Gradience - White Noise (Official Video)

Buy here: http://www.metalblade.com/gradience gradience /ˈɡreɪdiən(t)s/ (noun) the absence of a clear-cut boundary between one category and another

"‘White Noise’ is one of our more experimental and unpredictable tracks on the album,” vocalist Gavin Mistry notes of their latest single. “The lyrics also reflect that same unpredictability; that I can find myself being confrontational and extroverted, but at the same time need solitude to cope with everything. The spoken word at the end is me reflecting on that introverted side of myself."

On the debut LP from this shrewdly named Danish duo, the usually clear-cut boundary between apocalyptic, sludgy blackened death metal and dark urban trap-rap is thrillingly pulverised. Lines of musical convention are further blurred by disarmingly emotive and intimate vocal lines, and a vibrant sound picture heaving with glacial synths and hypnotic sonic details. At first it might daunt and confuse those who like their boundaries clear-cut, but at the heart of Gradience's brash and radical new sound is an authentic and heartwarming new friendship. In 2022, guitarist Jakob Harris and vocalist Gavin Mistry struck up an immediate creative rapport at a Copenhagen show for local deathcore heroes Cabal. Although from very different backgrounds - Jakob a visual artist and musician playing in "a popcore band", Gavin a main player "in different hip-hop constellations" - they quickly found common ground in an area both were keen to explore.

"We found out we had many of the same musical influences in metal, even though neither of us had ever played in a metal band," says Jakob. "We later found out we both were at a crossroads with the bands/projects we had going on, and we both felt an urge to create something new together." As Gavin remembers, this inciting revelation took place on the most important day of his life, one way and another: "I invited Jakob to my wedding, where we talked over the idea of joining forces in a semi-drunken haze. I was searching for something where I could blend my honed skills in rap and rock, the right way."

If you're looking for a handy stylistic descriptor to make sense of Gradience's versatile, mashed-up innovations, you'll have to invent your own; the old-fashioned 'rap metal' tag scarcely does it justice. "I don't really feel we can be put into the box of 'rap metal'," muses Gavin, "but for people to more easily identify our sound, I tend to somewhat compare us to what could be conceived as 'rap metal'. Though, our genre is really just a mixture of all the stuff we like, all neatly packaged with some bars, screams, and double bass drums."

Produced, mixed and mastered by Chris Kreutzfeldt

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LYRICS: 10. White Noise -------------------------------- Aye Turn it down for what, yeah, you know what that boy say Track mark, black lines Hanging heavy on his face Eyes so wretched Double-barrel 12-Gauge Finna find out, if you finna fucking play You move a lot, talkin' shit a lot Know you not tryna sip my cup Know I got juju in my blood What's done can't fucking be undone

So desolate I know the feeling of disbelieving So be afraid I let it in and it took everything

So incessant Last vamp at the crescent Call me Vlad-boy Fuck around flows, got the whole riff pregnant

Obey Obey These steps you follow lead astray The webs you weave they suffocate me

Uh, I see the light in ya Pinnacle points and it's none of my Biz and a bitch run it, bla bla bla Lookin' my way, they see bloody bars Aye, guess I'll finally do this What, guess I'll finally prove What, unless I die before Claws impale me

Guess I'll finally do this, prove it, you should be aware Pity ain't that cute We just made it out of here Guess you need reminding when you lie and turn the fiend Solace only serves When you pay the fee

So desolate I know the feeling of disbelieving So be afraid I let it in and it took everything I let it in and it took everything I know the feeling of disbelieving

Yeah Guess I really made it out Hm, the poison in me diluted The fights that reside in my memories The ones that are deeply rooted They say Synergies attract So the copious amounts of potions The loneliness The sounds of the quiet oceans Only heard by me Only seen by me Only and always been in me It's a part A fucking part I can't I can't dissect it It's a reflection Out