Milton Keynes grime metal outfit Hacktivist have just released brand new track ‘Armored Core‘ featuring London rapper Kid Bookie. The track was performed live at the band’s virtual set during the Pulse Of The Maggots online festival last Friday. It also aired on Daniel P Carter’s Sunday metal show on BBC Radio 1, and featured on Johnny Doom’s selection for Kerrang! Radio last night.
Much in line with Hacktivist’s signature sound, the single hits hard with low djenty guitars and pinpoint drumming, backing up the fierce verse exchange between rappers J Hurley, Jot Maxi and Kid Bookie and building towards the explosive anthemic chorus. Speaking about the powerful track, J Hurley said: “It’s like a shield against anyone attacking us. Anyone can say anything they want, but you can’t get through the armoured core!”
‘Armored Core‘ is the first new track from Hacktivist this year and the fourth standalone single since the release of their debut studio album Outside The Box that came out in 2016 via UNFD Records. In 2019, the rap metal outfit dropped the three fresh songs ‘Reprogram‘, ‘Dogs of War‘ and The Prodigy cover ‘Spitfire‘. Recently, the band also teased the exciting collaboration with Arizona nu metal act Dropout Kings ‘I Ain’t Depressed‘ expected on 4 December. All new material and recent activity surely means a second album is on its way, expected in 2021 without confirmed title or tracklist yet.
The new single premiered with official video at 10am today and is available to stream and download from all digital platforms. The video is predominantly shot around Hacktivist’s hometown Milton Keynes and directed by their own bassist Josh Gurner, with additional camera and drone footage by PJ West. Mostly self-made project, the track is produced by guitarrist and band’s main driving force James Hewitt, with mixing and mastering by the rewnowned metal producer Justin Hill, ex-singer of djent godfathers SikTh.
INTRODUCING ‘ARMOURED CORE’ FEATURING @kidbookie
OUT NOW VIA @unfdcentralWATCH THE FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/6oh08KqJ1n
STREAM / DOWNLOAD: https://t.co/LFjqSNC5sV pic.twitter.com/i4wQFciL8l— H Ʌ C K T I V I S T (@HacktivistUK) November 18, 2020
Hacktivist were the symbollic headliner at Knotfest’s inaugural Pulse Of The Maggots virtual festival that took place last Friday 13 November. The event was streamed for free and featured pre-recorded mini sets by some of the most exciting emerging and less popular bands from various metal genres all over the world. Representing the modern UK scene alongside Hacktivist were Wargasm, Death Blooms and October Ends, all of which with exciting recent releases or new material in production.
Born Tyronne Hill and usually labelled under the ambiguous trap metal style, Kid Bookie has been acting as South London’s primary melting pot of hip-hop and metal for few years now and slowly building his reputation as one of the most exciting names on the underground scene. He featured on Corey Taylor’s track ‘CMFT Must be Stopped‘ from his 2020 debut album, and recently released the killer collaboration with Tech N9ne ‘In My Soul‘. Kid Bookie’s highly anticipated new album Cheaper Than Therapy is dropping on December 1st.
My album is fucking sick, a south London mother fucker, no label, no backing, no help but I get to hear my voice with the voices that raised me on my own music, literally raised me, I don’t give a fuck if nothing happens, I made a dope album with my inspirations, heavy rock & rap pic.twitter.com/psxg6vSMUF
— Cheaper Than Therapy – Dec 1st. (@kidbookie) November 14, 2020
