OR NOT – The War Inside My Head (OFFICIAL VIDEO). Taken from the album “Violence & Grace".

The long awaited double album “ Violence & Grace” with 90 minutes of ruthless Epic Thrash Metal, combining the raw energy of old school thrash with epic orchestration and a super tight massive sound is out now via No Dust Records and Suburban! Brace for impact!

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SONG DESCRIPTION
No time to rest, because the fastest song of the OR NOT album “Violence & Grace” presents itself under the name ”The War Inside My Head”. In this track, OR NOT turns the intensity up to 11 and beyond with superfast double bass and drum fills, aggressive multi-layer vocals and an inventive prog-rock Dream Theater style bridge proving that OR NOT can’t be compared to any other band. A great example of metal-dad Dolf contributing old-school mayhem and young Daniël carrying the flag of a new generation of metal heads. This is merciless pedal to the metal with convincing vocals of a man, screaming away his demons from the past.

CREDITS
Album produced & mixed by Hans Pieters of The Peoples Noise (Gorefest, Elegy & Epica). Album mastered by Peter van ‘t Riet of Finetune Mastering (Dream Theater, Symphony-X, Epica & Ayreon). Album artwork by Rafido. Album orchestration by Carsten Altena of One Man Orchestra (The Monolith Deathcult). Album background vocals by Franky Nendels (Exploder), Rick Maas (Hidden Remains, D-Grade), Ivor van Beek (Non-Divine), Herman de Kok (My Own Army), Thijs Ronteltap (Epistulum), Mark van Maurik (Deliberate Jeopardization), Eric Pinas (Too Different) and Mike van der Vaart (Too Different). Photography by Hans Blomhert. 3D video designs by Jeroen Helmer of Blue Lake Vision. Video productions by Sebastiaan Spijker of Metal Media. Music & lyrics by Dolf & Daniel Blomhert.

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The album “Violence & Grace” is distributed and marketed worldwide by No Dust Records and Suburban and will be both physically available as 2CD Deluxe Mediabook as digitally available on Spotify, Apple Music, AmazonMusic, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube, Pandora, YandexMusic and Soundcloud.

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LYRICS “THE WAR INSIDE MY HEAD”

I feel a sense of darkness every single day.
There is this symptomatic sadness that won’t fade.
There’s no rest, no space to reflect.
The silence turns violent inside my head.

The silence is violently driving me mad. The silence ignites this war inside my head.

Dark shadows from the past are poisoning my mind.
How do I close the door and leave it all behind?
Don’t look back, it can’t be undone.
I won’t be a victim, it only made me strong.

The silence is violently driving me mad. The silence ignites this war inside my head.

Can you hear me? Can you feel me? Listen to me: this has got to end. Here it ends.

Save me. Free me. Cure me. Heal me.
See me – forgive me. Hear me – forgive me. Feel me – forgive me. Help me – forgive me.
Forgive me for the things I did wrong.
For the times I wasn’t strong.
For the things I frowned upon.
Now I say thank God for the times I spoke my tongue.
For the times I didn’t look back to the past and just kept moving on.

Can you hear me? Can you feel me? Because I say this is where it all ends!

The silence is violently driving me mad. The silence ignites this war inside my head.

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