Photos by Orest Dorosh – In April 2020, the band released the singles, “Work” and “Let the Chaos Reign”. On November 13, 2020, the band returned with the “pulsing” single “Breathe Again”, while also announcing the title of their sixth album, Versatile, which they started working on during the winter of 2019. It was released on May 20, 2021. Matt DiRito would then go on to announce his departure from Pop Evil shortly after the album’s release, keeping his reasons private. Due to travel restrictions from Covid, drummer Jason Hartless filled in for Hayley Cramer during the first leg of the 2021 Versatile tour.
On April 22, 2022, the band released the single “Eye of the Storm” with an accompanying music video, along with a remix of the song titled “Into the Vortex”, released July 15, 2022.
The band released a collaboration song with ZILLION on July 29, 2022, titled “War Inside of Me”, which was to be featured on ZILLION’s debut EP, Radio Face, followed by the release of a live recording of “Eye of the Storm” from Toronto, ON on August 26, 2022. A month later, on September 30th, a second single following “Eye of the Storm”, titled “Paranoid (Crash & Burn)” was released, later receiving a music video which was released on December 9, 2022 and was used to announce their upcoming album, Skeletons, releasing March 17th, 2023.
Pop Evil were meant to play a European tour, starting in Glasgow on November 2, 2022, however the tour has been postponed to May 2023. On January 13, 2023, the band released a third single for Skeletons, titled “Dead Reckoning”, the song featured Ryan Kirby, vocalist of American metalcore band Fit for a King and was released along with an accompanying visualizer. On December 11, 2023, Pop Evil posted a letter from Hayley Cramer to their Facebook page announcing her departure, citing her desire to branch out and find new paths and adventures.
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