Metal Anarchy

The Violent Hour, the new project featuring Carla Harvey (ex-Butcher Babies) and her fiancé Charlie Benante (Anthrax), will be releasing their self-titled debut EP on July 25. Pre-orders will be available tonight (June 19) at 9:00pm EST.

Two tracks from the EP, “Sick Ones” (feat. Mötley Crüe’s John 5) and “Hell Or Hollywood” (feat. Black Label Society’s Zakk Wylde), have already been released. Another track, “Portland, Oregon” (feat. Crobot‘s Brandon Yeagley), has also been confirmed for the effort. Harvey commented:

“Writing this EP was a liberating experience. When I started, I felt lost…but by the time I sang the last note, I had found myself again. From the beginning, I wanted the music to come out organically: no agenda, just whatever needed to be released. I’ve been immersed in a world of guttural screaming for so long, but when I sat down to write my own material, what came out felt lighter—like I was reconnecting with parts of myself I hadn’t explored in years. It reminded me of why I fell in love with music in the first place.

Writing became fun again. This EP reflects all sides of me: it’s made by the 16-year-old who loved everything from Lynyrd Skynyrd to thrash metal, the grit and riot girls of the ’90s, and the danger of Guns N’ Roses. It’s raw and it’s real. Working with Charlie on these songs was a dream. He is so talented and he really inspired me to be better; I couldn’t have made this album without him.”

Benante added:

“Carla was my muse in all of this, I was inspired and motivated by her to write the songs that fit her voice. Once we got started, it was that lightning-in-a-bottle-feeling. I think that this EP, when people hear it – I don’t care if you’re 13, 33, or 63 – I think you’re going to feel the power of it. And I think that once the songs and the choruses hit you, it’s going to be unstoppable, it’s going to be infectious, and this just might become your favorite new band.”