Tuesday, February 4, 2025

HEAVY HALO - "Justified"


HEAVY HALO: alt-industrial hitmakers target religious hypocrisy on new single "Justified"

Heavy Halo has revealed new single "Justified."

"Justified" is the fourth track to be released from the NYC duo's new album Damaged Dream, slated for a summer 2025 release on Silent Pendulum Records.

An official visualizer is streaming now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSBppB3iNrQ

Based out of their studio, located inside a historic 19th-century hospital building in Brooklyn, Heavy Halo mixes elements of alt-rock and industrial, creating memorable songs that are full of yearning vocals and propulsive electronics. The authority on all things dark and dramatic, Post-Punk.com says this about the new single: "New York City’s Heavy Halo delve deep into the fire of personal reckoning with 'Justified,' a track that thrashes, aches, and demands release. Built on a backbone of industrial-techno rhythms, its serrated guitars slash through raw electronics, a collision of sweat and circuitry. The track surges forward, a machine with a beating heart, nodding to Nine Inch Nails and KMFDM with the raw urgency of Smashing Pumpkins and the aching howl of The Cure. The ghosts of ‘90s rebellion flicker in its DNA, yet its spirit is welded to the digital age, where raw emotion fuses with cold machinery. In this, Heavy Halo also finds kinship with HEALTH and Poppy, reveling in that chaotic crossroads where flesh meets electric power."

Heavy Halo vocalist McKeever gives this statement about the song: "My therapist kept telling me I had Catholic guilt and I kept denying it. But after spending time thinking, I found something there and wrote "Justified." I had gone to Catholic middle school and it was a nightmare. There was a hypocritical priest making little kids confess their 'sins' while stealing money from the congregation to fund a secret lavish lifestyle. Kids in my grade were deplorable meatheads scrawling Nazi symbols in the bathroom. The vibe was the furthest possible thing from the doctrine preached. Beyond this, I had larger problems with the institution of religion as a whole, the self-righteousness, the fear-mongering, the centuries of violence... I wanted no part of any of this. So I ran as far away as I could into the embrace of dark music and art where I found magic and solace. This song is a justification for anyone who turns away from these institutions to carve their own path. Your truth is within you and you can find your own transcendence and raise up your flag."

Pre-order the new album, here: https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/damaged-dream

Heavy Halo plays February 15th at Elsewhere Zone 1 in Brooklyn, with Louisahhh. Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/louisahhh-debasement-heavy-halo-tickets-1207855962699

Photo by Wrekluse

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