Alternative chart-topping four piece Bad Omens and GRAMMY-nominated artist and multi-hyphenate Poppy have spun a gripping story straight out of your sci-fi horror nightmares on their collaborative new single “V.A.N”, out now via Sumerian Records.
Written and produced by Bad Omens’ frontman Noah Sebastian, the song is the first glimpse of what the band will be offering on their upcoming album, the CONCRETE FOREVER project also known as CONCRETE JUNGLE OST. The project is an experimental extension of Bad Omens’ hit LP ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND’ and the soundtrack to their ‘Concrete Jungle’ comic book universe.
“V.A.N” is an industrial metal masterpiece about an artificial intelligence entity set out on a course to destroy humanity. The track immediately captivates the listener with Bad Omens’ hypnotic production and Poppy’s angelic, whispering vocals as she takes on the role of the Concrete Jungle Universe AI character ‘V.A.N’. It then shock-transitions into a powerful onslaught of frantic drums, heavy guitars, and Poppy’s vocals evolving from otherworldly tones to aggro screams.
When asked about his approach to creating the single Noah Sebastian explained, “That’s a song that started just with the hook ‘Violence against nature’, and then after saving the project with the acronym and seeing it we realized it could be fun to think of ‘VAN’ as a name. Thus the rabbit hole of ideas began that led us to decide to write lyrics from the perspective of an artificial intelligence gone rogue.”
Playing off the AI concept of the track and taking additional visual inspiration from the video game Portal, the film Ex Machina, and Stranger Things, the story is brought to life by a visually stunning sci-fi thriller. In the mini film written by Noah Sebsastian, Poppy, and Garrett Nicholson, Poppy portrays a synthetic human being held captive and subjected to experiments in a laboratory, eventually escaping and embarking on a murderous rampage. Watch the Garrett Nicholson and Poppy directed video HERE.
Fans will get to experience “V.A.N” live for the very first time on the European leg of Bad Omens’ CONCRETE FOREVER tour with Poppy. The tour kicks off in Berlin this Friday, January 27th and international fans can tune in to livestreams of the sold out shows from Cologne, Germany on January 28th and 29th, exclusively on VEEPS. Recently, Bad Omens supported Bring Me The Horizon on their massive UK + Ireland arena tour which drew praise from the likes of Rolling Stone UK, who said: “frontman Noah Sebastian had 20,000 people bending to his will for the band’s entire set, with his piercing melodies and guttural growls cutting through crazed screams, tears and longing from fans,” in their glowing review.
BAD OMENS x POPPY – EUROPEAN TOUR
January 27th @ Columbiahalle (Berlin, DE)
January 28th @ Palladium (Cologne, DE)
January 29th @ Palladium (Cologne, DE)
January 30th @ Zenith (Munich, DE)
February 1st @ Halle 622 (Zurich, CH)
February 2nd @ Stadthalle (Offenbach, DE)
February 4th @ O13 (Tilburg, NL)
February 5th @ Ancienne Belgique (Brussels, BE)
February 6th @ Salle Pleyel (Paris, FR)
February 8th @ Messe Dresden (Dresden, DE)
February 9th @ SaSaZu (Prague, CZ)
February 10th @ Congress Innsbruck (Innsbruck, AT)
February 11th @ Alcatraz (Milan, IT)
