes4271]

Amazing band, great drummer.

[@The_Void_]

Norma Jean... been listening to you guys for 20 years now. You guys are still killing it, keep it up and stay rockin 💪

[@coltonaallen]

Same same! All Hail NJ!

[@seabornekarmabrandonchaney3073]

Norma Jean still jamming out? Hell yeah!

[@TheDerpp]

A couple years ago, something reminded me of Norma Jean when I hadn't even thought about them or heard them since The Anti Mother(2008) an album I wasn't crazy about but it had a few tracks I liked. So I check their Spotify and I see they're still making music. Thats cool. Lemme check out All Hail real quick. HOLY FUCK. It was particularly jarring for me going over a decade without hearing them. I can't believe the sound that they've crafted, the identity they've solidified. It's fucking incredible and this album furthers their amazing evolution

[@colemacdonald6857]

Fucking love All Hail

[@TheNightdiver]

that breakdown at the end might be my favourite NJ breakdown ever. this record is so good!

[@RiverOvKnives90]

Norma jean has always been one of my favorite bands. I been listening to them since the lutikriss days.

[@tracymoniz4781]

The music sucks after bless the martyr when they kicked out their lead singer for Corey. Now the Chariot is king. This is just palatable shit that sounds like a thousand other bands

[@rosannao137]

All hail the ALMIGHTY NORMA JEAN 🙌🏼

[@DooDooDaddyTV]

They sound absolutely MASSIVE this album wow this is great

[@SnaccDaddyy]

Summoning Salt merch is key, love it

[@jeremyg7975]

NJ is always great

[@redcreativeproductions]

Hometown Crew has done an amazing job matching the visuals of Norma Jean's music videos to their iconic raw energy. Beautiful work from the band AND the crew that helped with the music video.

[@kevinjohnson7288]

: ' )

[@patfix]

This band is my discovery of the year. This song as well, it's something else man!

[@28lbs88]

Matthew Marquez is such a kickass drummer!

[@iMxMikey]

One of those rare instances where I will forgo sleep because I didn’t want to stop listening, I fucking love this album. 10/10 guys!

[@martincampos1968]

Ready to see them live this thursday, can't wait!!!

[@josflorida5346]

Yo! This is the best track I think they have ever put out! Holy shit!

[@DarkRulerHaDes666]

Loving what I'm hearing, like I have for over a decade now. These boys don't disappoint.

[@remigrenier6594]

So better and better aaand SOO MUCH BETTER all the time NEVER BEEN DISAPOINTED 🤘🤘😉

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

This one has that wonderful All Hail vibe. I love it.

[@nickynoodles88]

I love it when Norma Jean puts out a song that lasts nearly 5 minutes.

[@chrisy4011]

For a band that has no original members, they just keep getting better. This new album is 🔥

[@Clodoviews]

Norma Jean always a good idea

[@felipejimenez1903]

all bands are work so hard post pandemia... amazing album

[@thesummit615]

I remember when people said they wouldn't listen to Norma Jean because of Cory. I'm sorry, but they are too good ro give up.

[@deletado12]

What a song, dense, heavy, melodic, incredible. NORMA JEAN is insane.

[@Lu_Cidtrip]

you guys are really spoiling us with a 4th single... excited for the album, I'll be listening at 12:01

[@Klayblub12]

I love this song and i love Cory repping the Summoning Salt shirt lol

[@normajean]

Matt Turk is in this video.

[@Klayblub12]

@@normajean 😂 how am i not surprised!

[@normajean]

@@Klayblub12 😂😂😂