Hundred Suns tackle human trafficking in Amaranthine video

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Watch new video for hard-hitting Hundred Suns track Amaranthine - as band announce they’ll donate proceeds of sales to charity

Hundred Suns
Hundred Suns

Hundred Suns have released a video for their new track Amaranthine.

It’s been lifted from the band’s upcoming debut album The Prestaliis which is set to arrive on August 11 via New Damage Records.

Frontman Cory Brandan, also of Norma Jean, tells Alt Press: “Amaranthine is one of our favourite songs. It switches between two different time signatures and we experimented with a lot of dynamics.

“Chris and Legs have a very balanced writing and rhythmic chemistry on this track which gave me a lot of room to be vocally versatile.

“I feel like the song has a very shadowy, almost ‘street’ vibe to it, matching its dark lyrical content, which was inspired by human trafficking – a very serious problem that deserves way more attention than it gets.”

Brandan reports that a portion of profits from sales of the new single will go towards THORN – an organisation that focuses primarily on preventing the sexual exploitation of children

Brandan adds: “I had a conversation with a border agent, who told me that they intervene to help young girls and boys almost every day. According to the US State Department, 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year, which is an insane stat.

“THORN were founded in part by Ashton Kutcher and I’ve seen him talk about this subject and found it to be very inspiring. Those that want to join us in supporting this important cause can do so by downloading Amaranthine on iTunes (opens in new tab).”

Last month, Hundred Suns premiered Last Apology from the album and announced a 2017 North American tour, which will get under way in Dallas on August 5. They’re expected to reveal European tour dates in the near future.

Hundred Suns The Prestaliis tracklist

  1. The Prestaliis I
  2. Partner / Predator
  3. Bedburner
  4. Last Apology
  5. December
  6. Fractional
  7. Reversal
  8. Hellelujah
  9. Infinite Winter
  10. Amaranthine
  11. The Prestaliis II

Hundred Suns 2017 North American tour

Aug 05: Dallas Dirty 30, TX
Aug 06: Austin Come And Take It Live, TX
Aug 08: Scottsdale Pub Rock, AZ
Aug 09: West Hollywood Viper Room, CA
Aug 10: Fullerton Slidebar, CA
Aug 12: Portland Analog Theater, OR
Aug 13: Seattle El Corazon, WA
Aug 16: Denver Moon Room, CO
Aug 18: Chicago Township, IL
Aug 20: Philadelphia Voltage Lounge, PA
Aug 21: Brooklyn St. Vitus, NY
Aug 24: Ottawa Babylon, ON
Aug 25: Toronto Adelaide Hall, ON
Aug 26: St Catharines The Warehouse, ON

Hundred Suns - The Prestaliis album review

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.