RAQQA, Syria — Amid a rapidly-deteriorating military situation on all fronts, the self-proclaimed Islamic State has released a new video threatening to “release the kraken” against its enemies, sources confirmed today.

The video, simultaneously released on social media and the group’s own media platforms, seemed to confirm terrorism analysts' theory that the group’s ability to deliver unique and rhetorically effective threats is under strain.

“Back when the Islamic State first declared their caliphate, it was all ‘lay waste to the apostate hordes wherever their iniquities are sown,’ and ‘salt the earth with the tears of the Crusaders,’” terrorism analyst Robert Wright said. “Real time honored, fire-and-brimstone stuff.”