We’re ticking the 57th country off the GigRadar world map in style with the thrilling, heavy-riffing metalcore sound of Luxembourg’s Parity, who describe their music as “energetic, loud and catchy.” The band is aiming to put their country on the metal map by, in their words, perfecting and defining a new genre that Luxembourg hasn’t seen or heard before.
The quintet of Sandra Lutz (vocals), Ben Wilmes and Billy Kauffmann (guitars), Giovanni Mazzocato (drums) and Yannick Kohl (bass) started out in 2018 and, despite a few lineup changes along the way, quickly found their way in the local metal scene.
On the sound they’ve crafted, Billy told us: “It is a mixture of metalcore, groove metal and nu-metal as well as hints of djent and prog. We concentrate on creating a ‘modern sound’ but like to show our deep connection to older genres. One could compare us to bands like
To give us a taste for this, the band sent us ID, the lead single from their debut album Zero-Sum Game, which was released last month. It opens up with a pulsing synth sound that gradually builds into spoken vocals that intensify, ending on a big scream that ushers in engaging vocals supported by backing screams. The instrumentals drop out before blasting into a big catchy chorus “If they told you to watch out, Would you watch out, Told you to get in line, Would you get in line, If you’d keep running away.” That gives way to intense screamed vocals, before a brief pause is broken big chugging guitar chords and more heavy vocals.
On the track, Billy said: “The reception for ID, as well as our first album, has been nothing but great, and we are looking forward to our future projects! ID is by far one of our catchiest songs and mixes groovy metal riffs with Nu-Metal drum parts and, of course, a singalong chorus.”
As mentioned, ID comes from Parity’s superb debut album Zero-Sum Game. The album is packed with metalcore and djenty goodness, including the massive opening track Yellow Tinted Glass, the delicious Togetherness, the huge instrumental track Multiverse Paradigm, which you can check out in the video below. This powerful continues to deliver with the heavy Mirrors, the slightly more anthemic Blindfold and the epic concluding track Gravity.
The Parity sound draws on core influences like Spiritbox, Jinjer, Landmarks and Polaris with hints of Linkin Park, Gojira, Lamb of God and Periphery.
And on what inspires them to write music, Billy explained: “We do not have a certain topic that we use all the time. Our latest album which includes ID has a lot to do with our day-to-day human problems that involve politics, inequality and human relationships. Writing for us is always a balance between having fun and expressing ourselves emotionally.”
As mentioned, Parity are the first band we’ve interviewed from Luxembourg, so we asked the band for insights into their local scene. “The metal scene in Luxembourg is actually very big and supportive,” Billy told us. “We have a lot of bands with a lot of different genres. We all support each other and sometimes we have bands that get to play shows in other countries and are even touring. The only thing missing in Luxembourg are venues. There are almost no venues for metal, which forces a lot of us to play in other countries/smaller bar gigs.”
So far, we’re loving the sound of Luxembourg metal, and Parity’s debut album is an absolute banger. The band is currently working on new music, with the aim of releasing more singles through 2025 and playing more shows to promote the album.
And Billy added: “We are a DIY band. So 95% of what you hear and see is made in a DIY fashion. We put a lot of time and passion into our music/shows and appearance. We hope people like what we do and support us as well as they can.”
You can follow Parity on Facebook and Instagram, and check out their music on Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music and YouTube.
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