Today, Metal Injection hosts the premiere of HAVOK‘s latest video for “Covering Fire.” Shot in Tyler, Texas, produced by Mike Gillespie and directed by Brian Jaynes, “Covering Fire” is the fifth track off the band’s critically-lauded Time Is Up full-length, released earlier this year via Candlelight Records.
Comments guitarist Reece Scruggs: “We’re extra pumped to release our first video off our new album. ‘Covering Fire’ is an awesome song about the hell of war and what may go through a man’s mind in the grips of combat. This video has it all: hair, guitars, fire, smoke, planes… everything a metalhead would need in a music video! So check out the video, buy our album and then catch us on tour with Forbidden, Revocation and White Wizzard in a city near you!”
“Covering Fire” is viewable at THIS LOCATION.
HAVOK is gearing up to join Bay Area thrash legends, Forbidden, for a near month-long journey that will kick off in West Hollywood, California and level 20 more North American cities before drawing to a close in Escondido, California. Confirmed dates below:
HAVOK
w/ Forbidden, Revocation, White Wizzard:
6/09/2011 Whiskey A Go-Go – W. Hollywood, CA
6/11/2011 The Alley – Sparks, NV
6/12/2011 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
6/13/2011 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
6/14/2011 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC
6/15/2011 Sapphire Nightclub – Kelowna, BC
6/16/2011 Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB
6/17/2011 Riddell Centre – Regina, SK
6/18/2011 Royal Albert Arms – Winnipeg, MB
6/19/2011 Station – St. Paul, MN
6/20/2011 Mad Planet – Milwaukee, WI
6/21/2011 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
6/22/2011 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
6/23/2011 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
6/24/2011 Championship Bar – Trenton, NJ
6/25/2011 Alrosa Villa – Columbus, OH
6/26/2011 Fubar – St. Louis, MO
6/27/2011 Beaumont Club – Kansas City, MO
6/29/2011 Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO
6/30/2011 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
7/01/2011 Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
7/02/2011 JT’s Limelight – Escondido, CA
“Everything great about thrash — infectious, galloping riffs, hummable choruses, a vast array of gang vocals in ‘DOA’ — is employed, with their ace in the hole being Reece Scruggs, whose sumptuously-phrased solos, balancing shred, fiery modal moves and soulful, blues bends will suck in everyone from guitar nerds to song-structure curmudgeons.” — Terrorizer
“HAVOK have the chops and the ability to prove that they have the staying power to last in this genre.” — About.com
“Old-school thrash fans are going to be wreaking Havok’s Time Is Up on their neighbors with the windows rolled down and the volume cranked up to 11. It’s an excellent disc full of monster riffs, solos and grooves.” — Metal Underground
“…they have the flashy skill, ridiculous song writing chops and prodigious lead guitar world that’ll have even the most jaded ears saying, ‘Okay, just this last once…'” — Rock Sound
“HAVOK keep the guitars to 11 and scream some sweet licks… I do not know why they are not opening the Big Four tour.” — Stereokiller
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