BODY COUNT's 'Merciless' album features a surprise guest who's “gonna blow everyone away”,says Ernie C
01-07-2024
BODY COUNT guitarist Ernie “C” Cunnigan spoke to France’s Loud TV about the band’s upcoming album, “Merciless”, which is tentatively due this summer.
“I have to say we have a lot of guests on the album,” he said: “And we have one surprise guest that’s gonna blow everyone away. And it’s very unexpected. And I’m not at liberty to say. So, it’s only gonna be one month (before you find out who it is). So you’ll find out. When you listen to the record and you see that person on the record, you’re, like, ‘Wow, that’s way out of the blue.'”
Ernie went on to say that “Merciless” will continue BODY COUNT‘s tradition of including covers on almost every release. “And the cover on this album has the guest on it on the cover,” he revealed. “The guest is the cover; it’s his song. He happens to be on the song. So, it’s him. So you narrowed it down to 50 percent. It’s not a female; it’s a male. So you’re down to 50 percent. (Laughs)”
BODY COUNT recently 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 LOOSE, THE 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 FestivalJune 01 – Hamburg, Germany – Edel Optics ArenaJune 08 – Nürnberg, Germany – Rock Im ParkJune 09 – Eifel, Nürburg, Germany – Rock Am RingJune 11 – Berlin, Germany – Citadel Music FestivalJune 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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