Cro-Mags Release "Wired For Chaos," Their First New Song In Six Years

Cro-Mags have released “Wired for Chaos,” their first new song in six years.

The track shares the same title as a recent documentary about frontman Harley Flanagan, who gained the full rights to the Cro-Mags name in 2019 after roughly a decade of legal battles with former bandmates.

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The song is a powerful thrasher befitting of the band’s legacy as one of the most important influences on the development of hardcore and thrash metal. Cro-Mags mix hardcore directness with the articulation and flash of great thrash metal, fitting in a beatdown passage, a nasty D-beat supplied by drummer Greyson Nekrutman (Sepultura, ex-Suicidal Tendencies), and an absolutely feral vocal performance from Flanagan.

Flanagan stated, “The song title ‘Wired for Chaos’ was taken directly from the recent documentary of the same name. It comes in with an aggressive metal intro befitting a UFC walk-in or a video game, then bursts into a more traditional HC thrash vibe before returning to a heavy beatdown at the end in an unmistakable Cro-Mags style. The song is literally about being programmed and wired for chaos from birth, not just by environment, but by parents, trauma, childhood experiences, and the resulting PTSD that I personally struggle with as a result.”

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“Wired for Chaos” comes six years after the release of In the Beginning , which at the time was Cro-Mags’ first full-length album in 20 years.

Cro-Mags are currently in tour in Europe and the UK., with tickets available here .

Watch the “Wired for Chaos” music video below.

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_Originally reported by [Consequence](https://consequence.net/2026/06/cro-mags-wired-for-chaos-first-song-six-years/)._