The UK’s number one metal band for kids Slay Duggee have released a music video for their latest song ‘Round and Round’, which features brutal vocals from nine year old Princess Beast from father/daughter grindcore project from Connecticut, US, Animal Schoolbus.
Watch the video to ‘Round & Round’ here: https://youtu.be/3JdD061g7uE
This hardcore version of a classic circle-based nursery rhyme will appear on an upcoming Slay Duggee EP later in 2021.
Black Shuck of Slay Duggee commented “It’s been a full year with no moshing. Metal gigs are starting again and kids will need a brutal circle pit anthem. Princess Beast’s voice is the ultimate pit starter.”
Princess Beast of Animal Schoolbus commented “I’ve never been in a circle pit but I reeeally reeeeeally want to. I do martial arts and I bet that would help. Cartwheels and spin hook kicks are my favorite.”
Ricky Bow Wow of Slay Duggee commented “I think we took moshing and circle pits for granted. Luckily as dogs we have built in pit trainers… our tails. But humans don’t have that luxury and no natural circle pit ability… luckily we’ve just realised this new song that gives step by step instructions… ’ROUND AND ROUND’. Hopefully this is going to get people up and pitting, and ready for our next gigs. Our next plan is to upgrade the Circle Pit to a full blown rock n roll cyclone”
Princess Beast concluded “It was fun to do a song with Slay Duggee. I got to see the video and it’s really cool. The kids at school aren’t going to believe it.”
Backing vocals are provided by Andy Baz of classic Essex hardcore band Raiden.
Slay Duggee will be teaching kids about moshing and circle pits with My First Metal Gig live shows:
2nd October – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes, UK
3rd October – Esquires, Bedford, UK
21st November – Colchester Arts Centre, UK
4th December – Picturedrome, Northampton, UK
5th December – The Venue, Southend-on-sea, UK
Going to Grammy’s House 2021 by Animal Schoolbus will be released on 30th April on Lawnmowerjetpack Records. Including the single ‘I Can Do One-Handed Cartwheels’. Pre-order here.
Slay Duggee online:
More information on Slay Duggee:
Music videos: www.youtube.com/slayduggee
Slay Duggee are on a mission to give kids their first taste of metal. The five heavy metal dogs from Essex transform saccharine kids’ songs, TV theme tunes and nursery ear-worms into full power hardcore songs. Only 48 hours after forming in early 2018, Steve Lamacq played their single ‘Stick’ on BBC Radio 6 Music and dubbed Slay Duggee as the “Lords of Toddler Metal.”
Fuelled by a viral cover of ‘Baby Shark’, the Essex band have had over 40 million video views online and have given thousands of kids their first taste of live hardcore at their My First Metal Gig shows.
Slay Duggee have previously collaborated with rock gods such as TesseracT guitarist James Monteith, and Nekrogoblikon vocalist and songwriter Nicky “Scorpion” Calonne with their cover of The Lego Movie’s ‘Everything Is Awesome’. And TesseracT singer Daniel Tompkins on their Christmas single ‘Walking In The Air’.
More information on Animal Schoolbus:
Animal Schoolbus are a father/daughter grindcore band from Norwich CT, fronted by 9 year old Princess Beast with music by her Dad, Charlie Sad-Eyes from Crawl Below.
Their first music was recorded when Princess Beast was only two years old.