September 23, 2025 will go down in history as the day Jesus didn’t show up, but David Vincent did.
Thanks to South African preacher Joshua Mhlakela’s viral prophecy that the world would end on Rosh Hashanah, TikTok’s #RaptureTok went absolutely feral waiting for trumpets, levitating Christians, and awkward Zoom calls from the afterlife. But when nothing happened except the usual Monday depression, millions flocked to Spotify searching for “Rapture soundtrack.”
Unfortunately—or fortunately, depending on your tolerance for blast beats—this led them directly to MORBID ANGEL’s 1993 Covenant, death metal classic “Rapture”.
The result? The song hit one billion streams overnight, officially dethroning Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, and “Baby Shark” as the most played track by people who thought Gabriel’s trumpet sounded like Trey Azagthoth’s guitar.
“I thought I was preparing for ascension into heaven,” wrote one confused TikTok user. “Turns out I was preparing for a Florida death metal show.”
Meanwhile, Morbid Angel fans were equally bewildered:
“I’ve been trying to get my girlfriend into death metal for years,” said one fan. “Now she’s got Rapture on repeat while googling Bible verses. Truly, the Lord works in mysterious riffs.”
Pastor Mhlakela has yet to comment on whether Morbid Angel was part of his original vision, but reports suggest his followers are now debating whether “Chapel of Ghouls” counts as a hymn.
Spotify, for its part, is already leaning into the chaos. The platform has quietly rebranded the “Christian & Gospel” playlist to include Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, and Morbid Angel—“just in case the next prophecy pans out.”
As for the believers, many remain undeterred. They insist the rapture did begin yesterday, it’s just happening invisibly, and possibly only to people who bought Covenant on vinyl.
At press time, Rapture had been added to over 200,000 “End of the World” playlists, while one brave soul on TikTok declared:
“If this is the apocalypse, at least the soundtrack slaps.”
