The Requiem Share New Single & Lyric Video “Kill The Lights”

South Florida alt rock band THE REQUIEM —Damien [vocals], Felipe [lead guitar], and Salem [bass] — will release their debut album A Cure to Poison the World on February 16 via Fearless Records. Pre-order it here.

Today, the band has shared the lyric video for “Kill The Lights.”

Here, they show off their alt-rock chops and capture the essence of post-hardcore tension and release. Push and pull riffing and emotive vocals carry the track forward. It’s a deceptively simple song that packs a lot of palpable emotion into just a few minutes. 

“‘Kill The Lights’ is about the feeling of resentment and disgust some of us get towards our environment, people, and difficult situations we’ve been inadvertently brought up on,” the band says.

Regarding the album as a whole, the band sees it as a catalyst with which to directly connect with fans. “I want people to actually be able to relate to the music and identify,” Damien says. “It’s the same way I felt my favorite artists spoke for me.” Felipe shares the sentiment, saying, “Our goal is to be our most pure form These songs thematically reference growing up, the struggles of becoming an adult, and lessons we’ve learned.”

No matter how sunny it may be in Broward County, a different energy exists beneath the surface. Each generation it seeps out, either in the area’s shock rock luminaries during the nineties or a bevy of post-Soundcloud rap stars in the twenty-tens. That brings us to The Requiem. The Broward County, FL trio—Damien [vocals], Felipe [lead guitar], and Salem [bass]—piece together elements of alternative, rock, emo, and even eighties into an uncompromising and undeniable vision of what music can be without boundaries. After piling up over 1 million streams independently and stirring up buzz, the group captivate on a series of 2023 singles and more to come.
 
“We want to represent our generation in the best way possible,” exclaims Damien. “Rock music has lost the sloppiness and the vulgarity it used to have. When you’re young, you need to embrace that attitude and danger. We want to bring all of that back to alternative music.”
 
The band embarked on this mission back in 2020. Damien teamed up with Salem and Felipe. Together, they nodded to influences as diverse as The Used, AFI, Pierce The Veil, and Finch as well as Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, and Genesis. They gained traction with the independent single “Corpse Party,” reeling in 371K Spotify streams and counting.