NEWS 2022/12/05
As opening sequences go, it’s pretty memorable. A young bride screams on the cold floor of a church, her face and dress besmirched with black blood. This is the start of the video for Black Turbine, the newest song from Brighton-based duo Lake Malice. The ‘bride’ is actually Italian-born Alice Guala, who in partnership with multi-talented guitarist and composer Blake Cornwall, fronts the most exciting new alt.metal band in Britain. Even ignoring the astonishing visuals, Black Turbine is a song that hits hard. It gushes waves of dark electronics, building tension to breaking point before clobbering you with a clean hook so cathartic that you’ll wear out your mouse clicking ‘repeat’. When a band you’ve never heard of, an act so new that they’re yet to play a h...