New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The popular duo of dark melodic metal known as Vices and Adulation have released their latest official single, "Have You Ever." The track is the most significant release from Vices and Adulation in some time and is expected to fuel even more interest in this undeniable Goth-rock crew the world over. With stunning vocals from acclaimed lead singer Lucy-may and razor-sharp guitar work from multiple-award winner Fabian Upton, "
Have You Ever" is the latest reason fans of alternative rock have to warm their ears against the emotional fireball that is Vices and Adulation.
Asked to cite a few artistic influences, Vices and Adulation guitarist Fabian Upton names a variety of legends, including '80s giants like Def Leppard, new-millennium groups like
Evanescence and Paramore, and European melodic metal crews like Children of Bodom and Dimmu Borgir. Perhaps unsurprisingly with inspirations such as these, the autodidactic Fabian Upton has been revered online as the 8-Finger-Tapping Guitar World
Champion for four consecutive years, and once as the Sweep-Picking Guitar Champion.
While this helps one imagine how his song composition and style of guitar playing might sound, the picture is far from complete without the impeccable singing of Lucy-may Upton, whose crystalline vocals have helped to garner more than 250,000 fans on Facebook and other social media, and whose arresting harmonies - possibly never before showcased as strikingly as on "
Have You Ever" - have been turning heads around the heavy-metal world.
Speaking of the themes of their new single, Vices and Adulation write that "Everybody feels pain. We should care more about our surroundings and the people that surround us."
Vices and Adulation was born in 2013. In addition to her renowned singing, Lucy-may Upton is a published poet and highly skilled artist from West Midlands, UK. Both she and guitarist Fabian are entirely self-taught musicians. Their first instrumental album released on 4 February 2013 continues to be heard on SoundCloud and other outlets to the tune of more than a quarter-million plays. Their first non-instrumental release, "Dragon Princess 2," followed in March and won the Akademia award for Best Alternative-Rock Song and gained the group a Facebook's coveted Rock-Music Crown award.
"
Have You Ever" by Vices and Adulation is available online worldwide from the band's official website and elsewhere [link provided below]. Fans of alt- rock, Goth- rock and melodic metal should absolutely get in early.
