Graphic Nature
{{Short description|British nu metalcore band}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Graphic Nature
| alias =
| origin = Kent, England
| genre = Nu metalcore
| years_active = 2018–present
| label = Rude
| spinoff_of =
| current_members = * Harvey Freeman
- Pete Woolven
- Matas Michaliovskis
- Charlie Smith
- Jack Bowdery
| website = {{URL|gn404.com}}
}}
Graphic Nature are a British nu metalcore band, based in Kent, England. The band's style mixes nu metal and metalcore with influences of electronic music, whilst its lyrics are themed around mental health. After self-releasing four singles, the band signed to Rude Records in 2021. The band released their debut album A Mind Waiting to Die in 2023, which they supported with performances at the 2000trees, Download, Reading & Leeds and Misery Loves Company festivals. Their second album, Who Are You When No One is Watching?, was released on 12 July 2024.
History
= 2018–2021: Formation and early singles =
Graphic Nature were formed in mid-2018 by vocalist Harvey Freeman, guitarists Pete Woolven and Matas Michaliovskis, bassist Charlie Smith and drummer Jack Bowdery.{{Cite web |last=Monique |date=2022-11-21 |title=Interview with Graphic Nature |url=https://www.thegreatfroglondon.com/blog/interview-with-graphic-nature/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=The Great Frog |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207171744/https://www.thegreatfroglondon.com/blog/interview-with-graphic-nature/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lee |date=8 July 2023 |title=Review Zoo talk Mental Health with Harvey Freeman of Graphic Nature! |url=https://www.reviewzoo.co.uk/post/review-zoo-talk-mental-health-with-harvey-freeman-of-graphic-nature |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428132139/https://www.reviewzoo.co.uk/post/review-zoo-talk-mental-health-with-harvey-freeman-of-graphic-nature |archive-date=2024-04-28 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=ReviewZoo}} Whilst Freeman is from London, the other members of the band are based in Kent, England.{{Cite web |last=Ruskell |first=Nick |date=2024-04-03 |title=Graphic Nature: "We're grateful for everything, because in a second it can be taken away" |url=https://www.kerrang.com/graphic-nature-harvey-freeman-kerrang-cover-story-interview-to-the-grave-single-new-album-who-are-you-when-no-one-is-watching/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427220225/https://www.kerrang.com/graphic-nature-harvey-freeman-kerrang-cover-story-interview-to-the-grave-single-new-album-who-are-you-when-no-one-is-watching |url-status=live }} The band took their name from the Deftones song of the same name, from their seventh album Koi No Yokan (2012). Over the course of a year,{{Cite web |last=Hubbard |first=Sean |date=24 February 2020 |title=Undiscovered: Graphic Nature – Creating A Powerful Sense Of Dread |url=https://www.discoveredmagazine.com/2020/02/undiscovered-graphic-nature-creating-a-powerful-sense-of-dread/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301052526/https://www.discoveredmagazine.com/2020/02/undiscovered-graphic-nature-creating-a-powerful-sense-of-dread/ |archive-date=2020-03-01 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Discovered Magazine}} the band wrote between five or ten songs in a variety of styles, ranging from metalcore to hardcore.{{Cite web |last=Howell |first=Maddy |date=2023-03-21 |title=Passing of the torch: Graphic Nature open up vital conversations on their nu-metal inspired debut 'A Mind Waiting To Die' |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/pulse-of-the-maggots/passing-of-the-torch-graphic-nature-open-up-vital-conversations-on-their-nu-metal-inspired-debut-a-mind-waiting-to-die |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Knotfest |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427214413/https://knotfest.com/blogs/pulse-of-the-maggots/passing-of-the-torch-graphic-nature-open-up-vital-conversations-on-their-nu-metal-inspired-debut-a-mind-waiting-to-die |url-status=live }} After Woolven sent the band a rough demo of "Grit", they decided to pursue a nu metal sound. {{Nowrap|In 2022}}, Freeman told Rock Sound:
Nu metal was such a big influence on us [...] We were playing music we didn't love as much as the music we grew up with, and if you're not playing something you enjoy then what's the point [in] playing it? So we decided to put more 90's riffs into it, and more electronics.{{Cite magazine |last=Tipple |first=Ben |date=March 2022 |title=Breakout: Graphic Nature |magazine=Rock Sound |publisher=Rock Sound Ltd |issue=287 |pages=10–11}}Graphic Nature released their debut single, "Grit", on 21 August 2019.{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=2019-08-21 |title=Graphic Nature - Drop New Single and Video "Grit" |url=http://www.insaneblog.net/2019/08/graphic-nature-drop-new-single-and.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=insaneblog.net |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427214413/http://www.insaneblog.net/2019/08/graphic-nature-drop-new-single-and.html |url-status=live }} By February 2020, the band had released two more singles, "Mortal Fear" and "De[in]fect", and played a number of shows supporting larger bands including Creature, Gassed Up, Heart of a Coward, Lock & Key, Monasteries, MTXS and Palm Reader.{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=2 September 2019 |title=NEWS: "Death Measure" Tour from Lock & Key! |url=https://metalnoise.net/2019/09/news-death-measure-tour-from-lock-key |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Metal Noise |language=en |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203125501/https://metalnoise.net/2019/09/news-death-measure-tour-from-lock-key |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=11 February 2020 |title=Bootleg: "Mortal Fear" from Graphic Nature! |url=https://metalnoise.net/2020/02/bootleg-mortal-fear-from-graphic-nature |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Metal Noise |language=en |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522102025/https://metalnoise.net/2020/02/bootleg-mortal-fear-from-graphic-nature |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=9 February 2020 |title=NEWS: Graphic Nature seek cleansing! – Metal Noise |url=https://metalnoise.net/2020/02/news-graphic-nature-seek-cleansing |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Metal Noise |language=en |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625034606/https://metalnoise.net/2020/02/news-graphic-nature-seek-cleansing |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Westbrook |first=Corinne |date=2020-02-23 |title=Underground Buzz: Need More -Core? Listen To Ligature Marks Graphic Nature, Xenobiotic |url=https://metalinjection.net/av/underground-buzzz/need-more-core-listen-to-ligature-marks-graphic-nature-xenobiotic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427214412/https://metalinjection.net/av/underground-buzzz/need-more-core-listen-to-ligature-marks-graphic-nature-xenobiotic |archive-date=27 April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US |quote=}} Of the reception to Graphic Nature's music, Freeman said that the audiences they played to "either fucking [loved] it or [had] no idea what to do." The band began writing material again in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, with the plan of releasing two EPs in one year. Freeman said that the lockdowns helped the band's members "find [their] own segments", and it inspired him to write about his experiences and challenges with mental health and isolation during the pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=April–May 2023 |title=Katharsis |trans-title=Catharsis |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/graphic-nature-9614 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Ox-Fanzine |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Emily |date=2022-11-18 |title=Graphic Nature announce debut album, a mind waiting to die |url=https://www.kerrang.com/graphic-nature-announce-debut-album-a-mind-waiting-to-die/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118120047/https://www.kerrang.com/graphic-nature-announce-debut-album-a-mind-waiting-to-die |url-status=live }} In August 2021, Graphic Nature signed to Rude Records, who reissued the band's back catalog of singles.{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=6 August 2021 |title=Graphic Nature Sign To Rude Records |url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/graphic-nature-sign-to-rude-records |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Front View Magazine |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427215922/https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/graphic-nature-sign-to-rude-records |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=2021-08-04 |title=Graphic Nature - Sign To Rude Records, New Music To Be Released Later This Year |url=http://www.insaneblog.net/2021/08/graphic-nature-sign-to-rude-records-new.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116190322/http://www.insaneblog.net/2021/08/graphic-nature-sign-to-rude-records-new.html |archive-date=16 January 2022 |access-date=2024-04-28}}
= 2022–present: ''A Mind Waiting to Die'' and ''Who Are You When No One is Watching?'' =
On 25 February 2022, Graphic Nature released their debut EP, New Skin. During 2022, the band played shows with Employed to Serve, Ho99o9, Cancer Bats, Witch Fever, Vended, Vexed and SeeYouSpaceCowboy.{{Cite web |last=Gonzales |first=Ramon |date=2022-09-16 |title=Graphic Nature modernize nu-metal with the debut of "White Noise" |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/blog/graphic-nature-modernize-nu-metal-with-the-debut-of-white-noise |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Knotfest |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427220227/https://knotfest.com/blogs/blog/graphic-nature-modernize-nu-metal-with-the-debut-of-white-noise |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hickie |first=James |date=2023-05-15 |title=Graphic Nature: "I want kids to listen to us who are like me – introverted kids. I want that kind of connection" |url=https://www.kerrang.com/graphic-nature-interview-harvey-freeman-mental-health-download-festival-a-mind-waiting-to-die/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524214732/https://www.kerrang.com/graphic-nature-interview-harvey-freeman-mental-health-download-festival-a-mind-waiting-to-die |url-status=live }} By the time the EP was released, the band were already working on new material in the studio, and the planned second EP was turned into the band's debut album, A Mind Waiting to Die. The band planned on releasing the album at the end of 2022, but it was pushed back due to Slipknot releasing an album in September of that year.{{Cite web |last=David |first=Maximo |date=2023-03-27 |title=IN CONVERSATION: Harvey Freeman of Graphic Nature |url=https://boolintunes.com/interviews/in-conversation-harvey-freeman-of-graphic-nature/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403110858/https://boolintunes.com/interviews/in-conversation-harvey-freeman-of-graphic-nature/ |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Boolin Tunes |language=en-GB}} It was released on 17 February 2023, receiving mixed-to-positive reviews from critics.{{Cite web |last=Koll |first=Sebastian |date=April–May 2023 |title=Review - Graphic Nature - A Mind Waiting to Die |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/a-mind-waiting-to-die-130310 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Ox-Fanzine |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Law |first=Sam |date=2023-02-14 |title=Album review: Graphic Nature – a mind waiting to die |url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-graphic-nature-a-mind-waiting-to-die/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124130803/https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-graphic-nature-a-mind-waiting-to-die |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Worden |first=Mitch |title=Graphic Nature - A Mind Waiting to Die (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/86466/Graphic-Nature-A-Mind-Waiting-to-Die/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Sputnikmusic}}{{Cite web |last=Bolitho-Jones |first=Tim |date=2023-02-15 |title=ALBUM REVIEW: a mind waiting to die - Graphic Nature |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-a-mind-waiting-to-die-graphic-nature/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427220227/https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-a-mind-waiting-to-die-graphic-nature/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=omne metallum |date=25 March 2023 |title=Graphic Nature - A Mind Waiting To Die review |url=https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=18354 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Metal Storm |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606062714/https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=18354 |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Leaver |first=Elliot |date=March 2023 |title=Album Reviews |magazine=Metal Hammer |location=UK |publisher=Future plc |issue=371 |page=93}} Kerrang! and Rock Sound both listed the album as one of the best of 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=The 50 best albums of 2023 |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-50-best-albums-of-2023-foo-fighters-creeper-sleep-token-pupil-slicer-avenged-sevenfold-metallica-jesus-piece-hot-milk-green-lung/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=19 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119112448/https://www.kerrang.com/the-50-best-albums-of-2023-foo-fighters-creeper-sleep-token-pupil-slicer-avenged-sevenfold-metallica-jesus-piece-hot-milk-green-lung |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Rock Sound |date=15 December 2023 |title=Rock Sound's Top 50 Albums Of 2023 {{!}} The Album Story |url=https://rocksound.tv/features/top-50-albums-of-2023 |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Rock Sound |archive-date=19 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219202233/https://rocksound.tv/features/top-50-albums-of-2023 |url-status=live }} Following its release, Graphic Nature performed at the 2023 editions of the 2000trees, Download, Reading & Leeds and Misery Loves Company festivals.{{Cite web |last=Hillier |first=Dan |date=2023-07-15 |title=2000 Trees Festival 2023: The Review – Thursday |url=https://www.noizze.co.uk/2000-trees-festival-2023-the-review-thursday/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Noizze UK |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wilkes |first=Emma |date=2023-06-08 |title=The big review: Download Festival 2023 |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-big-review-download-festival-metallica-bring-me-the-horizon-slipknot-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=17 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117210756/https://www.kerrang.com/the-big-review-download-festival-metallica-bring-me-the-horizon-slipknot-2023 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2023-08-19 |title=Check out the full stage times for Reading & Leeds 2023 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/reading-leeds-festival-2023-stage-set-performance-times-schedule-3485334 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824184303/https://www.nme.com/news/music/reading-leeds-festival-2023-stage-set-performance-times-schedule-3485334 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Sanders |first=Naomi |date=2023-10-18 |title=Festival Review: Misery Loves Company Festival 2023 |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/festival-review-misery-loves-company-festival-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB |archive-date=18 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018223217/https://distortedsoundmag.com/festival-review-misery-loves-company-festival-2023/ |url-status=live }}
On 4 April 2024, Graphic Nature announced their second album Who Are You When No One is Watching? and released the single "To the Grave".{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Emily |date=2024-04-04 |title=Graphic Nature announce new album, Who Are You When No One Is Watching? |url=https://www.kerrang.com/graphic-nature-announce-new-album-who-are-you-when-no-one-is-watching/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427220227/https://www.kerrang.com/graphic-nature-announce-new-album-who-are-you-when-no-one-is-watching |url-status=live }} The album was partially inspired by Freeman's struggles with PTSD after he was physically assaulted in early 2023. The band wrote the album quickly after the release of their first as they were on a creative spree; by the time of its announcement, some of their songs were still untitled and/or unmixed. It was released on 12 July 2024. In July 2024, the band embarked on a headlining tour in the leadup to the Radar Festival in Manchester.{{Cite web |last=Anon. |date=12 April 2024 |title=News: Graphic Nature announce major July touring plans! |url=https://metalnoise.net/2024/04/news-graphic-nature-announce-major-july-touring-plans |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Metal Noise |language=en |archive-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428172935/https://metalnoise.net/2024/04/news-graphic-nature-announce-major-july-touring-plans |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Emily |date=2024-02-20 |title=RADAR Festival team up with Music Venue Trust to help support grassroots venues |url=https://www.kerrang.com/radar-festival-team-up-with-music-venue-trust-to-help-support-grassroots-venues/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427220230/https://www.kerrang.com/radar-festival-team-up-with-music-venue-trust-to-help-support-grassroots-venues |url-status=live }} In August, Graphic Nature performed at the Heavy Music Awards 2024, where A Mind Waiting to Die won the "Best Breakthrough Album" award.{{Cite web |last=foreverloudnet |date=2024-06-26 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2024 Performing Artists Revealed |url=https://forever-loud.com/heavy-music-awards-2024-performing-artists-revealed/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Forever Loud |language=en-US}}
Musical style and themes
Graphic Nature have been described nu metalcore,{{Cite web |last=BrooklynVegan Staff |date=13 January 2023 |title=25 New Songs Out Today |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/25-new-songs-out-today-44/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311155651/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/25-new-songs-out-today-44/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Stephen |date=2023-06-01 |title=4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/brilliant-new-metal-bands-lucid-pryti-margarita-witch-cult-graphic-nature |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Metal Hammer |language=en |via=loudersound |archive-date=29 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229031635/https://www.loudersound.com/features/brilliant-new-metal-bands-lucid-pryti-margarita-witch-cult-graphic-nature |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Kielich |first=Kris |date=2022-03-23 |title=Graphic Nature: Dealing In Discomfort |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/graphic-nature-dealing-in-discomfort/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806075941/https://distortedsoundmag.com/graphic-nature-dealing-in-discomfort/ |url-status=live }} and as nu metal{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Jake |date=2022-02-24 |title=5 reasons why you need to check out Graphic Nature |url=https://www.kerrang.com/5-reasons-why-you-need-to-check-out-graphic-nature/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427220228/https://www.kerrang.com/5-reasons-why-you-need-to-check-out-graphic-nature |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Grice |first=Alisdair |date=2022-03-01 |title=EP REVIEW: new skin - Graphic Nature |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/ep-review-new-skin-graphic-nature/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427220227/https://distortedsoundmag.com/ep-review-new-skin-graphic-nature/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Enis |first=Eli |date=2022-11-18 |title=6 Best New Songs Right Now |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/6-best-new-songs-right-now-111822 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Revolver |language=en |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226152233/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/6-best-new-songs-right-now-111822 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Wilkes |first=Emma |date=2024-07-08 |title=Album review: Graphic Nature – Who Are You When No One Is Watching? |url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-graphic-nature-who-are-you-when-no-one-is-watching |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708123423/https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-graphic-nature-who-are-you-when-no-one-is-watching |archive-date=2024-07-08 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}} and metalcore{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=8 December 2021 |title=Watch UK metalcore band Graphic Nature's video for new song "Drain" |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-uk-metalcore-band-graphic-natures-video-for-new-song-drain/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US |archive-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427220224/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-uk-metalcore-band-graphic-natures-video-for-new-song-drain/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=GRAPHIC NATURE release pair of pummeling new singles "Into The Dark" and "Bad Blood" - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/graphic-nature-release-pair-of-pummeling-new-singles-into-the-dark-and-bad-blood/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=en-US |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127053202/https://idioteq.com/graphic-nature-release-pair-of-pummeling-new-singles-into-the-dark-and-bad-blood/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Jack |date=21 September 2022 |title=Graphic Nature Share Desolating New Track 'White Noise' |url=https://rocksound.tv/news/graphic-nature-share-desolating-new-track-white-noise |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Rock Sound |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528200013/https://rocksound.tv/news/graphic-nature-share-desolating-new-track-white-noise |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Loudwire Staff |date=2023-06-30 |title=The Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2023 (So Far) |url=https://loudwire.com/best-rock-metal-albums-2023-so-far/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Loudwire |language=en |archive-date=5 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205230159/https://loudwire.com/best-rock-metal-albums-2023-so-far/ |url-status=live }} separately. In his review of A Mind Waiting to Die, Tim Bolitho-Jones of Distorted Sound noted a "techno/electronica edge to [the band's sound] reminiscent of the likes of Pitchshifter and Senser." Metal Hammer also noted the album's use of electronic samples. Freeman has described the band's music as "a mix of nu metal and hardcore with some garage and [
The band's creative process begins with Pete Woolven writing guitar parts with a rough drum track, before Freeman adds lyrics and demoes the track from his home.{{Cite web |last=Zebra |first=John |date=2022-10-07 |title=Interview: Graphic Nature Chat About Their Latest Single and Video, 'White Noise' |url=https://aaabackstage.com/interview-graphic-nature-chat-about-their-latest-single-and-video-white-noise/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Australian Music News {{!}} AAA BACKSTAGE |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007040535/https://aaabackstage.com/interview-graphic-nature-chat-about-their-latest-single-and-video-white-noise/ |url-status=live }} Freeman has described his creative process as unscheduled and largely spontaneous: "Whenever something hits me I have to write it down [...] There’s a vibe that comes with that which you only get at night when you’re alone with your thoughts. It’s not always the best thing – when those darker thoughts come out, things can feel pretty bad – but it adds a realism to our music." Afterwards, the band engages "a lot of back and forth with ideas" before arriving at the finished result.
Band members
- Harvey Freeman – vocals
- Pete Woolven – guitars
- Matas Michaliovskis – guitars
- Charlie Smith – bass
- Jack Bowdery – drums
Awards and nominations
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|A Mind Waiting to Die |Best Breakthrough Album |{{won}} | rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426145705/https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |archive-date=26 April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2024 Winners Revealed |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/heavy-music-awards-2024-winners-revealed |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}} |
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|Best UK Breakthrough Live Artist |{{nom}} |
Discography
Studio albums
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| scope="row" |Who Are You When No One Is Watching?
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Compilation albums
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EPs
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| scope="row" |Vol. 1
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| scope="row" |New Skin
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Singles
References
External links
- [https://www.ruderecords.com/pages/graphic-nature Graphic Nature] at Rude Records
Category:Musical groups established in 2018
Category:Musical groups from Kent