Helsott have released a music video for "Independence Night", featuring guest vocals by Tim "Ripper" Owens. The track will be included on the band's upcoming concept album, Will And The Witch, out via M-Theory Audio on May 20. Pre-orders for CD, limited-edition double vinyl, and digital editions of Will And The Witch are available here.
The visualizer video, created by Raf Ortega (Ayreon, Subterranean Masquerade) for “Independence Night” can be viewed below.
Says Dow, “'Independence Night' is a dark and heavy song. We have Tim "Ripper" Owens doing guest vocals for us on this song and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. Besides the opening money shot 'Ripper scream' we think you will be pleasantly surprised with the vocal performance by "Ripper". I have been a fan of his ever since I heard 'Bullet Train' from Judas Priest before the Jugulator album was released. I know how hard it must have been to replace someone like Rob Halford and I felt like "Ripper" killed it. It's definitely surreal to be screaming alongside him in this awesome track. Enjoy!"
Says Owens of his guest appearance on the song, “I gotta say I had a blast doing this awesome tune with Helsott, anytime I can show off the wide range of my vocals, it’s a blast and doing the heavy-ass aggressive vocals are some of my favorite. I am ready for more.”
Helsott's newest album, Will And The Witch - mixed and mastered by J-F Dagenais (Kataklysm, Ex Deo) and featuring artwork by Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Gamma Ray) - is a concept record that tells a fictional story about how Billy The Kid became the fastest gunfighter in the wild west. The first taste of music from the new album was recently unleashed with a visualizer video for the title track, which can be viewed below. The band returns to its musical roots on their latest record with heavier thrash overtones and less orchestral work than their prior record, while catching listeners off-guard with new influences befitting of the album's theme. Thrash metal, power metal, and death metal all converge with acoustic campfire segments, Southern banjo and fiddle, and Native American-inspired hand drums and flutes. The end result is a record that is musically ambitious while remaining melodic, thrashy, and true to the underlying sound of Helsott.
Tracklisting:
"I'll Make Ya Famous"
"Southern Shine"
"Will And The Witch"
"Independence Night"
"Skin Out"
"Babylon: Scarlett's Saloon"
"Everything Hurts"
"Spit Bucket Brawl"
"Navajo Crow"
"Welded As One"
"Reap The Whirlwind"
"Regulators"
"I'll Make Ya Famous" video:
“Will And The Witch” visualizer:
