Aggressive yet euphoric, empowering yet simultaneously enslaving, The Five Hundred are renowned for overcoming adversities and laying siege to every stage they play. From struggling with tourettes, OCD, gambling and drug addiction, to perfecting their art and proving that together they are a force of nature, now is the band’s time to share with the world how they’ve battled through their vices and come out on top.
In light of the band’s UK Tech Metal Fest performance next week, The Five Hundred have released a compelling narrative music video for another new album track called ‘Oblivion’
Mark Byrne, guitarist and lyricist, says about the track ‘Each song on the album represents a different facet of the psyche, persona or essence of addiction – from hedonism and oblivion, all the way through to seduction, narcissism, psychosis and ultimate self-destruction. The track “Oblivion” describes the drug as a “virus without a home” and a “cruel mistress” that “lures you with a caress’.
Inspiration for the song comes Byrne’s own personal struggles with substance abuse. “My teens and 20s were a cycle of hedonism, self-loathing and depression. It all started with me enjoying partying way too much, never realising that it was just a crutch to drown out my inner demons. Before I knew it, it became a destructive sequence of events, predictable to everybody but myself, it seemed.
This album could have been written 10 years earlier. I basically lost the best part of a decade to that depressing mess.”
Album ‘Bleed Red’ out on August 17th via Long Branch Records.
The Nottingham by way of Gibraltar based metal quintet The Five Hundred have just announced they have signed a recording deal with Long Branch Records. Long Branch Records are a European label specialising in developing alternative rock and metal acts from around the world, already boasting a roster featuring Shields, Black Orchid Empire, Agent Fresco, Uneven Structure and more, and the label are making their mark in promoting exciting raw rock and metal talent from across the globe.