BRUTUS launches new single ‘Drive’!

Belgium’s heavy atmospheric three-piece BRUTUS have revealed ‘Drive’, the colossal second single from their debut album ‘Burst’, release via Hassle Records this February 3rd..

Having debuted on Daniel P Carter’s BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, and dubbed a “a powerful and thrilling blend of punk, rock, indie and hardcore that’ll get the teeth in your skull rattling.” by the NME, singing drummer Stefanie Mannaerts reveals, “Drive is a song that was written about someone else - I’ve had these lyrics for four years, but this is the first time they’ve really fit within a song. It can be hard to come across aggressively without screaming and yelling, but ‘Drive’ is one of the tracks where I’ve tried to get the message across just by singing. I need to be on top of my skills to pull this one off - with the drum-fills right before the verse, we tried to make it sound like we were literally pushing a drum down the stairs that keeps on playing whilst crashing down.”

Recent single ‘All Along’ saw Brutus arrive in a pummelling, meteor-shower of sound, described by Kerrang! as “atmospheric punk fucking rock, with a twist of Mogwai”. They have since been championed by the likes of NME, Punktastic, Upset Magazine and more as a One to Watch for 2017, and left audiences stunned at a full capacity show at Eurosonic Noorderslag.

Stefanie’s unshakeable drumming style merges black-metal blast beats against math-rock flourishes whilst belting the most impassioned vocals, shifting from deceptively melodic to out-right larynx-punishing in the blink of an eye (watch Brutus play ‘All Along’ in-session for Red Bull Studios here), whilst guitarist Stijn Vanhoegaerden takes ethereal post-rock tones to hardcore punk levels of speed and energy aside Peter Mulders’ powerful sub-frequency shift. The three collide to make a sound as monolithic and frantic as it is emotive.

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International press about ‘Burst'

• 'a robust and stratospheric punk-infused anthem' NME
• ‘Atmospheric punk fucking rock, with a twist of Mogwai’ Kerrang!
• 'Brash, angry and beautifully melodic' Team Rock
• 'Punk for a new age… your new favourite band' Alex Baker, Kerrang! Radio
• 'Short sharp burst of genre-jumping heavy rock’ CMU

Tour dates

• 20/03 Rössli Bar – Bern (CH)
• 22/03 Das Bach – Vienna (A)
• 24/03 Scheune – Dresden (D)
• 25/03 Kantine at Berghain – Berlin (D)
• 26/03 Hafenklang – Hamburg (D)
• 27/03 Beta – Copenhagen (DK)
• 29/03 Green Door – Brighton (UK)
• 30/03 Old Blue Last – London (UK)
• 31/03 The Fleece – Bristol (UK)
• 01/04 Kasbah Nightclub (Tricky Disco clubnight) – Coventry (UK)
• 02/04 Ramsgate Music Hall – Ramsgate (UK)
• 13/04 Vooruit (Balzaal) – Gent (B)
• 21/04 Reflektor – Liège (B)
• 22/04 Cafe Cafe – Hasselt (B)
• 27/04 Het Depot – Leuven (B)
• 06/05 Rockerill – Charleroi (B)
• 19/05 De Zwerver – Leffinge (B)
• 22/07 Welcome to the Village – Leeuwarden (NL)
• 02/09 Misty Fields – Asten-Heusden (NL)