Rooftop Screamers’ “Forsaken” Is A Foreboding Doom In Grit and Distortion

Rock music so good it starts to alter the chemistry of your brain? That’s the exact energy Rooftop Screamers’ latest single “Forsaken” brings to the function, and it’s the soundtrack of collapse and the inevitable.

Rooftop Screamers is thriving through the hands of Kevin Hahn for guitars, Don Schwarz for bass, and Mike Collins for drums and keyboards. Featuring Stephen McSwaine, Rooftop Screamers foretells the future of the world on its edge into one compact mix.

You’ll definitely know a rock song is going to be good right from the first riff of the guitar, and that’s exactly how Forsaken gets your attention. There’s no pretense, no unnecessary build-ups, only grit and distortion for you to let loose. And if you think the arrangement hits hard, the lyrics punch even harder. The opening line, “here’s a taste, here’s a taste of what’s to come”, immediately throws you into the uncomfortable truth.

Imagine early Muse, Deftones, and Steven Wilson locked in one studio at midnight with their jam coming out like a statement and a prophecy. But this time, it’s Rooftop Screamers channeling that heavy, introspective cinematic rock.

What really burns at the core of Rooftop Screamers’ Forsaken is a sort of apocalyptic imagery. But along with this uncertainty, there’s still an undercurrent of clarity and awareness in their words that isn’t lost on grit. That even with this foreboding doom, there’s a sense of odd, quiet defiance that is impossible to ignore.