Bodysnatcher release new music video for ‘Murder8’
BODYSNATCHER have released a new music video!
The new music video, for the track Murder8, is the brand new single from the American deathcore band and follows on from their previous single, Dead Rabbit, which was released in February last year.
The new single features a guest appearance from HATEBREED‘s Jamey Jasta and its release comes ahead of their European and UK tour supporting SPITE, which kicks off in April.
Speaking about the new song, drummer Chris Whited says, “Murder8 is a street name for fentanyl. I lost my older brother in 2022 to fentanyl and then I lost my younger sister just one year later in 2023 to fentanyl as well. Opioids have been prescribed at alarming rates since the early 2000’s and have affected millions of families across the world, especially the United States. If you have lost someone due to overdose this song goes out to you.”
Watch the official music video for Murder8 here:
During the tour with SPITE, in protest of venues’ merch cuts, the band will sell merch for their London date (7th April) at their takeover at BrewDog Shoreditch, from 12pm. BrewDog will be serving an exclusive beer (BLAST BEATS, a 7+% West Coast IPA) and will take no cut of any merch. BrewDog comment, “the metal scene is and always will be my home, so running my own bar means that I want to incorporate my love of rock & metal into it as much as possible. Venue merch cuts really rub me up the wrong way, so I’m more than happy to offer our space to BODYSNATCHER. I’m all about craft beer and heavy riffs and the fact BODYSNATCHER were playing close by meant I had to reach out and ask the question! We are going to have an exclusive beer for the event brewed by fellow metalhead Paul Walker up in our Manchester Micro Brewery, heavy tunes to boot and a great space for fans to come meet the band, hang and have a beer ahead of the show. The endgame is for other acts to catch wind of what we have to offer. So if you’re reading and coming overseas and want to make the most of it, drop us a line, we’ll make something work for sure.”
BODYSNATCHER adds, “in the US, bands are expected to purchase their own merchandise, table to display their merch, lights for their table, change in smaller bills, and run their own table for the entirety of the show. Then, at the end of the night, the venues request 20-25% of EACH artist’s TOTAL sales to be paid to them in cash, after doing absolutely nothing to accommodate the artist. Traveling overseas costs the band a ton. Often over $10,000 one way! And now Europe and the UK are practicing merch cuts in the same manner as the US, it won’t be worth it for a lot of artists to make the journey over!!”
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