Gore. Explores Vulnerability and Mental Illness in Emotional New Track “Sepsis”

It’s hard to categorize the music of Texas four-piece Gore. They have their toes dipped in metalcore/nu-metal/shoegaze with a smidge of pop sensibilities at times, but that description is largely just bloviation from a tired metal writer. After debuting on Spinefarm last year with their EP A Bud That Never Blooms, it’s perhaps best to just sit down and listen to the band’s latest single, “Sepsis” to really understand what Gore. is all about.

Featuring an emotional performance by vocalist and NASA engineer Haley Roughton, “Sepsis” features the kind of modern metalcore sound you’d expect, but then after a while the curtain is pulled back and we’re hit with the band’s more melodic side before it careens back into darkness.

According to Roughton, “Sepsis” has a pretty personal origin.

“This song is about a friend who was in a relationship with someone diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BPD) that went untreated. I attempted to write it from his perspective, after seeing him try to salvage a relationship where he was constantly challenged and abused. I could only imagine how difficult it is knowing that the person you love is ill and staying by their side, even when the relationship feels like torment.”

As for the video itself, Roughton explained that the videos were made to be deliberately isolating.

“The music video reflects that isolation and what it’s like to be trapped inside your own head and thoughts. Hence why it’s just me and a double the whole time.”

Gore. will be playing Download this weekend, so if you’re heading out to Donnington this year, be sure to check them out on Friday on the Dogtooth Stage.