Friday, June 17th, 2022 - Progressive metalcore project ONI, have released their new album 'Loathing Light' today via Ironshore Records. The album release is highlighted by a music video for brand new track "Against My Sins". Watch the new video HERE or by clicking the image below and stream "Against My Sins" along with the rest of the brand new album HERE.
ONI's creative force, Jake Oni tells us,
“The songs are very much written from the first person, with a lot of ‘I’ and ‘me’ in the lyrics as opposed to ‘us’ or ‘you'. The music encompasses many different vibes, both light, and dark. I really challenged myself to address difficult things I’ve gone through over the years.”
Prior to today's album release, ONI dropped singles "The Lie", "War Ender" featuring NYC trap metal outfit, City Morgue, "Heart To Stone" and "Secrets", featuring guest vocals from punk icon Iggy Pop and Lamb of God frontman, Randy Blythe. The track picked up numerous spins at rock radio across the globe, including the prestigious BBC Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter.
With 'Loathing Light', ONI have delivered a body of work that boasts an even bigger sound than their debut. The collection arrives with conviction, passion and depth, swaying wildly back and forth between vast, uplifting anthems and dark, raw confessions. It will go down as a mission statement for the young band, created by singer/lyricist Jake Oni, together with his closest allies, producer Josh Wilbur (Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold, Gojira) and Lamb Of God guitarist, Mark Morton.
The result is 10 tracks spanning an emotional gamut, from all-out brutality to introspective desperation. Songs like 'Against My Sins' and 'Heart To Stone' wouldn’t sound totally out of place in a playlist alongside Of Mice & Men or Linkin Park. Yet the bludgeoning technicality - which earned ONI fans while touring with technical heavyweights Gojira - remains, making 'Loathing Light' a diverse and definitive album.
Jake and Mark had previously collaborated on Morton's debut solo album, 'Anesthetic', with Jake executive producing and co-writing the collection's #6 Active Rock radio hit, 'Cross Off' with Morton, Wilbur and the late Chester Bennington.
Jake continues, “Music is such a gift. If you can make music, and people respond to it? I've learned not to take that for granted. Count your blessings because the opportunity to make music is such a great one. We should always be grateful. Because it's the coolest job anyone could do.”