After recently introducing a new line-up and making a powerful comeback from a brief hiatus with the track "Killer & The Queen", Finnish heavy metal band Oceanhoarse continue to forge ahead with the launch of their newest single, "Logos". The release is accompanied by an intense new video, which can be viewed below.
Drummer Oskari Niemi comments: "This song is one big yin and yang. It starts with the most aggressive music we have made but changes into a mystical spring rain kinda vibe."
Bassist Silver Ots adds: "The riff catches you by the throat immediately and the song eases only in the middle section where it turns the jet engines off and goes gliding in the night sky. This is of course followed by an ass-ripping guitar solo and eventual crash-and-burn-heavy riff leaving no survivors."
Guitarist Ben Varon recently commented on the Oceanhoarse line-up change and the band's brief hiatus:
"There was a lot of inner turmoil within the band around the release of our previous album 'Heads Will Roll', which escalated with the exit of bassist Jyri Helko. I was also running pretty low motivation-wise, and needed a few months to take a breather and find the excitement for the music again. But it was soon clear to me, Joonas (Kosonen, vocals) and Oce (Oskari Niemi, drums) that we wanted to continue the band and still make music together. And I knew just the right guy to call for bass duties."
Killer & The Queen coverart
Enter Silver Ots, Ben's old partner in crime from his previous band Amoral.
"Silver and me go way back, I believe we were 15 when we formed Amoral. I have always regarded him as one of the best riff composers in metal, so I knew the value that he would bring to the band with his songwriting in addition to his ridiculously tight bass playing. And the proof is in the pudding, all you need to do is to listen to 'Killer & The Queen', for which Silver composed the music for!" Ben continues.
"I met the guys at a crossroads," says Silver Ots. "After the band going full speed for so long there was a wind of change in the air. We decided to take the time, reflect back and look ahead, find a mutual vibe and see what we can come up with together. What you hear now is one of the pieces of new music we've been cooking up this past year."
"'Killer & the Queen' showcases the more groovy side of the 'Hoarse", says vocalist Joonas Kosonen. "Lyrically, the song is about those enemies very close to you. So close you can't even see them coming. We're super proud of this one, and we feel reborn after going through hellfire. A bit of dissonance sure makes art come alive!" Joonas summarizes.
"Killer & The Queen" was mixed and mastered by Lauri Haemaelaeinen, who also co-produced and recorded the vocals. For the video, Oceanhoarse returned to Guilty Visuals and Pete Inkinen, who they had worked with previously on the video for "Pryopen". The cover artwork for the single was drawn by Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa.
