"We never set out to make music with any particular sound in mind other than HEAVY," asserts James McAuley, vocalist of Belfast quartet Hornets; "Our sound is raw and aggressive, but we generally take influence from any form of music that makes interesting use of time signatures and grooves in the rhythm section." Whilst Hornets are"We never set out to make music with any particular sound in mind other than HEAVY," asserts James McAuley, vocalist of Belfast quartet Hornets; "Our sound is raw and aggressive, but we generally take influence from any form of music that makes interesting use of time signatures and grooves in the rhythm section." Whilst Hornets are undeniably a nest of musical fury, the quartet – completed by guitarist Andy Shields, drummer Richard McAuley and bassist Craig McCloskey – are also more creatively complex and ambitious than you might think, astutely reaching beyond the confines of 'genre' to find inspiration for their feral sonics. "We draw influence from bands that experiment with merging different genres," explains McAuley; "In these instances it's maybe not always music itself that's the direct influence, but it's more the idea of building bridges between different genres that interests us. I like to think that this fresh approach to the process has given us better results." The latest results of the band's leftfield songwriting approach is the raucous 'No Faith', a mini-album that stitches punk thrash into doom laden grooves in a snarling collision of mismatched sonics that somehow, some way, works. And rather brilliantly, at that. [...]
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