Portland heavy rockers TIGERS ON OPIUM release "Diabolique" video ahead of debut album release this March 1st on Heavy Psych Sounds.

Portland-based heavy merchants TIGERS ON OPIUM release a new single taken from their forthcoming debut album "Psychodrama", to be issued on March 1st via Heavy Psych Sounds. Embrace the power of "Diabolique" now!

 

About "Diabolique", frontman Juan Carlos Caceres says: "It started off as a pentatonic style guitar riff and it quickly laid itself out as a driving hard rock song. The guitar harmonies add a dark overtone and the non-stop drive from the drums and bass got me thinking about propaganda and how it propels any given narrative to the population. Lyrically, I wanted to explore the public manipulation by governments, religious organizations, corporate media, and the filthy rich... And how propaganda can fracture society and cause us all to tear each other apart. This is something that has affected everyone throughout human history."

 

🔥 Watch their new video "Diabolique" at this location 🔥

 

As undefeatable Guardians of The Riff, TIGERS ON OPIUM have made an art of rustling up highly danceable heavy rock bangers by combining NWOBHM's muscular riffing, the finesse and swagger of 70s classic rock and some of the most delightfully hip-swaying grooves while making it a refreshing listening experience throughout. The result is a dark and dirty 10-tracker that leaves the typical genre conventions in an insalubrious haze all while exploring strong topics from mental health to societal change.

 

Their debut album "Psychodrama" indeed deals with various psychological and social experiences that have shaped our cultural evolution. Occultism, Propaganda, Atomic Warfare, Media Consumption, Religion, Social unrest, Nostalgia, Mental Struggle, Pop Culture, Revolution, and Change - are all themes explored throughout the album. Watch their latest videos "Sky Below My Feet" and "Paradise Lost"!

 

 

Debut album "Psychodrama"

Out March 1st on Heavy Psych Sounds

"Psychodrama" is TIGERS ON OPIUM's debut full length: a structured form of therapy in which a person dramatizes a personal problem or conflict, usually in front of a group of other therapy participants. The other participants usually take part in the drama, though each performance focuses on a single person's concerns. The goal of psychodrama therapy is to work together in a group to achieve a better understanding of past traumas and the influence they can create, the members must feel willing to work together.

 

Frontman Juan Carlos Caceres says: "When I came across the idea of psychodrama therapy, I started to think about how we have so many joint experiences as a society that currently happen or have happened, and how they shape both our singular and collective consciousness. Music has always been a form of therapy for not just me, but a massive amount of the people in the world. I started to conceptualize this as an idea for the album, thinking that we all have so many connections to major/micro events in time, and generally similar interpretations of them. Like the idea of a psychodrama therapy session, I started to envision how the songs could play out about these different moments... Almost like vignettes or snapshots of life, with the song playing the role of the individual, and the listeners playing the role of the group.”

 

TIGERS ON OPIUM is

Juan Carlos Caceres - lead vocals, guitars, synths, piano

Nate Wright - drums and vocals

Charles Hodge - bass and vocals

Jeanot Lewis-Rolland - guitars and vocals

 

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