Scorpion Child - I Saw The End As It Passed Right Through Me (2025)

Austin, Texas is well known for its vibrant and eclectic music scene with groundbreaking artists like …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Butthole Surfers, The Jesus Lizard, The Sword, The Well, Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, and Scorpion Child. Scorpion Child (blues rock/hard rock/psychedelic rock/heavy metal) is coming back stronger than ever with the release of their third (3) studio album entitled I Saw the End As It Passed Right Through Me (released on February 14, 2025, via Noize in the Attic Records/Cargo Records). Scorpion Child consists of Aryn Jonathan Black (vocals), Asa Savage (rhythm guitar), Garth D. Condit (bass), Ryan Henderson (drums), and Adrian Arostone (lead guitar). I Saw the End As It Passed Right Through Me was self-produced by Scorpion Child, engineered by Charles Godfrey, and mastered by Kevin Butler at Test Tube Recording Studio in Austin. I Saw the End As It Passed Right Through Me comes in with eight (8) new tracks with a playtime recorded at 37 minutes and 15 seconds. So far, Scorpion Child has released two (2) singles from I Saw the End As It Passed Right Through Me: “Be the Snake” and “Outliers”.

In a recent interview with Metal Injection, Black stated the new record “…is a quite intense and rather moody record.” Black fully explains that these new songs were written: “… from the pits of a deep depression after going through a really rough patch in life where my mental health was very poor… because in our sadness there are always euphoric times of extreme happiness and nirvana.” For lovers of that 1970s-1980s hard rock/heavy metal with some haunting gothic blues thrown in for good measure, Scorpion Child has released some fantastic studio albums: Scorpion Child (2013) and Acid Roulette (2016) before I Saw the End As It Passed Right Through Me. I randomly found Scorpion Child because of a recommendation on Bandcamp right after the release of their self-titled album in 2013.

From start to finish, Scorpion Child’s debut album had me hooked, now fast forward 12 years later and their third (3rd) album has the same captivating vibe. After a successful ‘Europe Tour Autumn 2024’, Scorpion Child proceeded to work diligently to add the finishing touches to their new album. When the big news dropped on November 18, 2024, that Scorpion Child would release their third (3) studio album, fans worldwide posted their excitement about this news and flooded their Instagram post with comments.