Lake Malice deconstruct power dynamics with new single ‘Power Game’

Lake Malice deconstruct power dynamics

with new single ‘Power Game’

The track features on the debut EP ‘Post-Genesis’

which is out today via SO Recordings:

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UK headline tour in March 2024 announced

The band are main support to Enter Shikari for their European tour in Nov

“Lake Malice are the UK’s most exciting new alt.metal band.” – Kerrang!

“They are destined to be the talk of the town. Dark, chaotic and devilishly fun, they ebb and flow between techno breaks and towering heaviness.” – Metal Hammer

“The sound of British heaviness to come.” – Rock Sound

Brighton alt.metal duo Lake Malice today release their forward-thinking debut EP ‘Post-Genesis’ via SO Recordings. The six tracks include their satisfyingly crunchy, hardcore-fuelled, yet melodically soaring new single ‘Power Game’. Alice Guala (vocals) and Blake Cornwall (guitar / production) say “Power Game is a track about dealing with someone in a position of power, who’s narcissistic and manipulative. With references to Immanuel Kant’s “moral laws”, the lyrics explore the blurred line between right and wrong, in a setting where one individual tries to take control over people by gaslighting them. They then have to deal with the consequences of their own actions.”

Today, Lake Malice also announce their first full headline tour of the UK in March 2024, which will see them ignite the stages of 12 venues across the country with their powerful live presence. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 01 November at 10am. The announcement comes as the duo sold out their first ever UK headline show, at The Black Heart in London on 6th December, in a mere two weeks.

‘Power Game’ follows a slew of incendiary tracks from Lake Malice over the past 18 months or so since their inception out of lockdown. These genre-splicing compositions include latest single ‘Mitsuko’ which also features on the EP and the band describe as “The pissed off love child of Linkin Park and Pendulum, wrapped up in the unfiltered aggression of Loathe.” The track is “a deeply personal and intense torrent of ‘full-on rage’, dealing with the complexities of family values, and raw emotions of a fragmented childhood. The title takes inspiration from the original ‘Battle Royale’ manga, where the character Mitsuko shares a similar struggle of family heartbreak and abandonment.”

‘Mitsuko’ has received airplay on BBC Radio 1 and Kerrang! Radio, as well as appearing on the Kerrang! Chart, Metal Hammer Tracks of The Week. The single also propelled the band to cover star status on Spotify playlist ‘misfits 2.0’ and snatched a much-coveted spot on the New Music Friday UK playlist, amongst a plethora of other features. ‘Post-Genesis’ includes other such previous singles as ‘Blossom’, ‘Black Turbine’, ‘Bloodbath’ and ‘Stop The Party’, which are all already firm live favourites.

2023 has seen Lake Malice really hit the ground touring, with a schedule that’s included dates with the likes of As Everything Unfolds, Bloodywood, Skindred, Vukovi, Vended and Enter Shikari, as well as overwhelmingly energetic sets at festivals such as The Great Escape, Download, Misery Loves Company and 2000trees, at which Kerrang! proclaimed they “have no right to be burning this hot already.” Lake Malice’s unique splicing of hyperpop and metal also earned them two nominations at the Heavy Music Awards this year in the ‘Best UK Breakthrough Artist’ and ‘Best Breakthrough Live Artist’ categories.

Lake Malice Live:

30 Oct COPENHAGEN, DK – VEGA (w/ Enter Shikari)

31 Oct MALMO, SE – PLAN B (w/ Enter Shikari)

02 Nov WARSAW, PL – PROGRESJA (w/ Enter Shikari)

03 Nov PRAGUE, CZ – SASAZU (w/ Enter Shikari)

04 Nov MILAN, IT – ALCATRAZ (w/ Enter Shikari)

05 Nov RONCADE (TV), IT – NEW AGE (w/ Enter Shikari)

07 Nov VIENNA, AT – SIMM CITY (w/ Enter Shikari)

09 Nov BUCHAREST, RO – ARENELE ROMANELE (w/ Enter Shikari)

10 Nov BUDAPEST, HU – BARBA NEGRA (w/ Enter Shikari)

11 Nov BRATISLAVA, SK – MAJESTIC MUSIC CLUB (w/ Enter Shikari)

13 Nov BELGRADE, RS – DOM OMLADINE (w/ Enter Shikari)