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\u201cWe\u2019ll probably have a few beers after the show and sing the Welsh National Anthem in a pub somewhere. It\u2019ll probably confuse a lot of people, but we can also represent our great nation.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

It\u2019s St. David\u2019s day and Nick Rix, guitarist and chief songwriter of Cardiff\u2019s most ferocious band live and on record Brutality Will Prevail<\/b> is pondering how the group will celebrate the day dedicated to the Welsh patron saint. It\u2019s come as an afterthought to the band, given they\u2019re close to releasing their fifth album, \u2018In Dark Places\u2019<\/i>, and are currently situated in Zurich on the sixth night of a European tour supporting Dutch hardcore icons No Turning Back and Portland thrashers Cruel Hand. There\u2019s plenty to celebrate beyond national heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tour\u2019s been awesome, people have seemed to be enjoying the new songs we\u2019re playing which is always a plus, and everyone in this touring package is wicked,\u201d<\/i> Nick says. \u201cIt\u2019s a good diverse hardcore lineup, you\u2019ve got the straight up punky hardcore then you have the heavier end, so it\u2019s all good. We\u2019re definitely off to a good start.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Taking part in a European tour this early into 2017 feels like a smart choice on BWP<\/b>\u2019s part. Days away from the UK leaving the European Union, musicians are preparing for complications that will arise for future touring, specifically the trying process of applying for work visas. \u201cWhen Brexit happened, because we get to play shows across Europe a lot and love coming over here, one of the first things that came to my mind was \u2018it could be a great difficulty to come back over.\u2019<\/i>\u201d Nick says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an unfortunate card we\u2019ve given to ourselves, and I hope it doesn\u2019t get to the point where we have to pay a lot for work visas to play over here. It\u2019s expensive enough to try and be in a band let alone without these extra costs involved, so it\u2019s a great shame.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Nick\u2019s concern is echoed across the underground music community, and has created an air of disbelief which impacts songwriting on both a conscious and subconscious level. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t ever class our band as political. Obviously politics is a big concern to a lot of us and our fans and people take a lot of input from it, but we\u2019ve never gone too much into detail on that topic. But when Louis [Gauthier, vocals] was writing the lyrics for ‘In Dark Places’, it did have some impact on what he was saying.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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The world often seems bleaker than this time in 2014, when Brutality Will Prevail<\/b> were on everyone\u2019s lips after releasing fourth record \u2018Suspension of Consciousness\u2019<\/i> on Century Media Records. Maybe there’s a direct link between BWP<\/b>\u2019s time out the spotlight and the decline of the developed world. Were they keeping the world at peace? \u201cThat\u2019s a good compliment, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the case,\u201d<\/i> Nick responds. \u201cMaybe once the album\u2019s out the world will start to heal, but I doubt it.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

So, \u2018In Dark Places\u2019<\/i> might not save the world, but there\u2019s no question it has saved BWP<\/b>, after relentless touring of \u2018Suspension of Conciousness\u2019<\/i> left them exhausted. \u201cWe all took a step back after touring quite hard, I think we just wanted a break after really going for it,\u201d<\/i> explains Nick. \u201cIt was never a planned hiatus, we all just got a bit lazy and during that time some members left, others came back and others left again.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was sort of nice because we were sat thinking \u2018What should we do? Should we call it a day, or should we make another record?’ Then Marc [Richards], our drummer re-joined the group, and we\u2019ve been best friends since the age of eleven and been in every band together. So we got together and said, \u2018Well let\u2019s just write some songs and see how we do, then we wrote the album. We took about a year, going back and forth, coming up with songs and getting rid of other songs until we were happy with the nine tracks we came up with for ‘In Dark Places’.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

The result of Nick and Marc\u2019s year of writing is a record that pulls no punches with it\u2019s in-your-face savagery, unleashing concrete blocks of downtempo riffage over concrete metallic grooves, like receiving a slow beating. \u201cWhen me and Marc got writing again, we thought, \u2018let\u2019s just do what we\u2019ve always done and started writing the darkest, heaviest riffs and it just sort of fell into place,\u201d<\/i> Nick explains. \u201cThe outcome beat my expectations, because I didn\u2019t know if we were going to pull it off, to be honest, but we stuck at it and we took our time and it was worth it in the end because now we\u2019re back on tour and I get to do what I love every night.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I think Brutality Will Prevail will always be the odd band out no matter what lineup you chuck us on.<\/h1>\n

A standout moment on \u2018In Dark Places\u2019<\/i> can be found on \u2018Into the Gloom\u2019<\/i>, a short piece that briefly diverts listeners from the the beating and meanders through waves of gothic psychedelia. It\u2019s a track that Nick is particularly proud of. \u201cThat song came about when I was listening to a lot of 80\u2019s post-punk like Joy Division and I wanted to try something a bit stranger in that vein. That was the song I kind of kept to myself when me and Marc were writing. I always like to put a standout song on the album, then let people decide for themselves what they think of it.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

BWP<\/b> have an exciting year of shows promoting \u2018In Dark Places\u2019<\/i> ahead of them, and with a sludgier sound, it\u2019s worth wondering if performances at Damnation Festival and tours with more extreme bands might be appropriate for them now. \u201cWe\u2019ve never been like \u2018We can\u2019t tour with that band because they don\u2019t sound like us,\u2019\u201d<\/i> Nick says, regarding the prospect of gaining new touring buddies. \u201cI think Brutality Will Prevail will always be the odd band out no matter what lineup you chuck us on. We\u2019ve toured with hip hop bands, and emo bands, but a big part of touring is meeting new people.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201dSo we\u2019d tour with anyone, as long as it\u2019s a good tour and we\u2019d have a good time, it works for us. I think there\u2019s a lot of bands who hold back from doing that because they don\u2019t want to be classed as the band who\u2019s selling out, because as soon as you start doing a big tour that\u2019s what people start to accuse you of.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

But BWP<\/b> refuse to let traditionalists\u2019 accusations and demands cause their progression as a band to stagnate. After a number of inactive years, they\u2019ve got some lost time to make up for and \u2018In Dark Places\u2019<\/i> is the record they\u2019ll use to decimate venues wherever they go. \u201cWe\u2019ll always get those kids who complain, but if you play the band by what everyone else wanted, you really shouldn\u2019t do the band because you\u2019re just faking it, aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

‘In Dark Places’<\/i> by Brutality Will Prevail<\/b> is released on 24th March on Holy Roar Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Brutality Will Prevail<\/b> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Andy Davidson (@AndyrfDavidson<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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