Orbit Culture Get Furious with Their New Single “Bloodhound”
Sweden may be one of the highest ranked countries in terms of overall happiness on the planet, but something must have seriously pissed off the dudes in Orbit Culture. I mean seriously, listen to their new single “Bloodhound” and tell me those guys are having a good time.
Released as the final single before the release of their new album Death Above Life comes out tomorrow, this new track and accompanying video are nightmarish in the depths of its vitriol. According to the band, the song’s unbridled fury was by design.
“‘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, we honestly dont 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 child-like 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 available on October 3 via Century Media Records, but you can preorder your copy today.
DEATH ABOVE LIFE TRACK LISTING:
“Inferna”
“Bloodhound”
“Inside The Waves”
“The Tales Of War”
“Hydra”
“Nerve”
“Death Above Life”
“The Storm”
“Neural Collapse”
“The Path I Walk”
ORBIT CULTURE ON TOUR:
6/15 — Donington, UK — Download Festival
6/17 — Toulouse, FR — w/ In Flames
6/18 — Lyon, FR — w/ In Flames
6/19 — Dessel, BE — Graspop Metal Meeting
6/20 — Leipzig, DE — w/ In Flames
6/26 — Oslo, NO — Tons Of Rock
6/28 — Helsinki, FIN — Tuska
10/13 — (J) — Loud Park Japan
