DJ Snake is on a roll as he catapults back into dance music’s centerstage with Reloaded, the second single off his upcoming album Nomad. Premiered at his historic “Final Show” at Stade de France—a night that drew 80,000 fans—Reloaded wasn’t just a debut. It was a war cry. With Space Laces beside him, DJ Snake ignited one of the largest Wall of Deaths in dance history, all while reimagining Marilyn Manson’s infamous 2003 anthem into something entirely his own. What emerged was a genre-warping rave weapon, bending rock, rap, and electronic chaos into a new kind of rebellion. In this moment, Snake didn’t just show range. He issued a challenge to the entire scene.
A Shift from Spectacle to Statement
As journalist Jon Powell, a respected voice in music journalism and News & Music Editor at REVOLT notes, Snake could’ve coasted on the sheer scale of The Final Show. “Instead, he’s using the moment to reset the rules,” he shares. Alongside the Nomad album announcement, Snake launched a new label spotlighting emerging artists. He also performed EDC Las Vegas’ first-ever hip-hop set and released Paradise with Bipolar Sunshine, a vulnerable, Phil Collins-inspired ballad echoing the emotional tone of their past hit Middle. But DJ Snake didn’t linger in sentiment; Reloaded marked a hard left turn, veering away from softness and straight into impact.
“A raw, unrelenting collaboration with Kentucky-born producer Space Laces, this track doesn’t aim to be pretty,” Powell adds. “It aims to flatten everything in its path.”
Space Laces x DJ Snake: The Underground’s Sonic Scientist Gets Reloaded
Ian Slider, better known as Space Laces, has long held cult status in bass circles. From his early Newgrounds days as cornandbeans, to his Vaultage mix series loaded with unreleased havoc, his sound has been calculated chaos. Powell points out his latest singles like This Way show an artist capable of cinematic control within distortion, offering textured craftsmanship in a genre often mistaken for noise. “He’s just as respected for shaping the sound of underground dubstep from the inside out,” Powell observes. On Reloaded, his hallmark unpredictability and razor-edged design are dialed to eleven. Every stop-start synth, jagged drop, and digital screech feels torn from a boss level that never ends.
Engineered for Eruption, Not for Playlists
The track opens with horror-movie chords and rallying chants—“Everybody sing along,” “Rebel rebel, party party,” “Are you motherf**ers ready?”*—before Snake drops the first hit. Powell notes that in Reloaded, DJ Snake enters a dubstep-rooted low end that gets pushed into hybrid trap territory, where nothing feels safe or still. Snake controls the structure like a ringleader of chaos, guiding the wildness without taming it. Midway through, the track resets, just long enough to breathe. But the second drop returns twice as brutal, skidding into raw techno territory, suffocating the dancefloor with percussive layers and basslines that punch through concrete.
“It’s escalating pressure over a clean arc or tidy resolution, and it’s perfectly engineered for a sound system,” Powell explains. Whether it’s a stadium set or a warehouse rave, Reloaded isn’t just a track—it’s a weapon. “It’s designed for movement, for collective eruption,” the seasoned music and culture journalist, Jon Powell, emphasizes. “A live weapon, not a playlist single.” That ethos defines Nomad. It won’t stick to a single lane, nor should it. If Paradise stretched Snake’s melodic limits, Reloaded stretches the other end—raw, feral, built for the pit.
“Reloaded”, A DJ Snake Premiere Meant for Mayhem
What stuns us the most about Reloaded is how Snake didn’t use an alias like Outlaw for it. He put his signature brand behind it—and that choice says everything. This isn’t a side quest. It’s the main story. While some fans expected melodic vibes post-Paradise, what we got was first drop dubstep, second drop hard techno. It’s BigBang with Crankdat and SouthSide with Eptic, now reborn in its final form with Space Laces. We didn’t just get a heavy record. We got the clearest sign yet that Nomad will cover sonic terrains without asking permission.
After following Snake’s discography from the inside, we see Reloaded not as a detour—but as a declaration. There’s no restricting the Snake anymore. The road ahead won’t be predictable. And if this is only the second single? Buckle up.
Jon Powell‘s insights as a respected American music journalist, known for sharp cultural insight and global perspective, is instrumental in this story riding on his reputation highlighting genre-defying artists and shaping conversations across hip-hop, dance, and alternative music.
