DESOLATED RELEASE HEAVY HITTING NEW SINGLE ‘BITE DOWN’

‘Bite Down’ is a song about the pain of doing whatever it takes to achieve the necessary outcome, locating the strength in your heart to face sheer adversity through gritted teeth and make it happen at all costs. Working through real pain, hitting the wall and smashing it down regardless of how awful it may feel. Those times where you’ve ground yourself down to the bone in relentless determination and have no choice but to push on. Breaking through physical and mental boundaries in the never ending struggle that is life.

The video for ‘Bite Down’ was shot in September in the streets of Dublin and Belfast while out on the road for a crazy couple of weekend shows with Malevolence. Filmed, directed and edited by the tried and tested one man army and creative legend Daniel Priess, the video captures exactly what can be expected from a DESOLATED live show. They’re tighter and heavier than they’ve ever been.

On the new single, the band comments:
“This song is a musical projection of the anguish felt by us all in that moment, when we think we have nothing left to give, but we dig deeper. For anyone familiar with that place, this song speaks a clear message – nothing comes from giving up. Keep fighting. Bite Down.”

ABOUT DESOLATED
Scattered across the UK between Sheffield and London, DESOLATED consists of guitarist Richy Unsworth and bassist Dan Ford, alongside Charlie Thorpe (Malevolence) on drums, Les Law (Bun Dem Out / Fifty Calibre) on guitar, and Tony Evans (Idle Hands) as lead vocalist.

Their long-standing connection with MLVLTD dates back to when both bands would play frequently together, with Malevolence and DESOLATED forming the collective “Malevolated”. Now, with Charlie co-running the label and handling drums, the band maintains full creative control while staying true to their DIY roots.

In their writing, the outfit aimed to pick up where they left off with previous album The End, which has seen an explosion of popularity over the last few years, thanks to the new wave of life across the whole sub-genre and momentum of new and exciting bands coming through. With the new album in its final stages, the band have taken The End and its greatest elements and produced another hard hitting, long standing record while seeing what fresh ideas their latest line up of members would bring to the table. With this new release they revisit their roots of Biohazard, Life Of Agony, Irate, Billy Club Sandwich, Shattered Realm and old school New York hardcore influence in general, combined with their own heavy modern flavour, as well as taking inspiration from the new bands that have recently taken over in terms of ignorant heavy hardcore, of which DESOLATED’s latest inspiration also stems from.

Despite taking their recent lack of new musical output, DESOLATED continue to deliver on the live front by still getting out and doing what they love: playing wild shows. Rest assured it’s still the same DESOLATED you know, but heavier, more aggressive and catchy as ever. New album coming 2025.