What is the difference between the local and international hard 'n' heavy scene? In what aspects can newcomer bands learn from the currently most successful metal export? A few months ago, we had the opportunity to shed light on many of these questions.
The local metalcore power We Blame the Empire is considered one of the most promising newcomer bands in the Austrian hard 'n' heavy scene - founded in 2014, they started recording their debut album “These Waves Won't Take Me”. After numerous live performances and growing streaming-numbers, they built up an international fan base.
Their second studio album AERO was released on 13th of April.
Aero - silence, storm, a hurricane or a gentle breeze. Nothing describes life better than the movement of air. As in the past, the four Upper Austrians take up topics related to environmental protection and social criticism and process personal experiences.
Bad Wolves aren’t just a band, they’re a sonic wrecking ball that’s destroying everything in their path. The act—which is composed of drummer John Boecklin (ex-Devildriver), vocalist Tommy Vext (Divine Heresy, Snot) as well as guitarists Doc Coyle (ex-God Forbid), Chris Cain (Bury Your Dead) and bassist Kyle Konkiel (ex-In This Moment), may seem like they just exploded onto the scene, but the idea has been percolating in both Boecklin' and Vext’ heads since 2015.
The result is of this joint effort is their debut album Disobey, an album that music fans have been clamoring for and that has already birthed a viral single via their impassioned (and seemingly ubiquitous) cover of the Cranberries’ 1993 protest song, “Zombie,” which has racked up over 33 million views over Facebook and YouTube, hit #1 on Spotify's viral chart in over 40 countries countries and gone to #1 on the iTunes songs chart.
Since then the band from L.A has been unstoppable.
In 2019, they continued that momentum with their sophomore album, N.A.T.I.O.N. which came in at #1 upon its release on the Top Hard Rock, Current Hard Rock and Billboard Hard Rock charts.
Monster Energy and radio 88.6 have teamed up to shed light on the local hard 'n' heavy scene. Why do you have the feeling that despite a lively metal scene, less and less successful artists and musicians emerge? We Blame the Empire frontman Sebastian "Borsti“ Penninger hosts 88.6 moderator Sarah Steiner in this exciting podcast format under the title: 88.6 Heavy Talks powered by Monster Energy.
Episode 1:
We met Bad Wolves at their Vienna Stop on 19th February in the Wiener Stadthalle to talk about the past, present, future and much more. Listen in!
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Radio 88.6: https://bit.ly/2WfciYj
We Blame The Empire: https://bit.ly/35h1WLX
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