Fighting Societal Behaviour With ANTHONY From HARROWAY

Interview by Kris Peters
Sydney metal outfit Harroway have been crushing skulls since 2019
withtheir aggressive brand of metal, highlighting real life
problems and issues. As such their passion has always been evident
be it on stage orrecording, with their debut 2023 EP, I Don't Want
To Be Here Anymore resonating on a global scale that led to a
sold-out headlining tour that took the band across Australia before
deservedly securing them supports for international acts such as We
Came as Romans (USA), Invent Animate (USA), and Crossfaith
(JAP).
The band have been absent from the air waves since last April's
song Heresy but have returned with a vengeance on the back of their
new single Narsociety. While still maintaining the fabric of their
metal DNA, Narsociety also sees Harroway exploring more melodic
elements entwined with clean vocals that have not previously been a
major component of their music.
An amalgamation of the words Narcissist and Society, Narsociety
paints an honestly bleak portrait of the modern reliance and
dependence on social media and the darkness that easily consumes
it. It is a brutally honest portrayal of what is becoming an
increasingly dangerous subject, delivered with the raw hostility
that has become Harroway's trademark.
HEAVY spoke with guitarist Anthony earlier this week to see how the
response has been.
"It's been a bit of a different sound for us with having the new
singer come in with a little bit of a higher register," he offered.
"It's a little bit more melodic for us as well, but so far it's
been really good. We've got some really good feedback from fans,
friends, and family, and it seems to be going off at the shows too.
People are really enjoying Chris's voice."
The Chris who Anthony is referring to is new clean vocalist Chris
'CJ' Webb. Having that lighter shade to the band's generally more
aggressive music could be considered a brave move by the band, but
Anthony insists it is something that has been added for the
betterment of Harroway's music.
"It's definitely something we've wanted to introduce into our
sound, both live and in the studio, before," he shared. "But it's
been something we've struggled with to really execute on because,
you know, Matt (Banks, vocalist) is excellent at what he does. He
has an excellent vocal range and also his extreme vocals. As a
guitarist and backup screamer, I can really appreciate the talent
he has, but he really looked within himself and knew we needed
somebody to bring us into that higher register."
In the full interview, Anthony discussed Narsociety in greater
detail from both a musical and lyrical perspective. He ran us
through the underlying themes and messages of the song and how it
is a reflection on today's society and behaviour.
We discussed the captivating and cinematic music video that goes
with it, the recent tour with Make Them Suffer and Justice For The
Damned, playing Narsociety live for the first few times and how it
was received and spoke about a couple of shows on the horizon.
While remaining non-committal about a future album, Anthony gave a
strong impression that Narsociety is only the beginning of their
plans, revealing there are more singles to be released and
promising the band still has big plans for this year.

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