On the eve of the release of their new studio album “Death Above Life“, Orbit Culture have unveiled their new single “Bloodhound“. The Swedish groove metal band partnered with Riivata Visuals (thrown, Humanity’s Last Breath) for that clip, and elaborated on the track at length, offering:
“‘Bloodhound‘ is probably the angriest song we’ve written to date. We’ve always been somewhat reluctant to use explicit language in our music — maybe out of habit, maybe out of respect, I honestly don’t know. But when that opening riff came to life, it just had this raw, primal energy that demanded something more. The song sounded furious from the start, and to match that intensity, we knew it was time to break our own rules and let the anger speak freely.
The lyrics came together faster than almost anything we’ve done before. It was like this outburst — a childlike hammering of aggression onto the page. Usually, we try to keep ourselves in check, to polish things a bit. But this track is the 1% of the time where we didn’t. Where we couldn’t.
‘Bloodhound’ is about anger — at people, at situations, at an industry that often exploits the very people trying to make it within it. It’s about the cycle of revenge, the moments of acceptance, and then the anger flaring up again because nothing really changes. This song is about reclaiming your voice, your power, your worth. It’s about calling out the bloodsuckers, the manipulators — and making sure they don’t get to take from you anymore.”
“Death Above Life” will be out tomorrow, October 03rd. Later this month the group will make their way out across Europe and the UK for a headlining run with Gaerea and ATLAS as support.
10/21 Hamburg, GER – Markthalle
10/22 Berlin, GER – Columbia Theater
10/24 Warsaw, POL – Proxima
10/25 Krakow, POL – Kwadrat
10/26 Dresden, GER – Parkhotel
10/27 Prague, CZE – Roxy
10/28 Vienna, AUT – Simm City
10/29 Munich, GER – Backstage Werk
10/31 Zurich, SWI – Komplex 45
11/01 Frankfurt, GER – Batschkapp
11/02 Cologne, GER – Carlswerk Victoria Hall
11/04 Antwerp, BEL – Trix
11/05 Lille, FRA – Splendid
11/06 Paris, FRA – Bataclan
11/08 Manchester, UK – Damnation Festival
11/10 Newcastle, UK – NX
11/11 Glasgow, UK – SWG3
11/12 Leeds, UK – Stylus
11/14 Wolverhampton, UK – Kk’s Steel Mill
11/15 Bristol, UK – Electric
11/16 London, UK – Electric Ballroom
11/19 Eindhoven, NET – Effenaar
11/21 Malmo, SWE – Slagthuset
11/22 Gothenburg, SWE – Filmstudios
11/24 Helsinki, FIN – House Of Culture
11/26 Stockholm, SWE – Fallan
11/27 Oslo, NOR – Rockefeller
11/28 Karlstad, SWE – Nöjesfabriken
11/29 Copenhagen, DEN – Pumpehuset
11/30 Copenhagen, DEN – Pumpehuset
