We recently checked out UK-based Thrash / Metalcore four-piece Fates Messenger and their two new thunderous debut singles, “Scars” and “Bonechapel” today (March 1st 2024 ) taken from their upcoming debut EP due later in the year.

You can listen to “Scars” on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here and on Amazon Music Here

Formed by members of legendary hardcore / thrash outfits Above All, Romeo Must Die and Dishonour The Crown, Fates Messenger have drawn from all of their collective experiences within the UK metal / hardcore scenes and have produced a fresh slab of metal savagery.

With previous individual experiences of touring Europe, being a prominent force in the European metal festival circuit and supporting some of the biggest names in the metal world; Korn, Fear Factory, Entombed and Pitchshifter to name a few, Fates Messenger know what it takes to go toe to toe with some of the biggest names in heavy music and are using this experience to give the hardcore metal world a new name to be reckoned with.

Scars, was recorded, mixed and mastered by the band themselves, is the first single taken from their upcoming debut EP due later this year. Combining addictively heavy riffs, thunderous basslines and growling vocals Scars sees Fate Messenger deliver an unapologetic hailstorm of noise from start to finish.

Discussing the lyrical themes behind the track, vocalist and lyricist Tony Maddocks explains: “The lyrical theme to this song came to me while I was reading a heartbreaking story in the media about a teenager who had taken their life due to the ongoing bullying and abuse they had suffered online and physically within their social circles. A cruel and sad reflection on just how inhumane and vicious humans can be in this harsh new world which we have created, where there’s no escape from this kind of mental and physical abuse and how the smallest comment can have a long lasting effect on a person’s life whether it be face to face or online.”

We are not exactly sure what we did? But, not only did we get “Scars” which is an absolute masterpiece on its own but….. We got a second single with the mesmerizing track “Bonechapel” The intensity and precision that Fates Messenger play with is the stuff of legends and it is on full display with “Bonechapel”

You can listen to “Bonechapel” on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here , and on Amazon Music Here

Fates Messenger is thrash metal/ hardcore at its absolute finest . “Scars” and “Bonechapel are both instant classics that we cannot get enough of – Brilliantly done!