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“Subtle, layered and
interesting…think Amen, Sick Of It All, Raging Speedhorn
and This Mortal Coil” – Metal Hammer
"If Slipknot heard Harpies they would f**k off with
their tails between their legs" – Rock Sound
“Harpies scale new cranium-busting heights with their
agresso-guitar ambush” – KERRANG!
“Full-on twisted metallic aggression…they have
just that hint of vital X factor.” – Organ
Their debut album, BLEED, BELIEVE, was just the start for
HARPIES: their last single, released earlier this
year, gathered them more fans in print and radio, and they
are now putting the finishing touches to their new album
and preparing a UK tour.
In the mean time, here’s a taster of where the band
are at the end of 2006, a double-A-sided single that demonstrates
the harsh beauty of the band’s sound, glued together
with the astonishing vocals of Nicky Honey that flit effortlessly
from tuneful melody to noise-fuelled pandemonium.
“Harpies are back!”, you say? They’ve never
been away…
BIRMINGHAM SHOWS: Dec 9th Sanctuary (with SIKTH/BREED77),
Dec 21st Barfly (Xmas Party)
HARPIES release a brand new single, ECHOES / FAVOUR THIS
on Fortune & Glory Recordings, distributed by Shellshock,
on DECEMBER 11TH, 2006.
HARPIES NEW SINGLE - ECHOES/FAVOUR
THIS
Harpies are Nicky Honey
(vocals), John Devlin (gtr), Kieran Moloney (gtr), Peter
Fisher (bass), Leo Crabtree (drums)
What’s happened here? A page has turned, a new chapter
in the journal of metal, emo and hardcore maybe? Harpies
have returned - a new drummer, guitarist and bassist have
been swept up into their audio cyclone and now they’re
back with a killer double-A-sided single ‘Echoes’
/ ‘Favour This’, two tunes cocked to the hilt
ready to unleash pent up power and pure aggression.
‘Echoes’ - the very essence of an intense experience,
a sensual delight bought on in part by the aural carnage
generated by the glorious vocal dexterity of Nicky Honey,
who, on the spin of a drum stick, can take you from sweetly-tinged
mesmerising drones into a vocal tempest of towering inferno.
And then just when think you have it sussed, the cascading
waterfall of guitars is sucked up all at once and you’re
left with the eerie rumblings of tribal tom-toms, and then
– so abruptly - we once again bear witness to another
crushing aural assault.
In contrast, ‘Favour This’ - a long stream of
audio class, rhythmically propelled by tribal drums that
halt briefly, only to dissolve into juddering angular guitars
and stabbing drums; the track is reborn as it melts into
the blazing furnaces of grind-core metal only to rise once
again by way of a sweeping rush of chords and the harsh,
abrupt vocal. A cascading waterfall of aggressive sound
keeps you company throughout the track and provides the
gritty foundation that other bands merely aspire to. Well-needed
relief is offered by the melodic ending which chants you
into blissful happiness, holding your hand while you seek
peaceful entry back into the quietness of a new world and
to the realisation that Harpies are most definitely back!
www.myspace.com/harpies
/ www.fortuneandglory.co.uk
Repeat Until Fade......Nik Moore on 020 8676 9540
Moore Publicity, 187 Mackenzie Road, Beckenham BR3 4SE
nik@moorepublicity.co.uk
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