NITE Shake with Fresh Venom on New Single
Posted on February 4, 2025
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While they’re known for putting a twist on traditional heavy metal, NITE strives to be a light when the world is constricted by darkness. Upon hearing the high-flying first single off their upcoming third album, heshers from across the underground raised their spike-gloved fists over the triumphant return of the blackened Bay Area torchbearers.
“Precision execution, dynamic songwriting and an obvious reverence for the greats all comprise equal parts of NITE’s classic approach to contemporary heft”, Knotfest wrote in praise of “Crow (Fear the Night”.
Today, NITE are unsheathing the second single off Cult of the Serpent Sun. The title track opens the album with the band snaking into the heat of battle with fresh venom.
Listen to “Cult of the Serpent Sun” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
Cult of the Serpent Sun comes out March 14, 2025 on Season of Mist.
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After venturing to the ancient cosmos on their last album, Cult of the Serpent Sun pits NITE against the shadowy mythology that lays dormant beneath society’s underbelly. To steel themselves for battle against the album’s poisonous perils, NITE wisely triples down on their classic attack. Like a hydra, “Cult of the Serpent Sun” shakes out of your speakers. Van Labrakis unleashes a monstrous riff that slithers with all the leathery glory of ’80s heavy metal gods.
“Fans really responded to older songs like ‘Acheron’ and ‘Genesis”, Labrakis says. “Cult of the Serpent Sun has more songs that are fast and upbeat and help lift people’s spirits”.
Indeed, storming stages from Northwest Terror Fest to Hell’s Heroes VI has only honed NITE’s cutting-edge weaponry. Under his hammering swings, Patrick Crawford’s drums crack like thunder before galloping through the storm. Avinash Mittur digs the heel of his Rickenbacker bass into a deep, dark groove as dueling guitarist Scott Hoffman trades off swashbuckling leads.
“Pour your venom / Preachers of the underground“, Labrakis hisses, his fangs sharpened by road-tested grit.
“Cult of the Serpent Sun explores how historically there has always been a power structure ready to indoctrinate and exploit the hordes of mindless fools who will so quickly worship at the altar of death”, NITE says. “Death eternal!”
More praise for NITE
“The overall atmosphere, though, is the crepuscular grandeur of black metal, right down to Vangelis Labrakis’s frozen-wizard rasp” – Stereogum
“This is like Iron Maiden teaming up with Tribulation, while Marty Friedman [is] soloing against an approving Abbath” – Decibel
“There’s something about blackened vocals over trad stylings that just feels right” – Angry Metal Guy
“It’s great to discover a band and album that calls out to everything you grew up loving about heavy metal” – Nine Circles
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