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Two Aussie heavyweights combine for three minutes of pure terror.

With their 100% carbon-neutral new record KALIYUGA out in the first week of August, Byron Bay hard rock stalwarts In Hearts Wake have just dropped a single that is sure to put their name at the front every heavy music fan’s mind. ‘Hellbringer’ is just the type headbanging, chaotic songwriting that we’ve come to expect from the lads who have enlisted Polaris’ Jamie Hails who spits a red hot verse.

Parodying the disjointed and at times ridiculous live-streaming we’ve been seeing plenty of during the COVID-19 lockdown, the band have concocted a video that is equal parts funny and terrifying. Raining blood, a werewolf and fake stage diving are all in a day’s work it seems:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6YRtg-sfMw&feature=youtu.be

“At some of our American shows extremist groups have picketed outside, telling our fans that they’re ‘going to hell’. If only they knew just how positive the energy inside the venue was! Never judge a book by it’s cover. So rather than fight hate with hate, we decided to have some fun and lean into the metal stereotype,” vocalist Jake Taylor says.

“In 2020 with live streams becoming the new norm, we decided to stage our own hell-bent circus. We thought it would be funny to ask Jamie to dress up as a werewolf, turn me into a vampire and rain blood on the entire band. Guess Halloween came early this year. Thank you Blade.”