Rating: 9 / 10 Stars
ILLENIUM, EXCISION, and I PREVAIL are: Nick Miller (ILLENIUM – production), Jeff Abel (EXCISION – production), Eric Vanlerberghe (vocals – I PREVAIL), Brian Burkheiser (vocals – I PREVAIL), Steve Menoian (guitar – I PREVAIL)
REVIEW – If you’ve ever needed a reminder that genre boundaries are made to be shattered, “Feel Something” is it. Released April 3, 2020 via UMG Recordings, this emotionally raw, sonically crushing collaboration between electronic heavyweights ILLENIUM and EXCISION and metalcore juggernauts I PREVAIL is a sonic collision that delivers both heart and havoc.
Clocking in at just under four minutes, “Feel Something” doesn’t waste a second. It opens with a vulnerable vocal confession: “I don’t pray to God, but I did today / Just to take a minute of the pain away.” From that moment, you know this song is going to dig deep. Brian Burkheiser and Eric Vanlerberghe trade off vocals with the kind of raw emotional power that made Trauma such a breakout moment for I PREVAIL. But here, the stakes feel even higher.
This isn’t just a track about pain—it’s about the desperate need to feel anything at all in the middle of emotional numbness. The lyrics hit like a gut punch: “Yeah, I’d give everything, everything / Just to feel somethin’, just to feel somethin’.” That’s not just a line—it’s a scream from the void, echoed by millions who’ve ever stared into the darkness and begged for light.
Musically, this is where the magic happens. ILLENIUM and EXCISION weave a cinematic web of glitchy synths, ambient textures, and jaw-dropping drops. The bass hits like thunder, but it’s never overbearing—it moves in tandem with the emotion, not in spite of it. When the breakdown hits, it doesn’t just drop—it erupts. And I PREVAIL’s vocals ride that wave perfectly, balancing power with pain, melody with mayhem.
“Feel Something” isn’t just a collaboration—it’s a revelation. It unites the vulnerability of post-hardcore with the scale and scope of modern EDM, creating something entirely its own. In the middle of a global crisis, this song showed up like a lifeline. It reminded us that even when we feel nothing, we’re not alone. We’re just looking to feel something—and this track delivers exactly that.
For more information on ILLENIUM, EXCISION, and I PREVAIL, visit:
www.Facebook.com/IlleniumOfficial
www.Facebook.com/Excision
www.Facebook.com/IPrevailBand
www.Spotify.com/Artist/Illenium
www.Spotify.com/Artist/Excision
www.Spotify.com/Artist/IPrevail