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  Oxford’s fast-rising nu-metal outfit , Arimea, have today shared the official music video for their brand-new single, 'Orchid Street' - taken from their debut EP, which is out now under the same name. “To me, Orchid street feels like the arrival at home. Musically, it’s a place I have been trying to get to for a long time, but it’s been difficult to find with every new genre and style holding up a big ‘come in’ sign above it, and It’s hard not to fall into the pit of sounding like everything else. I’m a person that struggles to convey my emotions with words, but I can with music, Orchid street is the sound of my childhood and all of the memories I have attached to it, but dressed up for ready for the real world, emotionally ready, and knows what it is.” - Drummer, Richard Stedman Watch the official music video for ‘Orchid Street’: Sharing their most treasured work to date, the refreshingly raw quartet have used their staple nu-metal approach to create a unique record, that’s...

  Oxford’s fast-rising nu-metal outfit Arimea have today unveiled their brand-new single ‘Liminal’. Using their staple nu-metal approach of modulated guitars and DJ samples, the refreshingly raw quartet sonically take a dark and melancholic turn with ‘Liminal’. Stream the track here or watch via YouTube below. Exploring the lyrical context, bassist Joe Landles mentions, “I began writting lyrics written one late night while researching the occultist Alestair Crowley, eroto-comatose lucidity and the philosophies surrounding them”. Diving deeper on the inspiration behind some particularly visceral lyrical content, Joe reflects that “I wanted to bring those captivating elements of Crowley's beliefs very much to the forefront. Let’s be honest, there’s always a perverse intrigue into the less family friendly practices of the occult, those that address sexuality and attempts to talk a higher power as we do in LIMINAL.” For the first time ever ‘Liminal’ sees Arimea exploring both female a...