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Third Knuckle Drop ONLY HUMAN — Heavy, Direct, and Right on Time

Boston hard rock lifers Third Knuckle just released their new single and video, ONLY HUMAN, and the first thing it does right is not pretending it needs a dissertation to land. It’s heavy, it’s clear, and it gets to the point without tripping over itself.


The track is built on crisp, punchy guitar work paired with a chorus that sticks. ONLY HUMAN balances

aggression and accessibility in a way that feels intentional rather than engineered. No chaos-for-chaos’ sake, which is refreshing.


Halfway through, the song takes a left turn into a rap-driven spoken-word monologue, and somehow doesn’t derail the whole thing. Instead, it adds punch before dropping back into the weight of the track. It works because the band doesn’t overplay its hand.


Lyrically, ONLY HUMAN is simple: people are flawed, reactive, inconsistent — and that’s not a twist, it’s reality. What stands out most is how comfortable the band sounds. This doesn’t feel like a reinvention or a desperate swing from an aging rock act — it feels like a group that knows what they’re good at and continues to get better at doing it. ONLY HUMAN sounds like the product of experience.



The video, released today alongside the single, makes a strong case for the band's future. ONLY HUMAN is available now on all major streaming platforms.

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