The Haunt don't dabble in heavy. They live in it, breathe it, and burn it into every distorted groove and defiant lyric. On their long-awaited debut LP New Addiction, Florida-born siblings Anastasia and Maxamillion Haunt swing for the emotional jugular, pulling pain into the spotlight and setting it ablaze with a ferocious blend of industrial grind, alt-rock venom, and melodic might.

It’s a sound forged from years of growing up onstage together. Originally known as AnastasiaMax, the duo hit the club circuit before Anastasia was even a teenager, carrying early influences like the White Stripes and Amy Winehouse into a stormier, more theatrical direction. The rebrand to the Haunt wasn’t just cosmetic, it was a reflection of the shadows they’d learned to harness, both musically and emotionally. And it stuck: Kerrang! praised their “gothic edge,” Rock Sound tagged them as a Breakout Artist, and their songs racked up more than 40 million streams along the way.

New Addiction is where it all comes to a head. Produced by Kevin Thrasher (blink-182, Jelly Roll), the album barrels forward with breakneck confidence, shimmering synth menace, and enough low-end crunch to rattle arena rafters. Anastasia’s vocals cut like a serrated blade — full of vulnerability, venom, and vintage soul — while Max's riffs and industrial textures serve as both hammer and scalpel. They brought in MISSIO for the brooding “Can People Really Change?” and teamed up with Escape the Fate on “Masochistic Lovers,” a nihilistic slow-burner that oozes hedonism with zero apology.

For the siblings, the connection is telepathic. “At this point in our lives, we’ve been playing music together longer than we haven’t,” Max says. That intuitive bond fuels the emotional undercurrent of New Addiction, which dives headfirst into themes of depression, inner conflict, and the wreckage left by toxic love. Tracks like “Own Me” explore the self-inflicted loneliness of trying to protect others from your own chaos, while “Dead2Me” and the title track swing back with grit and swagger, flipping heartbreak into an anthem you can scream along to in a packed club.

“It was a really healing process,” Anastasia said of making the album. “We were finally able to bring the darkness into the light.” And they did it on their terms, from the sweat-soaked club floor to the massive stages of Download and Louder Than Life. “It feels like everything’s been building to this moment,” Anastasia adds. “Now we just have to go out there and capture it.”