VEXED - Release Thrilling New Single plus Music Video, “Epiphany”

MGMEIA News
Apr 15, 2021
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The UK’s most exciting new talent, Vexed –just released their second single “Epiphany”, cut from their upcoming album "Culling Culture" will be out on May 21 via Napalm Records. Naturally accompanied by a brand-new music video, their second offering features Megan Targett’s multi-faceted clean vocal delivery contiguity with other urbane auras, melodic rhythms and a bold message.

"The next big thing from the UK? Very likely! VEXED are a brute prog-deathcore hybrid that flattens everything - somewhere between Meshuggah, Periphery and Thy Art Is Murder. Fresh, emotional and extreme in every respect!” - EMP GER “This is a must watch band of 2021.” - KNOTFEST

“Learning to love and accept yourself can be an uphill struggle, especially in a world where people online are free to pick apart every inch of you. Epiphany is a vulnerable yet cutthroat track about falling victim to self-loathing, battling mental illness, and finally discovering how to not give a fuck about what anyone thinks of you.”

Experiencing profoundly personal knowledges, Culling Culture is a tribute to hate, betrayal and anger, whilst also reflecting post-modern society with strikingly honest song writing and heavy groove. Moreover, for as confident as they are musically, VEXED is as poignant lyrically. The official title of the album, "Culling Culture", and portions of its contents deliver the band’s unfiltered response to the world’s most recent community phenomena of social ostracism, “cancel culture”.

Unrelenting lead vocalist Megan Targett’s vicious vocal assault blending venomously low growls, soaring effortlessly cleans and razor-sharp rap-like deliveries, as “Fake” and “Weaponise”, is backed by the pure technical proficiency of bandmates Willem Mason-Geraghty(drums), Jay Bacon (guitar) and Al Harper (bass). The warning instrumental “Ignorant” prefaces the record’s menacing atmosphere and typically provides a flawless basis for smashing wake up call “Hideous” and fiery, threatening tracks “Fake” and “Narcissist”. Ghostly “Aurora” and disrespectfully heavy album-closer “Lazarus” showcase Targett’s multi-faceted clean vocal delivery while clashing otherworldly auras with resonating powerfully, melodic rhythms. “Epiphany” blends both, generously offering a bold message of moving past self-loathing, while superciliously weighty offering “Weaponise” seethes between violent hatred and ambient darkness.