Only a matter of days now until the new Vardis album, Red Eye, is released. The enduring New Wave of British Heavy Metal band led by the one and only Steve Zodiac has been through a number of set-backs over the past few months though have come through them with a new album to look forward to.
To whet your appetite, they have released a lyric video for one of the cuts on the new album – Paranoia Strikes. Typical Vardis. Big sound, big riff, thumping/tribal drumming. What’s not to like.
As Steve Zodiac commented: “Steve Zodiac says about the song: “Paranoia Strikes’ is about the animal instinct for self preservation amplified to the point of mania. It’s potential is within us all, but Emperors, Dictators and the like seem to be especially susceptible. In that sense paranoia is the flip side of egomania: an excess of power, wealth or drugs can bring both to the surface. My starting point was that animal trigger in humanity, so this track was written to be feral and frenzied, with savage riffs.”
Here it is:
Red Eye is out on 20 May. If you liked the new song then there’s nothing else to do but order your copy of the album. I have mine on pre-order. How about you?