The Safety Fire has always pushed the boundaries of technical, progressive metal since their inception. With their expansive atmospheres and soaring melodies, it’s easy to see why vocalist Sean McWeeney, bassist Lori Peri, drummer Calvin Smith and guitarists Derya Nagle &Joaquin Ardiles are now at the forefront of their ever growing genre. The Safety Fire released their debut album ‘Grind The Ocean’ to critical acclaim at the beginning of April this year through InsideOut Music.
The band have not long finished a UK tour with French metal titans GOJIRA, which followed a killer show at this years Download Festival at Donington Park. The band documented these dates and have created a stunning live video for the track DMB (FDP). Derya explains a bit more about how the video was made and why they picked this track in particular:
DMB (FDP) is one of our favourite songs to play live and was an obvious choice for this video. We love touring, and wanted to give a wider audience a glimpse into what our live show is all about. We filmed over several UK dates, including our performance at Download and our recent run with Gojira. We were lucky enough to have our good friend Jamie Carter produce the video, whose eclectic credits include Rise To Remain, Conor Maynard, Funeral For A Friend and Professor Green to name a few. Other filming duties were handled by our friends and crew including our brü Adam Nolly Getgood, who recently joined Periphery. More importantly this video will help spread the message of #FDP. Jokes.
The Safety Fire will be performing at Hevy Festival on the 4th of August and Brutal Assault, as well as a special Converse-sponsored show at 100 Club in London on the 9th August alongside Overkill, Pulled Apart By Horses and Wet Nuns. This will be followed by a month long tour with Periphery and Between The Buried And Me – see below for dates:
1st October // Reading – Sub 89
2nd October // Wolverhampton – Slade Rooms
3rd October // Glasgow – The Garage
4th October // Newcastle – O2 Academy 2
5th October // Manchester – O2 Club Academy
6th October // Leeds – Cockpit
7th October // Bristol – O2 Academy
8th October // Southampton – The Brook
2nd November // London – Shepherds Bush Empire
“Right now the UK progressive metal scene is extremely healthy, and the emergence of The Safety Fire is about to provide another boost.”
Metal Hammer (UK)
“Akin to a meticulously designed but unpredictable cluster bomb”
Kerrang (UK)
“Complex forwarding thinking metal… You have to be pretty damned good to stand out from the crowd these days. London crowd The Safety Fire do so by using the oldest trick in the book – by writing proper, solid songs”
Rocksound (UK)
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