SHOWING TEETH Releases New Single + Music Video "HELLRAISER"
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Today, heavy music disruptor SHOWING TEETH delivers a powerful and poignant message with her new single, ''Hellraiser," out now alongside the official music video via Republic Records + Spinefarm.
Listen to ''Hellraiser'' HERE and watch the music video BELOW.
SHOWING TEETH shares, "'Hellraiser' is about the rage I feel towards my upbringing and the suffering I faced by the hands of the very people claiming to hold the keys to heaven. These people swear on a bible and fearmonger in the name of God, pandering to people in my community, all the while, protecting pedophiles and r*pists in power. Hell is very real, and the devil shows his face every time someone is hurt, assaulted, oppressed, or killed because of who they are."
The track takes a defiant stance, pairing visceral riffs, jagged rhythms, and raw screams. The buzzing Nashville artist paints a hellish scene in the refrain, "Devolving human creature, digging out both my eyes with a razor, refuse to see another blatant traitor.'"The song closes with a final burst of rage before fading into darkness. The accompanying music video reflects SHOWING TEETH's love of horror drag, juxtaposing beauty and gore.
SHOWING TEETH adds, "It was important to me to include drag artists in the 'Hellraiser' video, because of the inspiration they give me in my writing, as well as to push back against the punishment drag art receives from Christian conservative media. I remember the first time I saw a horror drag artist, and it changed everything I knew about art; the contrast of the beauty and the gore felt like something I had been missing in the art I consumed. Horror drag has inspired so much in my music and my life."
"Hellraiser" follows SHOWING TEETH's acclaimed debut EP, A FATE WORSE THAN LONELINESS, which has amassed more than 10 million streams. Upon its release, KERRANG! named SHOWING TEETH ''heavy music’s next superstar.'' She first introduced the project with ''Bad Exchanges,'' which Revolver praised for its ''noise-tastic riff swerves, ground-unsettling gravity blasts, deliciously disjointed sound effects and, of course, the ultra-violent screams and squeals of project leader and vocalist." Metal Hammer included the track in ''The 12 Best New Metal Songs You Need To Hear Right Now,'' writing, ''Maybe it's the frequent blast-beats, or the shrieking, grindcore like screeches, but the Nashville artist really nails a sense of frenzied mania.'' The EP also features fan favorite singles ''Rip'' and ''Make It Out.''
Following the release of A FATE WORSE THAN LONELINESS, SHOWING TEETH recently supported President on their North American tour this fall, performing for sold-out audiences across the country and debuting ''Hellraiser'' live for the first time. SHOWING TEETH is already set to perform at a slew of U.S. and European festivals next year — see the full list of upcoming dates HERE and below.
Stay tuned for more to come from SHOWING TEETH soon.
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