Melbourne rock powerhouses Thornhill have returned with a swaggy new anthem Viper Room.
A palpitating fusion of swagger, driving beats and swooning melodics alongside razor-sharp guitars, Viper Room is Thornhill at their most potent to date, drawing to mind the feverish urgency of early Muse with the trademark Thorny rock'n'roll wizardry.
Speaking on the track the band offer "Viper Room discusses a one sided urge to keep pursuing an individual out of stubborn lust and fear, even when given explicit warning to move on." Also accompanied by a brand new music video featuring a lurid narrative worthy of Hollywood's own infamous Viper Room, Viper Room lavishly introduces the first new Thornhill material since their ARIA-nominated 2022 album Heroine; and it's a theatrical rock masterstroke.
Thornhill have solidified an undeniable reputation as one of the most innovative and immersive heavy acts in the Australian scene. Debuting at #3 on the ARIA Album chart, Heroine also debuted at #1 on the Australian Album chart, and has since had more than 8.5 million streams to date.
Last year we caught up with the band who shared with us a list of artists who inspired Heroine. We also featured their cover of Supermassive Blackhole by Muse in our list of best-ever heavy Like A Version's.
Rounding out a huge 2022 appearing at Good Things Festival with headliners Bring Me The Horizon and many more in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Thornhill also ticked off some of their biggest Australian shows to date last year, selling out most of their headline tour, supporting The Butterfly Effect nationally, and performing their first ever US headline shows on the East Coast alongside supporting ERRA and Alpha Wolf.
The band are poised to hit the road nationally this October for their Prom Queen City headline tour with special guests Holding Absence (UK), Thousand Below (USA) and Bloom.
Fans will also be able to secure their very own slice of curated Thornhill paraphernalia with the Thornhill Thread Collective available on Thornhill.World for 24 hours only from 12pm AEDT time today.
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