{"id":84074,"date":"2019-06-11T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=84074"},"modified":"2019-06-10T21:31:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T20:31:18","slug":"a-new-found-connection-heart-of-a-coward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/a-new-found-connection-heart-of-a-coward\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Found Connection: Heart of A Coward"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Heart<\/p>\n

“There is this massive feeling of disconnect with everything, that could be politics or just social media”<\/em><\/h1>\n

Stepping out of the shadow of an established member of a band who has put their stamp on heavy music can be a daunting task.\u00a0However, for Kaan Tasan joining Heart Of A Coward,<\/strong> it wasn\u2019t just about filling the shoes of his predecessor but to bring a new perspective to the band.<\/p>\n

With the release of the band’s fourth record, ‘The Disconnect’<\/em>, the band has taken an even further step away from their Djent roots, into a more progressive and melodic metalcore sound.\u00a0And Tasan explains that as people grow as musicians, the repertoire of influences expands, and in the case of Heart Of A Coward<\/strong>, it gave the band a deeper pool to dive into a construct the latest offering from the band.<\/p>\n

Tasan said: \u201cAs a band grows and people learn to play their instruments in a more mature way and you get inspired by a range of different things. As your music taste develops all these things get added into the mix. As a songwriting unit, we have really refined what exactly it’s we want in the sound we are aiming for. ‘Deliverance’ was an awesome album, there were heavy riffs and really cool hooks, but when we were developing the writing process for ‘The Disconnect’, we realised there was a lot of fat on what were really awesome songs on that record. This time around the sound is a lot leaner and more refined.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

If there was any scepticism on how the band would move forward following the departure of former vocalist Jamie Graham, this quickly disappeared after the first run of shows the band did with Tasan front and centre.\u00a0But the vocalist admits there was a bit of nerves at first, but now feels like he has found his voice within the quintet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was defiantly a sink or swim situation,\u201d<\/em> he adds\u00a0\u201cIt was pretty nerve-wracking going into those first few shows but I now feel completely comfortable and the social dynamic of the band has settled. We’ve had the chance to go tour mad and writing mad and I feel like I\u2019ve been able to add my own flavour to the band.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of pressure with those first few shows, and I knew I could do the old songs with my own style to them. The guys would not have picked me if they didn’t think I was to their standard, but I felt like I have to do Jamie\u2019s stuff justice. That first time at the Boston Music Rooms standing side stage when our intro music hit I was like ‘fuck!’ but the reaction was amazing.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a bit of negativity of the unknown up until that point, but after that it silenced a lot of the critics.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n