June 20 — Lions at the Gate unveiled its latest single and video this week.
The band unveiled its new single, ‘Can’t Feel The Sun‘ and its companion video Thursday. The new single is a heavy composition whose aggro-nu-metal sound and style is easily comparable to works from the likes of Saul, Another Day Dawns, and front man Cristian Machado’s former band, Ill Nino.
Machado talked about the song’s lyrical theme extensively in a prepared statement:
“The meaning behind the lyrics is pretty simple, and although the words get a little bit poetic, it clearly states what is going on in the mind of the writer,” Machado said. “It’s written from the point of view of someone who is broken, completely broken, but has come to the realization that a lot of the darkness in their life is brought on by decisions that they’ve made. The chorus has a short and an extended version. In the short version. There is only darkness, only pain, only suffering, no light. At the second and third chorus, there is an extended version in which there is realization, the ‘falling apart’, and recognizing that despite all you do, you truly have to turn your heart from the inside out and leave some things to destiny. I believe this is something that occurs personally with everyone at some point, a moment of complete surrender. Thing is you usually are at rock bottom when that occurs.”
Machado continued, “I will always remember the exact day that I surrendered my soul to the universe, and I remember clearly for the reasons why I did it. I believe everyone has a moment in their life where they surrender control of their heart. In reality, we all surrender our hearts to something and some people surrender their hearts to many things. This song is about the recognition that the suffering is man-made, that our hearts can guide us, but that even perfect love is subject to heartbreak, even perfect faith is subject to deceit, even perfect life is subject to death.”
The song’s video features the band performing its new single on a sound stage, “snow” being blown against the group as it performs. The presentation is a familiar style presentation.
In other news, Lions at the Gate has also announced a handful of tour dates for this summer. The upcoming tour is scheduled to kick off July 7 in Denver, CO and to run through July 20 in Mansfield, OH. The tour also includes stops in Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
The tour’s schedule is noted below:
You can see LIONS AT THE GATE live on select dates this summer. Full dates below:
July 7th – Denver, CO – The Rickhouse
July 9th – Tulsa, OK – The Shrine
with Kingdom Collapse, Another Day Dawns
July 11th – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
July 12th – Austin, TX – The Ballroom
July 13th – Dallas, TX – RBC
July 14th – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street
July 16th – Wichita, KS – Temple Live
July 17th – Kansas City, MO – Westport Brewery
July 20th – Mansfield, OH – Inkcarceration Festival
More information on Lions at the Gate’s new single, video and tour is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:
Website: https://latgofficial.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lionsatthegate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lionsatthegate
