Former Butcher Infants vocalist Carla Harvey has debuted her new undertaking The Violent Hour with the music/video “Sick Ones.” The singer co-wrote the music along with her fiancé, Anthrax/Pantera drummer Charlie Benante, and it options Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5.
“’Sick Ones’ is a rock ‘n’ roll anthem about slicing the poisonous folks out of your life,” mentioned Harvey. “It’s a name of freedom, a fist-to-the-face to anybody who has tried to carry you down, maintain you again or dim your gentle. It was written at a weak time in my life once I was pressured to finish relationships I assumed would final ceaselessly.”
Benante added, “‘Sick Ones’ has a Modernized NWOBHM (New wave of British heavy steel) vibe to it. The riff could be very catchy and stays with you want a superb riff ought to. ‘Sick Ones’ is simply the tip of the iceberg for this undertaking. Lots of the songs we crafted for The Violent Hour are not like something Carla has ever achieved as a vocalist, reflecting completely different moods and a brand new starting. The music flowed out of me as a result of I had this motivation, this drive…it was unstoppable.”
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Within the music video, conceived by Harvey and directed by Vicente Cordero, the singer portrays 5 ladies with 5 distinct personalities.
“Whereas ‘Sick Ones’ is about slicing poisonous folks out of your life — those that continually devalue you — I wished to flip that narrative for the video,” acknowledged Harvey. “I’ve all the time been considering the concept generally, probably the most harmful particular person to confront is your self. The video explores what it means to face these darker variations of who we’ve been, and whether or not we will really depart them behind… or, because the ending suggests, be taught to coexist peacefully.”
Along with launching The Violent Hour, Harvey additionally lately signed on to be Lords of Acid’s new singer. The economic-dance veterans, with Harvey as vocalist, will kick off a US tour on Could twenty seventh in San Francisco (decide up tickets right here).
Watch the video for Carla Harvey’s “Sick Ones” from her new undertaking The Violent Hour under.
