Combining infectious post-hardcore anthems, heavy metal riffs and electronic beats with rock/rap vocals, New Jersey-based quartet CONCRETE DREAM have self-defined their one-of-a-kind sound as “trap metal.” Their newest single “Pit Trap,” featuring guest vocals from fellow rap-rocker HYRO THE HERO. Their “trap metal” sound first hit the studio in 2017, with producer, Ricky Armellino (This or the Apocalypse/ Ice Nine Kills) and that demo reached the hands of New York Hardcore legend, Lord Ezec, (Crown of Thornz, Skarhead, Danny Diablo.) When Lord Ezec first heard the fusion sound and its clear and raw power, he signed the four-piece to his new venture “E-Train Records.” In the new release, “Pit Trap”, Vocalist Jeremiah Mayhem further adds, “Some people are born into the struggle and some people are born in the struggle, and a product of a bad environment, and that’s our character, Tony. While the pit is his escape, it’s also his downfall. He’s constantly causing trouble–it’s his retaliation with anger for what life caused him.” Veteran video director Dale “Rage” Resteghini directed the music video.
They followed up with a video for their single Buckout Road directed by Don Capria and starring Tommy Roulette from Jynx. “This song is a dark comedy-turned tragedy and shows how you truly don’t know what could happen with the one you’re with,” says vocalist Jeremiah Mayhem. “A split-second and your whole life could change. And this also applies to relationships that crash.”
After the release of their self titled album in 2019 they went back into the studio with Ricky Armellino and recorded two singles “Contagion” and “Called Out”. During the pandemic in Summer 2020 they assembled a small production crew and filmed the “Contagion” music video. “The video was inspired by horror and the virus. The horror is being trapped in self analysis, and the virus is this information that spreads to us through devices; mainly seen in the video as the television. The song to me represented the ultimate standoff – man versus self. You must battle yourself when you’re in solitude. These characters are trapped in an abandoned place, faced with frustrations that take them to the point of explosion.” “Called Out” followed in 2021, Jeremiah saying “The song is aimed at the rich judging the poor and the poor calling them on their privilege. And even more so about those bold rich kids who try act street but could never survive it.“
Concrete Dream exude a distinct, raw, yet accessible power with clean execution and potent consistent anthems that will have listeners singing along to songs that also hit as hard as nails. Be sure to check out their awe inspiring live show.
