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New Video: 802 Shares Glittering and Rousingly Anthemic “H.I.T.S.”

At one point, Andreas “Slowoff” Asingh was considered one of the most critically acclaimed electronic artists in Denmark, working with internationally renowned artists like Raekwon while touring the world.

Eventually, life’s twist and turns took Asingh back to his roots, the Danish countryside of Mols Bjerge. Back in 2022, Asingh met Emil Sørensen and Kristian Holbæk, two young dudes making names for themselves in the country’s underground metal scene. When the trio started 802, they weren’t an obvious musical match; but they bonded over their desire to create a unique sound that meshes elements of classic heavy metal, hazy shoegazer texture and ghostly synth pop with unashamedly catchy melodies. According to the band, the 802 world is ruled by musical anarchy and is a place for headbangers and pop lovers to unite. 

The trio’s first ever live show was at 2023’s New Colossus Festival New Colossus Festival, which I actually managed to catch. And since then the Danish outfit has released a small handful of singles that have received attention across Denmark and globally: Their first two, “My Girl” and “22 (Velvet Vampire)” were featured in award-winning horror shorts.

Their third single, last year’s “1986,” saw the Danish trio firmly cementing their sound: Dense layers of crunchy metal riffage and thunderous drumming that brings Kill ‘Em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets-era Metallica to mind paired with twinkling and atmospheric synths that may remind shoegazers of Chicago‘s Lightfoils, BLACKSTONE RNGRS, Hong Kong‘s Lucid Express and Montréal‘s Bodywash and some rousingly anthemic, shout-along worthy hooks and choruses.

The trio then took their hook-driven synthesis of metal, shoegaze and pop to some of Scandinavia’s biggest festivals, including Copenhell and Roskilde. Adding to a big year, the trio received New Artist of the Year and New Live Artist of the Year nominations at the Den Hårde Tone, Denmark’s metal awards, winning a New Artist of the Year award.

Building upon the growing buzz surrounding the Danish metal outfit, they closed out 2024 with “Princess,” which saw the band pairing Metallica-like chug with glittering synth arpeggios and rousingly anthemic hooks and choruses in what may arguably be their most dance floor friendly song to date.

“H.I.T.S.,” the Danish trio’s fifth single sees the band pairing Metallica and Def Leppard-like power chord bombast with woozily futuristic synths, their uncannily unerring knack for rousingly anthemic hooks and choruses and dreamily yearning melodies. While furthering the sound that has garnered international attention, the Danish trio have managed to consistently craft material that hits hard and is remarkably accessible.

“Even though the world is fucked, you can still believe in the good. Believe that there is a hole in the sky somewhere, where light and good karma are just waiting to pour out and defeat the evil,” 802’s Andreas Asingh says. “802 is a mixture of the dark and the light – the outsider who wants to be part of the community. It’s a constant dynamic that we celebrate in ‘H.I.T.S.'”

Directed by Casper Balslev, the accompanying video for “H.I.T.S.” cements the song’s overarching theme, with a visual battle of good versus evil centered around a kidnapper and torturer and an abused victim, a car and rope. In the end, karma wins out.

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New Audio: 802 Returns with Disco-Tinged Ripper “Princess”

Andreas “Slowoff” Asingh was one of the most critically acclaimed electronic artists in Denmark, working with internationally renowned artists like Raekwon while touring the world. Eventually, life’s twist and turns took Asingh back to his roots, the Danish countryside of Mols Bjerge.
Back in 2022, Asingh met Emil Sørensen and Kristian Holbæk, two young dudes making names for themselves in the country’s underground metal scene. Although the the members of 802 weren’t an obvious creative musical match, they bonded over their desire to create a sound that meshes elements of classic heavy metal, hazy shoegazer textures and ghostly synth pop with unashamedly catchy melodies. According to the band, the 802 world is ruled by musical anarchy and is a place for headbangers and pop lovers to unite.
The trio’s first ever show was at last year’s New Colossus Festival. And since then they’ve released three singles that received attention internationally: “My Girl,” and “22 (Velvet Vampire),” which were featured in award-winning horror shorts and “1986.” “1986” saw the Danish trio firmly cementing their sound: dense layers of crunchy metal riffage and thunderous drumming reminiscent of Kill ‘Em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets-era Metallica, dreamy and incredibly catchy melodies, the sort of twinkling and atmospheric synths that will remind some of shoegazers like Chicago‘s Lightfoils, BLACKSTONE RNGRS, Hong Kong‘s Lucid Express and Montréal-based JOVM mainstays Bodywash paired some rousingly anthemic, raise-your-beer-in-the-air-and-shout-along worthy hooks.
Over the summer, the Danish outfit took their hook-driven mesh of metal and pop to some of Scandinavia’s biggest festival, including Copenhell and Roskilde. The band has also received New Artist of the Year and New Live Artist of the Year nominations at the Danish metal awards, Den Hårde Tone. Building upon the growing momentum surrounding the band, the rising trio share their fourth single “Princess.” “Princess” sees the band pairing a relentlessly propulsive, Metallica-like chug with glistening synth arpeggios and the band’s penchant for enormous, rousingly anthemic hooks and choruses.

Video by William Ruben Helms

New Video: Denmark’s 802 Shares a Mind-Bending, Genre-Defying Ripper

At one point, Andreas “Slowoff” Asingh was one of the most critically acclaimed electronic artists in Denmark, working with internationally renowned artists like Raekwon while touring the world. Eventually, life’s twist and turns took Asingh […]