Vitamin X – Chop Chop Chop
Amsterdam hardcore thrash lifers Vitamin X are back in full attack mode. Today, the band unleashes the video for “Chop Chop Chop,” the first single from their upcoming seventh full-length, Ride The Apocalypse, due March 13 via Svart Records.
Fast, noisy, and gleefully unhinged, “Chop Chop Chop” is classic Vitamin X — razor-tight hardcore thrash with a metal edge, delivered at breakneck speed and zero patience for bullshit. Lyrically, the song confronts the constant pressure of being judged, ridiculed, and pushed to conform — whether by bullies, the press, work culture, or society at large — all with your head perpetually “on the chopping block.”
The accompanying video was filmed entirely in Tokyo during the band’s recent Japan tour and plays like a sensory overload travelogue. Shot guerrilla-style across Shinjuku, Shimokitazawa, Hatsudai Wall, and culminating at the chaos nexus of Shibuya Crossing, the clip captures Vitamin X performing, moving through crowds, and colliding head-on with the city’s relentless momentum. Largely self-made, guitarist Marc and vocalist Marko handled nearly all of the filming and editing themselves, aside from the live footage.
As the video escalates, so does the intensity: more people, more noise, more motion. The band is eventually swallowed by the Shibuya crowd — a visual echo of the song’s themes of pressure, confrontation, and being pushed to the edge. Intercut throughout are flashes of Japanese pro wrestling, street footage, and fans shouting “Chop Chop Chop,” injecting humor and absurdity into the mayhem.
“I’m not sure, but I think we’re one of the first bands ever to actually play with our instruments on Shibuya Crossing,” laughs guitarist Marc. “When we were filming there, people started bumping into us or filming us, so we had to do a lot of takes. At other locations, security came up asking what we were doing — but once we explained, they were all very nice.”
“We also filmed people at our shows in Japan shouting ‘chop chop chop’ and compiled it at the end of the video,” he adds. “It turned out pretty cool.”
Ride The Apocalypse was recorded by Igor Wouters and mastered by Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust), with apocalyptic artwork by Andrei Bouzikov (Municipal Waste). Clocking in at 16 tracks, the album promises the fastest, hardest, and most ferocious Vitamin X material to date — a bold statement from a band that has spent over two decades tearing stages apart worldwide.
Hit play below and prepare for total sensory overload.
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