“Open your eyes. Look to the skies. This is the day that your innocence dies.”
Combustive and ravenously raw, the brand new single The Flood from Australian metalcore band In Hearts Wake merges real-life devastation with vivid sonic dexterity. Releasing today via UNFD, The Flood also features Parkway Drive‘s Winston McCall on guest vocal duties.
Another piercing cut from In Hearts Wake‘s forthcoming sixth studio album ‘Incarnation’, due out this Friday July 12, The Flood snapshots the band’s experiences during the 2022 floods that ravaged Northern NSW, with the addition of fellow Byron Bay native McCall adding ferocious gravitas.
Balancing pummeling arrangements with fleeting moments of austere atmospherics, The Flood ultimately channels genuine fear and tragedy into a hulking and cathartic metalcore masterpiece. And, as vocalist Jake Taylor reveals, the return of McCall on guest vocal duties following his feature on the band’s 2012 track Departure (Death) organically transpired during the aftermath of the 2011 floods.
“The Flood. Where to start,” shares Taylor. “It was February 2022 and torrential rains hit our home region in Northern Rivers NSW. Entire towns swallowed two stories underwater. Homes and lives were lost. The floods were biblical. My step-dad narrowly escaped out of a second story window by jumping onto a floating mattress.”
“In the weeks that followed, I was out in Lismore NSW delivering emergency supplies with the rest of the band and I bumped into Winston (vocalist of Parkway Drive) who was helping out on a food run. We couldn’t believe the destruction we were seeing, and yet at the same time, the resilience and strength of the people. 12 years since Winston’s last feature on Divination and it felt right to reconnect and collaborate on such an important event that happened to our community.”
In addition to McCall, Incarnation also boasts a sweltering lineup of guest features, including Paledusk vocalist Kaito Nagai on Shishigami ???, Chad Ruhlig of For the Fallen Dreams, David Gunn of King 810 and Alfonso Civile of Heartsick, and Don on Michigama, and The Color Morale‘s Garret Rapp on Shellshock.
Throughout the lead up to the release of their new album, In Hearts Wake have been operating an official ‘Incarnation’ Tarot-themed website that fans can visit throughout the album rollout for access to behind the scenes, exclusive info, and ‘Incarnation’ announcements. And for fans keen to sleuth a sneak peek at parts of the unreleased track Feeding The Dead, In Hearts Wake are currently offering a gateway to finding the song’s stem files hidden across the internet. Collect them all and piece them together to get your hands on the full instrumental for Feeding The Dead before its official release! For more info, CLICK HERE.
Recently appearing at UNIFY Off The Record and wowing audiences across Australia with their ‘Decade Of Divination’ tour last year, In Hearts Wake now turn their gaze to their new full-length ‘Incarnation’ in 2024, with the band also set to celebrate and farewell their journey to date with long-time bassist and vocalist Kyle Erich this September. Spanning Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, In Hearts Wake will also be joined by special guests PALEFACE SWISS, King 810 and Gravemind.
Ahead of the ‘Incarnation’ Australian Tour and in conjunction with announcing Erich‘s departure, In Hearts Wake also recently shared a new single, Farewell, with the track fittingly bringing to a close the monumental chapter for Erich and In Hearts Wake.
THE FLOOD IS OUT NOW – LISTEN HERE
‘INCARNATION’ WILL BE RELEASED ON JULY 12 – PRE-ORDER HERE
New World Artists & UNFD Presents
IN HEARTS WAKE
AUSTRALIA TOUR 2024
TICKETS HERE
THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER – KING STREET BANDROOM, NEWCASTLE
FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER – LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY
SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE
THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER – THE FORUM, MELBOURNE
FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER – THE GOV, ADELAIDE
SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER – MAGNET HOUSE, PERTH
With thanks to Dallas Does PR
