"Never Return Nowhere": Neorite's Inescapable, Scathing Assault (Early Track + Video Stream)
It’s hard to succinctly describe the music that Germany’s Neorite plays. Taking on the aggressive pace and sawtoothed riffs of thrash metal but executing it with monstrously thick tones and satisfyingly mid-paced tempos, one could suggest something like ‘fast doom metal’ or ‘slow thrash’ and then immediately regret speaking either term into existence—but their upcoming album Banner of Defeat doesn’t need a snappy label to kick ass. It simply does, existing in a space where unrelenting riffs are the primary concern, delivered with red-hot energy and backed by a meaty rhythm section.
On “Never Return Nowhere,” which we’re premiering below, the band flexes their riff-crafting muscle, also including nicely harmonized melodies to set the war-torn tone. Some tight blast beats and faster-paced riffs raze the battlefield at points, as if ambushing anyone who thought they might have had a handle on what Neorite has to offer.
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The band comments:
The song “Never Return Nowhere” deals with forced situations in which fear becomes more and more overwhelming but the threat just cannot be escaped, so you have to deal with it somehow. This happens for instance with both soldiers and civilians during military conflicts and is often extended in their aftermath, in the form of trauma or PTSD, from which you literally “never return” or “return nowhere”. Written years ago, the shit the song is about sadly once more became a bitter reality in the recent months. Fight war, not wars!
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releases May 27th via This Charming Man Records.
