Confronting Mortality With ANDREW & ADAM From WILDHEART

Interview by Kris Peters
Brisbane/Meanjin metalcore outfit Wildheart have let their music do
the talking from the outset, unafraid to tackle sensitive issues
and even less distracted by the myriad of smokescreens that are
rapidly punctuating the music scene as a whole.
Their debut album Global Crisis – a body of work that drew
attention and respect to a number of issues affecting Indigenous
Australians – was named Gold Coast Music Awards Release Of The
Year, also earning them a number of other awards and
accolades.
Not content to rest on their laurels, Wildheart followed that up
last year with the brilliant single Sacred Ground before launching
into 2024 with a new track Death Is All That’s Left.
HEAVY sat down recently with Andrew (drums) and Adam (guitar) to
talk more about the exciting future for Wildheart. Death Is All
That's Left was premiered via HEAVY last month, so we start by
asking how the early reception has been.
"The reception has been awesome," Andrew smiled. "We've gotten a
lot of positive reviews and comments and a lot of traction online
and sharing across all the platforms. We started up a TikTok and
that's been going well, so we're really happy with the response and
feedback we've got. I feel like with every release we work on we're
stepping it up a notch, and it felt good that it was
recognised."
We ask the boys to dive deeper into the track musically.
"We really just wanted to hone in on some more of my metalcore
influence," Adam offered. "So channelling a lot of Lost Together,
Lost Forever era Architects, older Parkway Drive… there's a bit of
Bury Your Dead and stuff like that mixed in there too, but we
wanted to write something fast and heavy."
In the full interview the boys discuss the lyrical content of Death
Is All That's Left and the message they are trying to get across,
if they think the message is getting through with music, having a
song featured on Friday Night AFL Footy, previous single Sacred
Ground, if the two songs are stand-alone singles or part of
something bigger, possible future musical directions, upcoming
shows and more.


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