BLUE GRAPE MUSIC ADDS HEAVY//HITTER TO ROSTER
FLORIDA DEATHCORE BAND TO RELEASE MOMENTS OF MISERY EP ON NOVEMBER 8
BAND SHARES “NO MERCY, NO REMORSE” VIDEO — WATCH
ON TOUR THROUGHOUT THE FALL
BLUE GRAPE MUSIC is pleased to announce another massive signing. The label is proud to add Orlando, Florida juggernauts HEAVY//HITTER to the roster.
The quartet — Austin Hayes [vocals], Dane Loeprich [guitar], Chris Perez [bass], and Josh Archeval [drums]— will release its five-song EP, Moments of Misery, on November 8. Pre-order it here.
Today, the band spin kicks its way into your ears and your consciousness with the video for the muscular, moshy anthem “No Mercy, No Remorse.” It absolutely clobbers from start to finish, as you like it!
Watch it here.
“It’s a revenge song about getting back at someone who stabbed you in the back,” states Hayes. “You have no mercy or remorse in the end. You’re willing to take everything that’s been taken from you.”
Consider that statement fair warning. HEAVY//HITTER didn’t come to play. They came to win.
MOMENTS OF MISERY EP TRACK LISTING:
“Deposition of Violence”
“Dead End”
“Waste of Life”
“No Mercy, No Remorse”
“Heavens Gate”
HEAVY//HITTER will be touring throughout the fall, with headline dates and a trek in support of Carnifex and Cryptopsy on deck. All confirmed dates are below.
HEAVY//HITTER are, have always been, and always will be… unabashedly and undeniably real.
Since 2019, the band have buzzed as an underground upstart. They bulldozed a path with the Street Violence EP in 2021. They picked up plugs from Lambgoat, Lawnchair Youth, and more. Between packing houses live, they caught the attention of Blue Grape Music and signed to the label.
Unwavering drive, hustle, and a committed grind brought them to this point.
“Before I started this band, I quit music for five years,” says Austin. “I tried to go to college. I was a general manager at Domino’s Pizza. I did construction. Nothing was fulfilling, so I got back into music and started HEAVY//HITTER with Dane. I just never gave up on this band. We always want more, and we’re not going to stop.”
The band decamped to Los Angeles where they recorded Moments of Misery with producer Austin Coupe. Inspired by the likes of Suicide Silence, Knocked Loose, and Carnifex, they refined an “OG deathcore sound with newer hardcore and metalcore elements,” according to the fontman.
Ultimately, HEAVY//HITTER hold nothing back.
“When you listen to us, I hope you feel the emotion we put into the record. That’s what music is about. We’re not a machine. We’re human and honest,” Hayes shares.
What more could you want from a band?
HEADLINE DATES:
9/29 — Pensacola, FL — Handlebar
9/30 — Birmingham, AL — LCY
10/1 — San Antonio, TX — Vibes Underground
10/2 — Phoenix, AZ — The Nile Underground
10/21 — Detroit, MI — The Sanctuary
11/6 — Nashville, TN — The End
11/8 — Augusta, GA — Grantski Records
11/15 — FL — TBD (Album Release Show)
10/4 — Pomona, CA — The Glass House
10/5 — Palmdale, CA — Transplants Brewery
10/6 — Roseville, CA — Goldfield Trading Post
10/8 — Portland, OR — Hawthorne Theatre
10/9 — Seattle, WA — El Corazon
10/10 — Vancouver, BC — Hollywood Theatre
10/12 — Calgary, AB — MacEwan Ballroom
10/13 — Edmonton, AB — Starlite Room
10/14 — Saskatoon, SK — Louis’
10/16 — Winnipeg, MB — The Park Theatre
10/17 — Minneapolis, MN — Varsity Theater
10/18 — Bloomington, IL — Castle Theater
10/19 — Sauget, IL — Pop’s
10/20 — Indianapolis, IN — Hi-Fi Anex
10/22 — Toronto, ON — Opera House
10/23 — Ottawa, ON — Brass Monkey
10/24 — Montreal, QC — Beanfield Theatre
10/25 — Quebec City, QC — La Source de la Martiniere
10/26 — Albany, NY — Empire Live
10/27 — Stroudsburg, PA — Sherman Theater
10/28 — Cleveland, OH — The Asylum @ Temple Live
10/30 — Springfield, MO — The Regency Live
10/31 — Wichita, KS — Temple Live
11/1 — Colorado Springs, CO — Black Sheep
11/2 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex
11/3 — Reno, NV — Virginia Street Brewhouse
ABOUT BLUE GRAPE MUSIC:
In 2022, industry veterans David Rath and Cees Wessels formed Blue Grape Music. The name will be familiar to rock music fans, as it was the merchandise company also launched by Wessels, who founded the venerable and esteemed record label Roadrunner Records in the ’80s. Roadrunner earned a reputation as an iconic label that turned hard rock and metal acts into household names for several decades under Wessels’ tutelage. Rath spent 21 years in the A&R department at Roadrunner, working on albums by a variety of RIAA-certified and culturally important acts, including but not limited to Slipknot, Korn, Turnstile, Gojira, Coheed and Cambria, White Reaper, Slash, Trivium, Dream Theater, and more. When the label changed management and ownership, Rath guided the company and oversaw the signings of bands like Young the Giant and Vance Joy. Ultimately, the Blue Grape executive team is powered by experience and a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-your-hands-dirty, by-any-means-necessary work ethic. Blue Grape’s inaugural signing was the two-time Grammy nominee Code Orange and since then, the label has gone on to sign San Francisco punks Spiritual Cramp, hardcore heavyweights GEL, and Baltimore sludge slingers GASKET, with several new signing announcements expected to be announced this year. Blue Grape is distributed globally by The Orchard.
