NEWS: Guilt Trip indulge Kubrick with “Eyes Wide Shut”?

Having cut their teeth across the European Underground circuit with their vicious blend of Metallic Hardcore and Crossover Thrash, Manchester natives Guilt Trip have unleashed their sophomore album “Severance” via via Malevolence run label MLVLTD. In celebration of the release, they’ve also shared a new music video for “Eyes Wide Shut“. A record we reviewed earlier this week, it’s a powerhouse of slick production, razor sharp riffs and pummelling percussion that no-one should be sleeping on…

On the new single and album, the band comment: “This record pushes our sound in a different, more 90s metal-influenced direction while maintaining the spine we’ve become known for. Our writing schedule means we’ve had limited appearances on festivals and tours this year which, whilst being challenging for us personally, was necessary. Now all the hard work is finally coming to a head and we couldn’t be more excited to show the world what we’ve been drawing up. We believe ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ is one of the standouts of this body of work, channelling Lamb of God style riffs blended with our typical hardcore elements. Lyrically the song vents the notion of prior agendas clouding a person’s perception of situations, seeing what you want to see and showing ignorance towards what you don’t, thus resulting in invalid judgement. The video for ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ is an artistic embodiment of this in form of a short film directed by Luigi Sibona, produced by Hollow Films.”

Malicious Intent tour with Malevolence alongside Sylosis and Justice for the Damned:
07.11 – The Garage, Glasgow
08.11 – O2 Ritz, Manchester
09.11 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
10.11 – SWX, Bristol
11.11 – O2 Kentish Town, London

Headline Album Release Show
15.12 – Corporation, Sheffield *sold out

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