UK metalcore powerhouse Bury Tomorrow have returned with a new single titled ‘Villain Arc’. With its textured rhymic section, gritty guitars, and Dani Winter-Bates’ venomous vocals, it proves to be a stark reminder of Bury Tomorrow‘s heavy capabilities. It’s also the sextet’s first new music since last year’s album, ‘The Seventh Sun’.
“’Villain Arc’ is a next step into a different era of the band,” stated vocalist Dani Winter-Bates. “Capitalising the on the visceral aspects of ‘The Seventh Sun’, this track was written to highlight the brutal elements of the band. Whilst Bury Tomorrow will always have melodic aspects, it’s important to us to highlight our intent to remain a heavy band and we feel this track does that perfectly.”
Lyrically the track explores the idea of embracing your dark side to develop, while simultaneously struggling with how we portray ourselves. “The lyrics, and in parallel the composition, tell a story that all of us have a dark side that needs to surface at points to grow, it also delves into the struggle we all face containing different parts of ourselves with the masks that we may wear over time,” says Dani. “The video tells a story of inner torment manifested in ‘normal’ environments and the real life struggle we all face mentally battling with our own subconscious.”
The release of ‘Villain Arc’ comes as Bury Tomorrow prepare for a summer dominated by European festival appearances. They’ll be heading to Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Romania, and Spain, before heading down under to Australia in late August.
For fans here in the UK, you can catch them out a short headline run in November.
November
22nd Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
23rd Academy, Manchester
24th The Roundhouse, London
‘Villain Arc’ Lyrics
My final delusion
That I could be human There’s no absolution The final time
My final delusion
That I could be human There’s no absolution It’s final
This is my Villain Arc
Hell-sent from the start
I bow to no-one
I came for the blood, but I left with the heart Villain Arc
Hell-sent from the start
I bow to no-one
I came for the blood, but I left with the heart
Shhh, quiet now
It’s my turn to speak, so just sit down
You think you’ve had the worst?
Now I’ve got the crown
There’ll be more than blood on the ground
Evil dominance reigns
My body corrupted, fire descending Pull out the line and drain it
Evil dominance reigns Existence is pain
These walls can’t hold us (No!) No prisioners
Godless, no control
I’ll say it, Fuck your halo
This world cant take us No prisioners
Godless evermore Fuck your Halo
This is my Villain Arc
Hell-sent from the start
I bow to no-one
I came for the blood, but I left with the heart Villain Arc
Hell-sent from the start, Yeah!
My final delusion
That I could be human There’s no absolution The final time
My final delusion
That I could be human There’s no absolution The final time
Burn alive The final time Burn alive It’s final
These walls can’t hold us (No!) No prisioners
Godless, no control
I’ll say it, Fuck your halo
This world cant take us No prisioners
Godless evermore
Destined to go through hell For this fire inside of me
I am labelled an enemy And I like the way it burns
It’s like they’ll never learn
It’s like my whole life has been a lie A delusion of grandeur
Ill circle the drain
I’ll go round until I die
So take it from me
I’ve seen a pile of bodies Staring back at me
So bury me, bury me, bury me
We’re all hell bound
Doomed certainly
Rest In Peace
And pray we’ll never feel a thing
Start a new
Im sick to death of telling you
Destroy it all, smash the mirror, burn the bastard too
A forced devotion
When I put destruction in motion I promised them i’d kill the sun
I’m not done
