Wayward Album Cover

Buckle Up For Wayward's Sleazy and Hard "Hellride" (Song Premiere)

Wayward comes, and Gehenna will know their mark. They’re geared up, full on gas, and ready to leave a trail of burning rubber all the way through the nine circles. The Leipzig-based group (featuring members of Deathrite) specializes in leather-clad heavy metal not concerned with subtlety, dynamics, or dawdling introductions. Their self-titled debut full length hits the world in a few weeks, but we’re exclusively streaming the music video for the track “Hellride” now. Stock up on your favorite vice and dive on in.

As scenes of motorized mayhem roll past the screen, the hoarse vocals and classic guitar riffing spark long-buried thoughts of the first time I heard Mötörhead and Venom blasting from the speakers in darkened bars between sets — that same sheer reckless energy is prioritized over the nuances that other varieties of early heavy metal pursued. When there’s a guitar solo here, it’s because it sounds cool, not because it completes a musical motif or facilitates a key change.

Wild abandon, often tragically eroded in studio efforts, is the unmissable, clattering engine that propels Wayward forward and keeps the action-packed songs burning bright.

The rough-‘n’-tumble feeling on “Hellride” is pervasive: you can just about hear the whiskey seeping from the glowing tube amps and sweat-drenched drums that produced it. Really, the music video accompanying it is best watched in a smoke-hazed basement on a classic CRT television. And, if the situation allows, you should definitely chug a beer in your garage before checking Wayward out, for authenticity of course.

Wayward releases May 28th via This Charming Man Records.
Regarding “Hellride,” the band says:

Hellride is the first song we’ve ever written and it wraps up the whole story of playing in a rock and roll band. It’s simply ‘one hell of a ride!’

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