What began as a humble trio making music for their friends out in Columbia, Missouri, USA, has grown into a promising force on the national scene, as heavy rock band Dark Below deliver their latest single in ‘Make Believe’.
The song is said to feature “a massive, wall of sound vibe”, thanks to award-winning producer Malcolm Springer (Matchbox 20, Collective Soul, Fear Factory, Josey Scott). The song was recorded at East Iris Studios in Nashville, Tennesse. The band is influenced by Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, and 10 Years – and that heavy alternative sound shines through on this new release.
“’Make Believe’ is a song about the power of imagination,” said Dark Below’s Josh Campbell. “I grew up without any siblings and spent a lot of time on my own – So I think it was inevitable for me to become a really imaginative person. What I learned is that your imagination has the ability to bring you out of really dark places… But it also has the ability to put you back there, if you aren’t careful.”
The video for “Make Believe” was filmed by Tyler Gramke of Tygr Creative at Rose Music Hall in the band’s home town. Campbell explained: “We’ve played a lot of shows at Rose over the last couple of years. We ended up doing two different shoots – one was just us playing along to the song and recording the video and the other was actual footage of us playing the song live a couple of weeks later. We love the energy we get from our hometown fans, and we feed it back to them.”
Dark Below vaulted onto the US national scene with the release of ‘Tense’ in July of 2022, and the track made it into the Top 20 of the Secondary Market Rock Chart. They wrapped the year with the groove-heavy track ‘Hate Being Human’ that made it into the Top 20 at Rock radio and was featured on Apple Music Breaking Hard Rock, Loudwire’s Spotify Weekly Wire playlist, and Pandora’s New Rock Now. The band has previously released their self-titled EP in 2017, and the single ‘Halo’ in 2019. They have toured for the past six years and built up a loyal following in the Midwest, opening for the likes of Buckcherry, Saliva, Pop Evil, Smile Empty Soul and The Veer Union.
The band has announcing new USA tour dates, beginning with a mid-July show at Rose Music Hall and starting in September the band will be supporting Rehab and Scotty Austin (former lead singer of Saving Abel).
“’Make Believe’ is available here and you can check out the video right here at RAMzine.
