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BODY COUNT releases video for 'Psychopath' from upcoming 'Merciless' album

Photo credit: Alessandro Solca

14-06-2024

BODY COUNT, the metal band fronted by hip-hop legend, actor and director Ice-T, has released the official music video for “Psychopath”, its first new single since 2020’s “Bum-Rush”, which won a Grammy Award for “Best Metal Performance”. The new track, which features FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY vocalist Joe Badolato, shows Ice-T and crew on maximum killing overdrive and primed for the next chapter of the legendary Los Angeles-based band’s 35-plus-year career. Longtime collaborator Will Putney (KNOCKED LOOSETHE GHOST INSIDE) produced the song, which was released via Century Media Records. Directed by Jay Scorsese, the “Psychopath” video pulls inspiration from fictional and real-life horrors, with references spanning from Jason Voorhees to Ted Bundy

Watch “Psychopath” below.

“Psychopath” is taken from BODY COUNT‘s upcoming album, “Merciless”, the follow-up to “Carnivore”, which was released in March 2020, just a week before COVID shut the entire world down.

Regarding how “Psychopath” came together, Ice-T told Consequence: “It started with the music. It sounds like what it’s like to be in a psychopath’s head. The track was psychotic, and it needed me to sing about something crazy.”

“Psychopath” is taken from BODY COUNT‘s upcoming album, “Merciless”, the follow-up to “Carnivore”, which was released to critical acclaim in March 2020, just a week before COVID shut the entire world down.

BODY COUNT are out on a European tour in June. So far the following shows have been announced:

June 05 – Gdansk, Poland – Mystic Festival
June 01 – Hamburg, Germany – Edel Optics Arena
June 08 – Nürnberg, Germany – Rock Im Park
June 09 – Eifel, Nürburg, Germany – Rock Am Ring
June 11 – Berlin, Germany – Citadel Music Festival
June 13 – Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic – Rock For People
June 14 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Park
June 15 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock
June 16 – Zagreb, Croatia – SRC Salata
June 17 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457
June 18 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
June 20 – Nummijarvi, Finland – Nummirock
June 22 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell
June 23 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting
June 25 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rockhal
June 26 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
June 27 – Ysselsteyn, Netherlands – Jera On Air
June 28 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
June 30 – London, UK – 02 Kentish Town Forum
July 01 – Manchester, UK – The Ritz
July 02 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 (Galvanizers)

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