Lock Horns in a Frenzy

Belfast progressive-metal strike-force Lock Horns break cover with stand-alone single ‘Frenzy’, out now, the quartet’s first new music since last year’s Red Room album.

Written and tracked in a whirlwind six-week session at Belfast’s JSR Audio with producer Josh Sid Robinson, the song distils the band’s trademark polyrhythmic groove, serrated riff-work and soaring hooks into a blast primed for festival fields.
 
Vocalist Alex da Costa said of the new track: “’Frenzy’ is a story of mankind. It is the failure of perception – blind mass obedience. In the face of adversity, people distrust their own judgement. They become sheep, mimic the noise and kneel before the media, the authorities and their fear itself. Pressure to follow others outweighs the instinct to question what they see and hear. Irrational responses are justified only because everyone else is doing the same. To follow blindly is to disappear – or, in other words, to ‘Sail Away’.”
 
The single gets its baptism of fire when Lock Horns hit Bloodstock Open Air’s Sophie Lancaster Stage on Friday 8^th August 2025, sharing the bill with Kataklysm and Nailbomb among others. It marks the band’s graduation from the festival’s Metal 2 The Massesscheme, where they first caught the ear of Bloodstock’s talent-scout and booking agent, Simon Hall, who commented: “Yet another precision driven assault to the senses. Lock Horns go from strength to strength with their unique, diverse progressive offering and I look forward to welcoming them to Bloodstock this year.”
 
On returning to Bloodstock the band said: “This August we return to Bloodstock, now on the larger Sophie Lancaster Stage. We’re bringing bigger energy, new music and a fiercer live performance. Huge thanks to Simon Hall and James Loveday – They’ve championed us since the Metal 2 The Masses days. We’ve shed blood, sweat and tears in preparation, and we’ll unleash the results in August.”
 
Formed in Belfast, Lock Horns comprise Alex da Costa (Vocals), Junior Afrifa (Guitars), Rhys Fraser (Bass) and Corey Hodges (Brums). Their 2024 full-length Red Room drew praise across the UK, Ireland, mainland EU and America.