The band Magnolia Park from Orlando transcends genre boundaries and storytelling with the release of their highly anticipated concept album "VAMP", which is now out via Epitaph Records.
The band also releases the eerie music video for the title track "SHADOW TALK", "a dystopian anthem about revenge and anger towards the world," they explain. Written from the perspective of the manipulative, power-hungry villain Obsidian, they deliver an industrial production, manic whispers, and bone-crushing breakdowns to convey the chaos and twisted pleasure of watching the world burn.
The video for SHADOW TALK can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywgcf2BCWzU
On the 11 tracks of "VAMP", produced by the band's own producers Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember, Wage War), Hiram Hernandez (blessthefall, Real Friends), and Andy Karpovck (408, Taylor Acorn), and mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bad Omens, Bring Me The Horizon), Magnolia Park tells a dramatic story of purple blood and chrome courage in their own blend of human and machine. They stack electronics and industrial undertones alongside pounding breakdowns, sounds from detuned guitars, and seamless vocals, having traded their uplifting pop-punk anthems for something heavier and more complex.
With Joshua Roberts (vocals), Tristan Torres (guitar), Freddie Criales (guitar), Joe Horsham (drums), and Vincent Ernst (bass), Magnolia Park has created an electrifying mix of pop, punk, nu-metal, hip-hop, and metalcore into a dizzying, multisensory experience. Inspired by the band's love for anime, horror, and fantasy, the backstory for "VAMP" was influenced by the long-running series Vampire Hunter D, iconic works like Star Wars, Dracula, and Joseph Campbell's legendary monomyth. The album is the soundtrack to a sinister journey through the fictional world Nocturne Nexus, where rulers and rebels clash and the future hangs in the balance.
After a successful performance at a festival in 2023 in Australia, the band felt more encouraged than ever to take a new musical direction. They decided to revisit the heavier influences they had explored on Halloween Mixtape II (2023) and infuse their signature sound with a wild bite.
Since their formation in 2018, the five-member band - vocalist Joshua Roberts, guitarists Tristan Torres and Freddie Criales, drummer Joe Horsham, and bassist Vincent Ernst - has released a mixtape, four EPs, a series of singles, and two full-length albums, achieving an impressive 255 million catalog streams to date. With 1.6 million weekly listeners, their ability to blur boundaries has thrilled numerous music journalists and garnered them a large international fanbase.
The band also releases the eerie music video for the title track "SHADOW TALK", "a dystopian anthem about revenge and anger towards the world," they explain. Written from the perspective of the manipulative, power-hungry villain Obsidian, they deliver an industrial production, manic whispers, and bone-crushing breakdowns to convey the chaos and twisted pleasure of watching the world burn.
The video for SHADOW TALK can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywgcf2BCWzU
On the 11 tracks of "VAMP", produced by the band's own producers Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember, Wage War), Hiram Hernandez (blessthefall, Real Friends), and Andy Karpovck (408, Taylor Acorn), and mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bad Omens, Bring Me The Horizon), Magnolia Park tells a dramatic story of purple blood and chrome courage in their own blend of human and machine. They stack electronics and industrial undertones alongside pounding breakdowns, sounds from detuned guitars, and seamless vocals, having traded their uplifting pop-punk anthems for something heavier and more complex.
With Joshua Roberts (vocals), Tristan Torres (guitar), Freddie Criales (guitar), Joe Horsham (drums), and Vincent Ernst (bass), Magnolia Park has created an electrifying mix of pop, punk, nu-metal, hip-hop, and metalcore into a dizzying, multisensory experience. Inspired by the band's love for anime, horror, and fantasy, the backstory for "VAMP" was influenced by the long-running series Vampire Hunter D, iconic works like Star Wars, Dracula, and Joseph Campbell's legendary monomyth. The album is the soundtrack to a sinister journey through the fictional world Nocturne Nexus, where rulers and rebels clash and the future hangs in the balance.
After a successful performance at a festival in 2023 in Australia, the band felt more encouraged than ever to take a new musical direction. They decided to revisit the heavier influences they had explored on Halloween Mixtape II (2023) and infuse their signature sound with a wild bite.
Since their formation in 2018, the five-member band - vocalist Joshua Roberts, guitarists Tristan Torres and Freddie Criales, drummer Joe Horsham, and bassist Vincent Ernst - has released a mixtape, four EPs, a series of singles, and two full-length albums, achieving an impressive 255 million catalog streams to date. With 1.6 million weekly listeners, their ability to blur boundaries has thrilled numerous music journalists and garnered them a large international fanbase.
