The word “soma” refers to the body in Greek, and to a mythical intoxicant in Hindu scripture.Skrillex‘s new album of the same name somehow embodies both definitions: it will move you, and it will alter you.
He opens with the album’s title track, a collaboration with EDM.com Class of 2025 artist Nitepunk that plunges us into its sublime sound like a trapdoor opening beneath a ballroom.Fans who have been waiting for this primal trap banger since Skrillex opened his 2025 Ultra headline set with it will find it has lost none of its menace in the journey from legend to release, anthemic in its maximalism yet nasty in-between the bars.
From there, the album pivots with characteristic unpredictability, which should come as no surprise from an artist who has never been interested in giving you what you expect.In ‘Noche Without You,’ Skrillex reaches back to 1995 and samples Robert Miles’ ‘Children,’ one of Eurodance’s most sacred relics, weaving its melody into a synth-soaked stunner featuring Colombian reggaeton star Feid.
At one point, he drops the throwback “run the trap!” vocal before briefly flipping the rhythm into a spellbinding trap sequence.Longtime fans of Skrillex know his tracks are worlds unto themselves, featuring obscure vocal samples and callbacks to his own mythos.
‘Scut 2’ revisits a demo he sent to fans by email in early-2025, a vintage, fang-dripping dubstep banger that the internet received like a handwritten letter from an old friend.The update keeps those growls intact as the album’s connective tissue to its producer’s foundational years, while mutating the arrangement into a breakbeat beast with bass that convulses and clatters like a shopping cart down a flight of stairs.
He reworks another fan-favorite in ‘La Noche 2,’ revisiting his house hit with Chris Lake and ANITA B QUEEN, which was named by EDM.com as one of 2025’s best tracks.Here, he strips away the drums entirely and leaves only tin...