PRIMITAI Release ‘Stars Are My Guide’ Lyric Video And Retro Video Game
March 19th, 2021
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London, England-based melodic heavy metal band Primitai have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Stars Are My Guide’ which can be viewed below.
Accompanying the release of the ‘Stars Are My Guide’ video is a special 2D retro computer game about navigating through space on a futuristic motorbike to the soundtrack of the new single. The game was developed by Primitai’s bass player Scott Miller, who moonlights as a web programmer, and can be played here.
As well as the epic “journey through space” storyline of the song, the main inspiration for developing the game goes back to the bandmembers’ 90s childhood. Brothers Scott and singer Guy Miller, along with childhood friend and drummer Jonny Warren, spent hours on their SNES Super Nintendo console and a favourite was the punishingly difficult but awesome ‘Battletoads In Battlemaniacs’. Taking the 2D space-age motorcycle-racing level as a concept, Scott set about building a game using HTML, pure Javascript, CSS and the Greensock animation library.
As the idea took off it quickly became not just a game, but a full on Primitai experience. “I suddenly thought it’d be fun if the rider shouted things every time you crashed and burned or did a crazy stunt,” recalled Scott. “So I started looking through all the Primitai lyrics for the best catchphrases. Then it dawned on me to make every band member a playable character, each with their own quirks… it just kept snowballing!”
Primitai issue sixth full-length studio album Violence Of The Skies on March 26th, 2021 through ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records.
The outing features a number of guest contributions, including Paul Quinn (Saxon; guitar solo on ‘Put To The Sword’), Tom Draper (Carcass / Pounder / ex-Primitai; guitar solo on ‘The Storm Kings’), Mladen Pecovic (guitar solos on ‘Warriors Of Time’), and Vladimir Djedovic (The Tilt; synth arrangement and keyboard solos on ‘Warriors Of Time’).
Violence Of The Skies was recorded between August and November 2020, and mixed by Tom Keech at Cedarfield Studios in Guildford, Surrey, England. Mastering duties fell to Alan Douches at West West Side Music in New Windsor, New York.
Cover artwork was created by Stan W Decker.
The track listing is as follows:
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01. ‘Stars Are My Guide’
02. ‘The Uprising’
03. ‘The Violence Of The Skies’
04. ‘Valley Of Darkness’
05. ‘Warriors Of Time’ (feat. Mladen Pecovic & Vladimir Djedovic)
06. ‘Innocent’
07. ‘Put To The Sword’ (feat. Paul Quinn)
08. ‘The Cold Surface Of The Moon’
09. ‘I’ll Live Again’
10. ‘The Storm Kings’ (feat. Tom Draper)
11. ‘The Huntress’ *
12. ‘Prophecies’ *
* digipak CD bonus track
Primitai’s line-up is as follows:
Guy Miller (vocals)
Srdjan Bilic (guitar)
Sergio Girón (guitar)
Scott Miller (bass)
Jonathan Warren (drums)
Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Valley Of Darkness’ and ‘The Uprising’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Put To The Sword’. All three clips can also be viewed below.
Fifth studio record The Calling was released in May 2018 via Dissonance Productions.
Promotional photograph by Andrew Rakkan.
