Photo: Shaman’s Harvest by Adrienne Beaco
Shaman’s Harvest and Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group have presented an official music video for the song “Under Your Skin.” Guitarist Josh Hamler shares, “’Under Your Skin’ opens the Rebelator album with a dynamic guitar driven intro that quickly turns into a drum and bass groove that just draws you in. The hook in the chorus and the guitar solo in the bridge brings it all home. This song has all that’s Rock ‘n Roll.”
“Under Your Skin” is a blasting modern rock track that melds raging instrumentation with vocalist Nathan Hunt’s lower-toned, articulate style. The guitars churn out big riffs, the drums slam, and the energy level is high enough to power your whole neighborhood. Lyrically, the song is an unsettling monologue from a character obsessed with possessing another person entirely and Hunt’s crisp vocal delivery only enhances its already-dramatic vibe. The accompanying music video is a mini-movie that increases the song’s intensity quite well. Looking for some smartly-done new rock music, are you? You’ll find it right here.
Guitarist Derrick Shipp adds, “The song is one of the more aggressive tracks musically in my opinion. The opening riff is a unique blend of major and minor keys and the bass taking over on the verses is great. It created a lot of space for vocals to shine.”
Watch “Under Your Skin”
This week, the band will begin a tour with Crobot and Any Given Sin. Confirmed appearances for the bill featuring the three Mascot Records recording artists follows below. The band toured with Theory Of A Deadman earlier this year, and has plans to appear at Rock Fest in Cadott, WI on July 16.
“This was the hardest record we’ve ever made, on every level,” says singer Nathan Hunt, referring to Shaman’s Harvest’s seventh LP. The Missouri hard-rockers assembled this project during a global pandemic that debilitated the entire music industry. The road to Rebelator was even rockier than the band expected: natural disasters, logistical nightmares, and an extreme case of collective writer’s block. “We struggled the whole way,” Hunt adds with a gruff baritone chuckle. “It was an interesting process for sure.”
In keeping with the spirit of those last three albums, the band aimed to, in Hunt’s words, “de-genre-fy” their music—aiming beyond the rote contemporary rock-metal formula to add sublet arrangement quirks.
The band has released six albums prior, with a combined 250 million plus streams from their repertoire. The majority of those are in the U.S., with 200 million plays. Europe accounts for 45 million, with other continents amassing the additional 5 million. To date, Shaman’s Harvest has sold over 100,000 albums and 415,000 singles. At radio, the band’s last album yielded two Top 30 Active Rock singles in “The Come Up” and “Devil In Our Wake.” The prior album, and first with Mascot Label Group, Smokin’ Hearts and Broken Guns enjoyed massive success at the format with four Top 40 Active Rock singles, the highest chart position being #11 with “In Chains.”
They have toured with a who’s who in Rock, amongst whom are Godsmack, Nickelback, AC/DC, Alice In Chains, Shinedown, Seether, and Cheap Trick alongside others. They’ve been a consistent draw at festivals that include Rock On The Range, Welcome To Rockville, Rocklahoma, Carolina Rebellion, Rock USA, Rockin’ The Rivers, Rock Carnival, and on the Shiprocked cruise.
Shaman’s Harvest is vocalist Nathan Hunt, guitarist Josh Hamler and Derrick Shipp, and drummer Adam Zemanek.
Upcoming appearances include:
6/03 Hampton Beach, NH Wally’s ^
6/04 Rochester, NY Montage Music Hall ^
6/06 Nashville, TN The Basement East ^
6/07 Columbus, OH Skully’s ^
6/09 Ft. Wayne, IN Rockstar Lounge ^
6/10 Flint, MI The Machine Shop ^
6/11 Battle Creek, MI Music Factory ^
6/14 Kansasville, WI 1175 ^
6/15 Joliet, IL The Forge ^
6/17 Moline, IL The Rust Belt Theater ^
6/18 Madison, WI The Majestic ^
6/21 Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep ^
7/16 Cadott, WI Rock Fest
^ With Crobot and Any Given Sin
Shaman’s Harvest website
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