Self Destructor

The lead single from Chevelle's Niratias album finds frontman Pete Loeffler taking on science deniers, who he believes are risking forward progress. Well, it's too much to lose Oh, it's time, or self-destruct They don't care what the science says They don't want to talk Though the lyrics seem to reference the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-vaxxers, Loeffler penned the song well before the coronavirus era. "It stems from a conversation I had with someone, and they were just largely a huge science-denier," Loeffler told ABC Audio. "It's funny how that works, because it was written in 2019, way before any of us saw COVID being a possibility."

Released on January 8, 2021, the song climbed to #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart. It gives the Loeffler brothers their sixth leader on the listing, following "Send the Pain Below," "Vitamin R," "Face to the Floor," "Take Out The Gunman," and "Joyride (Omen)."

The aggressive song involves plenty of finger work on the fretboard for Loeffler. Because of the long gap between writing and releasing it, the Chevelle guitarist had to learn how to play the track all over again during lockdown with his drummer brother, Sam Loeffler.