Steel has at all times been about celebrating depth of all varieties, and on this sense, the brand new single “Heaven Collides” from Makes My Blood Dance isn’t any completely different. Each sonically and lyrically, this can be a monitor that espouses the very epitome of championing dominant attitudes; “Heaven Collides” is in regards to the core of a relationship between melody and amped-up overdrive in additional methods than one, as I see it, and it makes use of one heck of a heavy riff construction to take action. Shaking and quaking in all the proper methods, this newest launch from Makes My Blood Dance might be among the finest metallic songs I’ve heard all 12 months lengthy.   The music video is as frills-free because it will get with out being a barebones DIY effort, and I notably like how properly it blends the lyrics with the band’s already colourful undertow of depth. It has a cinematic chill to its idea, however it’s not overambitious for what the band is able to in any respect.

These guys aren’t one of many largest in all of rock, however right here, they’re not attempting to be – their priorities are proper the place they belong, which places them a step above fairly just a few of their friends in and outdoors of the underground this summer season.   Equal efficiency isn’t usually afforded to the vocal and guitar elements in a tough rock or heavy metallic tune, however that’s partially why I believe the dynamic in “Heaven Collides” works in addition to it does – it’s considerably untried, and paradoxically the band wears the look higher than anybody else I’ve seen trying it prior to now. Seamless physicality is the cornerstone element of this single, and since nobody in Makes My Blood Dance has an ego about their function within the grasp combine, we’re getting a throttling efficiency out of their camp that feels as selfless because it does cohesive round each twist and turns.

Whereas some would in all probability have most well-liked a barely elevated bassline presence on this monitor – and justifiably so – I believe the leaner sound that Makes My Blood Dance finally determined to go along with is a bit more changing into of their total musical profile. It jogs my memory a little bit of early Dragonforce, which was debatably the band’s most effective interval earlier than parting out their sound for a refurbished look in later years. “Heaven Collides” has a equally themed bend in its lyrics and melodic would possibly, however I don’t assume anybody is accusing the tune’s creators of being by-product – it’s just too passionate a reduce for that to be the case.  

I didn’t know a lot about Makes My Blood Dance earlier than I received into “Heaven Collides” this month, however the effort that they put into this newest launch is simply too highly effective to be ignored – even by probably the most discriminating of music critics. You don’t must be a hardcore headbanger to get into the message and the melodies which can be to be found when listening to “Heaven Collides,” however for these of us who’re, it’s a critically provocative monitor that doesn’t waste any of our time with pointless synthetics.  

Mindy McCall