Metal Anarchy

I Am Mook have premiered a new video for their new song “Smoke Detector.” This track is from the band’s new EP, “Hollow Allegory,” which will be released on February 6.

The group commented:

“It’s mind-blowing to us the heights we have reached through our hard efforts after being a band for just over a year now. Our chief songwriter, Todd Holbrook (guitarist), is constantly writing and always striving to make harder and harder hitting riffs with every release – the ‘Hollow Allegory’ EP is no exception.

We collaborated with producer Brace McKnight to bring about a heavier tone with a huge emphasis on low end in our guitars, bass and a snare drum where the ping is king. We are absolutely thrilled to be signed to such a reputable record label like Seek and Strike. This band has been knocked down continuously since its formation, but through persistence and consistency, we are finally reaching heights we thought would take us years to reach.

We are incredibly grateful to every fan who takes the time to listen and share our music. We are astonished and humbled at the amount of strangers loving our sound. With this upcoming EP, expect to hear crushing tones with a sound that is nothing short of brutal. We firmly believe this is our heaviest work yet and the crazy part is that we are just beginning our journey.

The music video for ‘Smoke Detector,’ was shot by Justin Oakley and was a vision that stemmed from the song’s lyrics. Ultimately, this is a song about friends who are back-stabbers and the fake brotherhood within the scene. The video emphasizes that heavily with the backstabber being tied to a chair and being mercilessly beaten. Even the song’s title is a direct call out to fakes in the scene. The song is heated, hateful and brutal.

In addition to the vision behind the music video, the shoot itself was indeed also brutal. We shot this music video on December 9th in the dark of night, deep in the woods, for over 5 hours in 28 degree weather. The ground was incredibly wet and muddy. In the end though, we would not have been able to get such incredible and steamy shots without the brutal cold.

A lot of camaraderie and a lot of laughs were shared during the video shoot and we couldn’t have asked for a better outcome (a huge thank you to Justin Oakley for directing, shooting and editing the video and also to Jay Price, who took pictures throughout the whole shoot).

We’re a band that likes to write about whatever we feel like writing about. We also ‘toe the line’ between humorous and serious. This EP has a song called ‘WGIA,’ which is about stereotypical ‘White Guy’ activities, and another called ‘Confabulated,’ which is about dementia. Holbrook’s mother tragically succumbed to the disease this past year. Writing a theme throughout an EP or album is not out of the question though, and we will likely attempt to do so at some point.

If you are listening to us, the three words that come to mind are breakdowns, blast beats, and growls. Bands that we look up to are mostly from the MySpace era and influence our writing process are bands from this era such as, Chelsea Grin, Suicide Silence and Whitechapel, etc. Additional bands that aren’t from this time-frame include Psycho-Frame, Larcenia Roe, Heavy Hitter, Body Snatcher, Traitors, Immortal Disfigurement, 9 Dead, Signs Of The Swarm and Gutrectomy, etc.

We are incredibly thankful to work for such a wonderful group of fans. Thank you for listening and now with Seek And Strike we are going to be able to bring you music more frequently. It’s on and thanks for the support.”