Defences release new music video for ‘Shatter’

DEFENCES have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Shatter, is the brand new single from the Hertfordshire metalcore quintet.

After a year that saw several tours fall through and a slew of line-up changes, the band came dangerously close to breaking point. Facing a monolithic, crippling creative plateau, the band found themselves trapped in a void of feeling burned out and overwhelmingly jaded towards the heavy music scene they had once held such love for. DEFENCES vocalist Cherry Duesbury recalls the band reaching their lowest point, “I myself was virtually on my knees, having undertaken a big move and adjusting to a new job at the same time. As musicians, we all love to think that music comes first, but when your personal life is affected by large-scale, pivotal events, it can really wear you down. We somehow all suffered at the same time, and it really put a strain on DEFENCES as a unit. Everything has fallen into place and all the pressure has been relieved”, comments Cherry. “In a way, I think that’s more or less the meaning of the song. A passion reborn, a flame reignited, a rediscovery of the music we live for and a new appreciation of what it means to overcome. It feels as though we’ve moved away from the clear-sky thinking prevalent in the album, and instead are putting forward a more lived and experienced take on self-improvement and motivation that embraces the difficult times rather than pretending they don’t exist.”

Watch the official music video for Shatter here: 

The release of the new music video also marks the first music from the band since the recruitment of screamed vocalist William Young. Speaking about joining the band and the new song, he says, “Shatter was a great point of entry for me with DEFENCES as they felt very much in the same mindset as myself. The song represents a new start for not only myself, but the band as well and that’s quite apparent in the slight shift in sound. It’s a message to anyone who feels trapped or alone in whatever situation they may be in, a reason can always be drawn to what may seem like chaos and that there is always a way out. We’ve been experimenting with new ideas quite a lot and Shatter is a nice bridge between the band’s previous work and what we have in the pipeline.”

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