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 widely lauded album Red Room. 

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.
 
Alex da Costa (vocals) says 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’.”

BLOODSTOCK – ROUND TWO, BUT BIGGER
The single gets its baptism of fire when Lock Horns hit Bloodstock Open Air’s Sophie Lancaster Stage on Friday 8 August 2025, sharing the bill with Kataklysm, Nailbomb and more. 
It marks the band’s graduation from the festival’s Metal 2 The Masses scheme, where they first caught the ear of Bloodstock’s talent-scout and booking agent, Simon Hall.
“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” –Simon Hall.
 
On returning to Bloodstock the band says;
“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.”

ABOUT LOCK HORNS
Formed in Belfast, Lock Horns comprise Alex da Costa (vocals), Junior Afrifa (guitars), Rhys Fraser (bass) and Corey Hodges (drums). Their 2024 full-length “Red Room” drew praise across the UK, Ireland, mainland EU and America. 

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Northern Irish metallers, Lock Horns have been busy working on the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Molon Labe’ opus, and are finally ready to reveal details of their fierce new studio LP, ‘Red Room, which was released yesterday, May 31st, via The Distortion Project and Code 7 Distribution. 
 
As the expression goes; “Good things take time, but great things take longer”…
This is very much the case with Belfast Progressive Metal four-piece, Lock Horns, who have emerged from the depths of an intensive creative period with an album that stretches the bands creative horizon to new levels of intensity and unbridled passion.

Recorded in late 2022, ‘Red Room‘ went through a process of evolution, from as far back as late 2019/early 2020, before the global pandemic forced the world into somewhat of a dystopian nightmare. By the time the world opened up again, Lock Horns found themselves in possession of material that was now three years old, and not a reflection of who they had become in a post Covid world.
 
The introduction of an 8-string guitar had drastically changed the bands creative potential, and a decision was made to wipe their creative slate clean, and embrace the rich vein to which they had stumbled upon.
It was at this point, when ‘Red Room‘ was born.
 
Speaking of the new album, guitarist Junior Afrifa says; “Boundaries were pushed on this album, sonically and physically from a playing perspective. I truly believe this a seven-track album that is most definitely, ‘all killer and no filler’, as well as being  full of unique songs that take an unexpected turn at every corner.”
He continues; “From seven-minute chaotic riffs, to three minutes of polyrhythmic nightmares, this album is the brainchild of all four of us, and we’re all immensely proud of what we’ve created. Trust me when I say,   it’ll be well worth the wait.”

Speaking of the album cover artwork he says: “The album’s overall theme is ‘Control’ and the struggle it brings. The control over someone else, yourself or the entire population and or the complete opposite which is no control thus anarchy.”
 
With a scheduled release date of May 31st (via The Distortion Project label and Code 7 Distribution), ‘Red Room’ features seven earth-shattering cuts of premium Progressive Metal, loaded with exceptional musicianship and punishing brutality.

‘Red Room’ track-listing:
The Origin of Evil Impulses
Rust
Skin and Bones
Lab Rat
Impression of a Dream
The Golden Mean
Expressions of Madness

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Northern Irish metallers, Lock Horns have been busy working on the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Molon Labe’ opus, and are finally ready to reveal details of their fierce new studio LP, ‘Red Room, which is due for release on May 31st, via The Distortion Project and Code 7 Distribution. 
 
As the expression goes; “Good things take time, but great things take longer”…
This is very much the case with Belfast Progressive Metal four-piece, Lock Horns, who have emerged from the depths of an intensive creative period with an album that stretches the bands creative horizon to new levels of intensity and unbridled passion.

Recorded in late 2022, ‘Red Room‘ went through a process of evolution, from as far back as late 2019/early 2020, before the global pandemic forced the world into somewhat of a dystopian nightmare. By the time the world opened up again, Lock Horns found themselves in possession of material that was now three years old, and not a reflection of who they had become in a post Covid world.
 
The introduction of an 8-string guitar had drastically changed the bands creative potential, and a decision was made to wipe their creative slate clean, and embrace the rich vein to which they had stumbled upon.
It was at this point, when ‘Red Room‘ was born.
 
Speaking of the new album, guitarist Junior Afrifa says; “Boundaries were pushed on this album, sonically and physically from a playing perspective. I truly believe this a seven-track album that is most definitely, ‘all killer and no filler’, as well as being  full of unique songs that take an unexpected turn at every corner.”
He continues; “From seven-minute chaotic riffs, to three minutes of polyrhythmic nightmares, this album is the brainchild of all four of us, and we’re all immensely proud of what we’ve created. Trust me when I say,   it’ll be well worth the wait.”

Speaking of the album cover artwork he says: “The album’s overall theme is ‘Control’ and the struggle it brings. The control over someone else, yourself or the entire population and or the complete opposite which is no control thus anarchy.”
 
With a scheduled release date of May 31st (via The Distortion Project label and Code 7 Distribution), ‘Red Room’ features seven earth-shattering cuts of premium Progressive Metal, loaded with exceptional musicianship and punishing brutality.

‘Red Room’ track-listing:
The Origin of Evil Impulses
Rust
Skin and Bones
Lab Rat
Impression of a Dream
The Golden Mean
Expressions of Madness

https://www.facebook.com/LockHornsOfficial
https://twitter.com/lock_horns
SPOTIFY
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKRIxzI-dfQ0yd0WltXPEaw

Northern Irish metallers, Lock Horns have been busy working on the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Molon Labe’ opus, and are finally ready to reveal details of their fierce new studio LP, ‘Red Room, which is due for release on May 31st, via The Distortion Project and Code 7 Distribution. 
 
As the expression goes; “Good things take time, but great things take longer”…
This is very much the case with Belfast Progressive Metal four-piece, Lock Horns, who have emerged from the depths of an intensive creative period with an album that stretches the bands creative horizon to new levels of intensity and unbridled passion.

Recorded in late 2022, ‘Red Room‘ went through a process of evolution, from as far back as late 2019/early 2020, before the global pandemic forced the world into somewhat of a dystopian nightmare. By the time the world opened up again, Lock Horns found themselves in possession of material that was now three years old, and not a reflection of who they had become in a post Covid world.
 
The introduction of an 8-string guitar had drastically changed the bands creative potential, and a decision was made to wipe their creative slate clean, and embrace the rich vein to which they had stumbled upon.
It was at this point, when ‘Red Room‘ was born.

Speaking of the new album, guitarist Junior Afrifa says; “Boundaries were pushed on this album, sonically and physically from a playing perspective. I truly believe this a seven-track album that is most definitely, ‘all killer and no filler’, as well as being  full of unique songs that take an unexpected turn at every corner.”
He continues; “From seven-minute chaotic riffs, to three minutes of polyrhythmic nightmares, this album is the brainchild of all four of us, and we’re all immensely proud of what we’ve created. Trust me when I say,   it’ll be well worth the wait.”
 
Speaking of the album cover artwork he says: “The album’s overall theme is ‘Control’ and the struggle it brings. The control over someone else, yourself or the entire population and or the complete opposite which is no control thus anarchy.”
 
With a scheduled release date of May 31st (via The Distortion Project label and Code 7 Distribution), ‘Red Room’ features seven earth-shattering cuts of premium Progressive Metal, loaded with exceptional musicianship and punishing brutality.

LOCK HORNS released the first new single, ‘The Golden Mean‘ on March 22nd, order links here. 

‘Red Room’ track-listing:
The Origin of Evil Impulses
Rust
Skin and Bones
Lab Rat
Impression of a Dream
The Golden Mean
Expressions of Madness

For more information on Lock Horns, please visit this link.