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Former Butcher Babies vocalist Carla Harvey has debuted her new project The Violent Hour with the song/video “Sick Ones.” The singer co-wrote the song with her fiancé, Anthrax/Pantera drummer Charlie Benante, and it features Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5.
“’Sick Ones’ is a rock ‘n’ roll anthem about cutting the toxic people out of your life,” said Harvey. “It’s a call of freedom, a fist-to-the-face to anyone who has tried to hold you down, hold you back or dim your light. It was written at a vulnerable time in my life when I was forced to end relationships I thought would last forever.”
Benante added, “‘Sick Ones’ has a Modernized NWOBHM (New wave of British heavy metal) vibe to it. The riff is very catchy and stays with you like a good riff should. ‘Sick Ones’ is just the tip of the iceberg for this project. Many of the songs we crafted for The Violent Hour are unlike anything Carla has ever done as a vocalist, reflecting different moods and a new beginning. The music flowed out of me because I had this motivation, this drive…it was unstoppable.”
In the music video, conceived by Harvey and directed by Vicente Cordero, the singer portrays five women with five distinct personalities.
“While ‘Sick Ones’ is about cutting toxic people out of your life — those who constantly devalue you — I wanted to flip that narrative for the video,” stated Harvey. “I’ve always been interested in the idea that sometimes, the most dangerous person to confront is yourself. The video explores what it means to face those darker versions of who we’ve been, and whether we can truly leave them behind… or, as the ending suggests, learn to coexist peacefully.”
In addition to launching The Violent Hour, Harvey also recently signed on to be Lords of Acid’s new singer. The industrial-dance veterans, with Harvey as vocalist, will kick off a US tour on May 27th in San Francisco (pick up tickets here).
Watch the video for Carla Harvey’s “Sick Ones” from her new project The Violent Hour below.
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