States Of Panic

Scottish rockers STATES OF PANIC can finally reveal details of their much anticipated album ‘No World Order’.

Vocalist, Johnny Gunn, states: “The album has been a few years in the making and it has been a real creative roller-coaster. As an album it perfectly reflects who we are as people and as a band. We’ve been very vocal about our dissatisfaction with the political systems in place since the release of our first single ‘One Of Us’ and our material has never been more relevant. We live in a time when so many feel disenfranchised, the division between rich and poor is wider than ever, and global underclass is rising.”

‘No World Order’ is set for release on 3rd March 2014, but fans don’t have to wait until the new year to get involved, as STATES OF PANIC have launched a Pledge Music campaign so fans can be part of the release.

Anyone who pledges will be given access to exclusive demos, remixes, videos from the studio and more;

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The campaign also supports the production of a music video to accompany the second single from the album ‘Gun To My Head’, which will be released in December.

Johnny explains: “It’s very much in-keeping with our album artwork and portrays a kind of ‘Brave New World’ type future where everything is technological and clinical. Lyrically the song is about consciousness and being psychologically split i.e., the ego, super ego, id, the Umwelt, Mid Welt, EigenWlt etc. I’ve always been fascinated by psychology and the philosophical concept of ‘The ghost in the machine’. The female character represents this ghost, symbolising the voice we hear, the internal dialogue we all posses but in this case it has malfunctioned and she becomes destructive.”

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STATES OF PANIC close out 2013 with a number of live dates, including their final festival appearance of the year at HARD ROCK HELL:

23rd Nov – Marshall UBC, Milton Keynes
29th Nov – Hard Rock Hell, North Wales
30th Nov – The Picture House, Edinburgh
13th Dec – Dreadnought Rock, Bathgate

STATES OF PANIC are:
Johnny Gunn – Vocals
Rusty Gill – Lead guitar
Hex – Bass
Dagan – Rhythm guitar
Hammy – Drums

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Interview by Ali Blackdiamond

British theatrical rockers STATES OF PANIC have been covering the festival circuit with earnest this summer, entertaining the crowds of Download, Les-Fest, Headbangers Balls and also Bloodstock where they played the Sophie Lancaster stage. STATES OF PANIC will also be appearing at Trash Fest in Helsinki which takes place on 4th and 5th October.

The band are currently completing work on their album and have released a single “One Of Us,” which is available as a free download on the STATES OF PANIC official website at this location.

Blackdiamond caught up with the whole band for a chat after their performance at Bloodstock, which you can listen to on the audio player below: