Headcharger Fr

Contact : bernard@durbuyrock.be

It is in tenacity that we forge the greatest groups. Sixteen years after its debut, Headcharger continues to distribute rock’n’roll mandals with the same passion and perseverance that commands respect. A journey punctuated by as many successes as obstacles which will see the Normans criss-crossing the roads without ever releasing the pressure, and finding the time to deliver no less than seven albums with almost metronomic regularity. After a start marked by an imprint as hardcore as hard rock, the combo turns to more stoner atmospheres before widening its sound spectrum again thanks to the contribution of riffs and atmospheres borrowed from what the 90s have could offer better. Rise from the Ashes marks both the return of the formation to the front of the stage and the arrival of two new members who have come to bring a renewal of freshness.

David Vallée (guitar – backing vocals) and Antoine Cadot (drums) join Sébastien Pierre (vocals), David Rocha (guitar) and Romain Neveu (bass) to form this new version, even stronger and more rock. Headcharger takes advantage of this new breath to compose in a collegial way. The result is only more coherent and more powerful. Rise from the Ashes is the perfect bridge between his 2011 “The End Starts Here” and “Hexagram” released in 2017. An album as dark as it is luminous, its singer having drawn inspiration from the personal trials experienced in recent years before emerge both grown and more alive than ever. Introspection before the hatching… before the explosion.

Because if Headcharger assumes as usual its catchy refrains with unstoppable melodic vocal lines (a two-voice work carried out with David, certainly new guitarist in the group, but also former singer of Noïd), it develops a firepower worthy of a phoenix that has just risen from its ashes to shine better than ever. Here then ?

Listening to Magical Ride at the opening of the album perfectly illustrates this point by gripping you from the first seconds to never let go again. Welcome to a journey of saturation and catchy choruses. Ten songs sung with fervor, without ever letting up the pressure, on which the combo does not hide its immoderate love for groups like the Foo Fighters (the main riff of My Chains) or Soundgarden (listening to Death Sound evokes the best of “Superunknown” by the Seattle-based band). Don’t worry, you won’t be bullied… just carried away by real fucking rock’n’roll rocking with the sliders in the red. Fasten your seat belts. 1, 2, 3, 4, Go!