With Sweden’s Night Flight Orchestra reinvigorating the sheen of slick ‘70s rock music, Inverse Records get in on that act with Death’s-Head And The Space Allusion. The band founded in 2016 in Oulu, Finland, is a combination of melody, metal and clean vocals. The band has released two singles and an EP and now releases the debut album The Counterbalance.

This originally named band has an interesting way of infusing their music with melodies, metal and the raging spirit of rock with its guitar solos, with a progressive touch. Familiar atmospheres and vibes from the ‘80s come from analogue synthesizers. The band has members from several bands including To/Die/For, Burning Point, Antipope and Downstone.

DHATSA’s debut album The Counterbalance is a perfectly considered package of melodic and heavy. Everything has been carefully constructed to the detail. Lyrics have almost been woven in to the concept album. “Today’s world is in many ways a sick world. People and the image of our world has changed and twisted without people even noticing it. Sickness has become a standard. All the madness and the crooked and arrogant sphere of thoughts have produced fierce and powerful texts, but it is best when they are veiled in indirect lyrics. It is good that people find these things and grievances themselves by reading and listening the lyrics. Experiences from my own life and a few major crises have produced a well of inspiration for me. You cannot be too direct though. That could lead to a whole new area of problems!”

“Musically we have found our own way with this debut. The music holds a lot of elements and our original addition to the heavy guitars and riffs comes from the sounds of ‘80s analogue synthesizers and sequencers. They are a big part of the band’s sound and create a futuristic atmosphere. The music itself is heavy and there won’t be any massive speed efforts. The attitude and technicality of Valtteri’s melodic singing is a magnificent thing to hear and it is the cherry on the cake that is our music. This combination creates a perfect package for a friend of melodic metal!”

Revived and re-invigorated, the track is first to emerge a brand new album from Twisted Wheel, slated for release in November. The Northern rock’n’roll four-piece are currently embarked on a lengthy run of tour dates. ‘Nomad Hat’ empathically flips the narrative of loss, pain and self-destruction mirrored throughout the Jonny Guitar EP. The focus now on new beginnings, of new possibilities and a never-say die invincibility. Brown’s ability to shift the tide from a place of no-hope to a place of assertive class and triumph encapsulates the fighting spirit of the band.

‘Nomad Hat’s’ opening lines: “A wall is not an obstacle, it’s something we can smash all over the floor” re-announce the group as a true force to be reckoned with against the grain of dourness and predictability. The lyrics strike a call for freedom against the digital hysteria which now dominates every corner of our lives. There is nothing purer than the simplicities of breathing in the fresh air, taking in the landscape and feeling alive with the world at your feet. It is this northern grit and sharp poetic aura that trickles throughout a glacier of stylish, new wave sounds which the band have crafted through a lens of ‘80s sonic shine within a 21st century landscape.

As Brown states: “We’re not just in a rock ‘n’ roll, punk box. This time, more of my poetry will come out which focuses on things that matter, a commentary on what’s going on in the world. Bands play it safe because they don’t want to upset people. But your job as an artist is to say what others can’t, to speak the truth”.

‘Nomad Hat’ was mixed by Dean Glover at Vibe Studios and further mastered by Katie Tavin.

The ‘Nomad Hat’ tour will see the band once again taking the UK and Europe by storm with dates ranging from Manchester to London, Glasgow, Dublin, Berlin and all the way back again. With Reading & Leeds, Kendal Calling, Y Not, Mosfest and a headline slot on the BBC Introducing stage at Highest Point festival already announced, this summer promises to be a textbook demonstration of the bands continuing momentum.

TWw‘NOMAD HAT TOUR DATES

Friday 11th May – Huddersfield (The Parish)

Saturday 12th May – Leicester (Soundhouse)

Saturday 18th May – Highest Point Festival

Friday 31st May – Newcastle (The Cluny)

Saturday 1st June – Mosfest

Friday 14th June – Hull (The Adelphi)

Saturday 15th June – Cheltenham (Frog and Fiddle)

Friday 21st June – Liverpool (EBGB’s)

Friday 26th July – Y Not Festival

Saturday 27th July – Kendal Calling

Friday 23rd August – Reading Festival

Saturday 24th August – Leeds Festival

Friday 4th October – Dublin (Whelan’s)

Friday 11th October – Leeds (The Wardrobe)

Friday 1st November – Glasgow (King Tuts)

Saturday 2nd November – London (Borderline)

Friday 8th November – Nottingham (Bodega)

Friday 15th November – Manchester (O2 Ritz)