BODY COUNT liberate the song video for the brand new tune “Fuck What You Heard”
Lately, BODY COUNT releases the song video to “Fuck What You Heard,” a blistering anthem (launched on 7/19) that takes intention on the country’s political panorama. With its unrelenting hook of “Democrips and Bloodpublicans,” Ice-T delivers a provocative critique from his unbiased viewpoint. “I’ve pals around the aisle,” Ice-T explains, “however my perspectives are balanced and unapologetic.”
Via a unbroken mix of pictures, the song video highlights the chaotic and ceaselessly brutal clashes that experience come to signify the present political local weather of the U.S.
“Fuck What You Heard” is a observe off BODY COUNT’s impending album, “Cruel”. Their ultimate liberate, “Carnivore“, was once launched in 2020 and earned the band a Grammy for Very best Steel Efficiency. The band not too long ago completed their EU/UK Cruel Excursion, and can headline on the Louder Than Existence Pageant in Louisville, KY, and the Aftershock Pageant in Sacramento, CA. this autumn. Tickets are to be had at this location. See beneath for itinerary.
BODY COUNT guitarist Ernie “C” Cunnigan not too long ago spoke to France’s Loud TV about “Cruel”, which is tentatively due sooner or later this summer season.
“I’ve to mention we have now a large number of visitors at the album,” he stated. “And we have now one marvel visitor that’s gonna blow everybody away. And it’s very surprising. And I’m now not at liberty to mention. So, it’s handiest gonna be one month [before you find out who it is]. So that you’ll to find out. While you pay attention to the document and you spot that particular person at the document, you’re, like, ‘Wow, that’s manner all of a sudden.’”
Ernie added that “Cruel” will proceed BODY COUNT‘s custom of together with a canopy observe on nearly each album. “And the duvet in this album has the visitor on it at the duvet,” he printed. “The visitor is the duvet; it’s his tune. He occurs to be at the tune. So, it’s him. So that you narrowed it all the way down to 50 %. It’s now not a feminine; it’s a male. So that you’re all the way down to 50 %. [Laughs]”
For BODY COUNT, it’s been a historical past of being each revered and feared – a barbed-wire thread that stretches again to the band’s origins as a mission between Ice-T and Crenshaw Prime good friend, Ernie C. Their first shot fired, the tune, “Frame Rely,” was once a project remark on Ice-T’s 1991 “O.G. – Unique Gangster“.
They touched a nerve with their first, self-titled 1991 album and its divisive observe, “Cop Killer,” which galvanized generations of bands to observe. What they took from rising up with BLACK SABBATH and being impressed through fellow L.A. legends like SLAYER and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has handiest upped the ante for generations of steel heads and hardcore enthusiasts. BODY COUNT’s present line-up contains surviving OG’s Ice, Ernie C. and Sean E Sean joined through bassist Vincent Worth, drummer Will “Sick Will” Dorsey, Juan “Juan of the Useless” Garcia and backing vocalist Little Ice.
BODY COUNT 2024 excursion dates:
9/28 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Existence
10/12 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock
BODY COUNT additionally simply introduced a 360-degree, absolutely immersive internet enjoy that permits enthusiasts to discover a global constructed across the band’s aesthetic. As they navigate the web site, enthusiasts can interact in a gamified “easter egg” hunt, unlocking an unique merch bargain whilst finding new song, products, and different thrilling content material from the band.
Advanced through the group at Metimmerse, this state of the art web site is on the market on desktop, cellular, or VR headset, providing a novel and charming enjoy for all enthusiasts.
“Carnivore” marked any other bankruptcy in BODY COUNT‘s ongoing adventure. Following seriously acclaimed albums like “Bloodlust” and “Manslaughter,” “Carnivore” seamlessly mixed Ice-T‘s tough lyrics with crushing riffs, echoing influences like SLAYER, METALLICA, PANTERA, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. Visitor appearances through song royalty like Amy Lee (EVANESCENCE), Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER), Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED), and Riley Gale (POWER TRIP) additional solidified BODY COUNT‘s position in steel historical past.
