Thanks for reacting to KITTIE!!! Kittie was formed back in 1996 by singer Morgan Lander and her sister drummer Mercedes Lander (and a few other previous members). Their first album “Spit” was considered Nu Metal. They wrote those songs when they were teenagers and got popular in their late teens. Their first hit “Brackish” and its video got REALLY popular and they blew up on the metal scene, though they did have to deal w/ a lot of misogyny in a male dominated world of metal back then in 1999. They also released “Charlotte” and “Paperdoll” as hits. They were invited to co headline the 2nd stage at the Ozzfest Festival in 2000. With their 2nd album “Oracle” they abandoned the nu metal sound and went for a more heavier darker metal sound w/ death metal vocals. They released the song/video for “What I’ve Always Wanted” and for a Pink Floyd cover of “Run Like Hell”. They released 4 more albums, the 6th being released in 2011. Until the End (2003) w/ the single/video for “Into The Darkness”. Funeral For Yesterday (2007) w/ the single/video for the title track song. “Into the Black” (2009) w/ the singles/videos for “Cut Throat”, “Die my Darling” and “Sorrow I Know”. “I’ve Failed You” (2011) w/ the singles/videos for “We Are The Lamb” and “Empires part 2”. After the 2011 album release they went on a 13 year hiatus!!! They later released a documentary on the band’s history in 2017 called “Kittie Origins and Evolutions” (available to watch on youtube, Amazon Prime and Tubi) and later in 2019 “Kittie Live at London Music Hall” showcasing most of the previous band members and performing songs from the different eras and incarnations of Kittie’s music career (I uploaded it on my channel in 3 different parts w/ the 3 different eras; also available on Amazon Prime)!!! Kittie came back THIS YEAR w/ a brand new album called FIRE released by Sumerian Records!!! Morgan and Mercedes and guitarist Tara McLeod and bassist Ivy Jenkins came out SWINGING w/ the first song/video for “Eyes Wide Open” (groove metal w/ death metal vocals) then the 2nd single “We Are Shadows” (old school Kittie vibes showcasing Morgan’s beautiful clean vocals w/ some harsh vocals!). Their 3rd single was “Vultures” w/ the video featuring clips from their performance at the 2024 Sick New World Festival. The 4th single is the most commercial sounding and radio rock friendly song “One Foot in the Grave”, very anthemic and will more than likely be a huge hit in live shows and also gives the album some musical diversity. This is the 5th single/video “FIRE” which has a more haunting and heavy sound!!! I’d definitely recommend checking out the ones you haven’t seen!!!
Awesome review! While they have a handful of videos for this album, my personal favorites are “I Still Wear This Crown”, “Grime” (prob the heaviest song on Fire), “Wound”, “Are You Entertained”, & “Falter”. Definitely should do more reactions- their song “One Foot in the Grave” comes off as an anthemic pop-metal but it has the most addicting chorus, but I find “We Are Shadows” to be a much better ‘melodic’ song. Thanks for covering my favorite band Kittie! ♥️
I was wondering if Trish Doan's passing would be the final nail, so when I saw the first track for this album drop a couple months ago, I was stoked... Loved Morgan and Mercedes since I first caught em at OzzFest late 90s.... and they were one of the hardest bands at the who show. Yeah, the metal scene in the USA late 90s really was that bad, lol. I think they were always a bit snakebit, first by the numetal thing but also lineup changes management issues, label issues, and being part of a niche genre, lacking the crossover marketability of Evanesence or Halestorm. But once they locked into their sound, which I can at best call... Blackened Traditional Metal (her harsh screams are far more Black than Death, IMO) but their overall sound would not be too far from the 80s metal scene, I really dug it. IMO Funeral For Yesterday was their best..but haven't been able to compare it to the new one yet.
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Thanks for reacting to KITTIE!!! Kittie was formed back in 1996 by singer Morgan Lander and her sister drummer Mercedes Lander (and a few other previous members). Their first album “Spit” was considered Nu Metal. They wrote those songs when they were teenagers and got popular in their late teens. Their first hit “Brackish” and its video got REALLY popular and they blew up on the metal scene, though they did have to deal w/ a lot of misogyny in a male dominated world of metal back then in 1999. They also released “Charlotte” and “Paperdoll” as hits. They were invited to co headline the 2nd stage at the Ozzfest Festival in 2000. With their 2nd album “Oracle” they abandoned the nu metal sound and went for a more heavier darker metal sound w/ death metal vocals. They released the song/video for “What I’ve Always Wanted” and for a Pink Floyd cover of “Run Like Hell”.
They released 4 more albums, the 6th being released in 2011. Until the End (2003) w/ the single/video for “Into The Darkness”. Funeral For Yesterday (2007) w/ the single/video for the title track song. “Into the Black” (2009) w/ the singles/videos for “Cut Throat”, “Die my Darling” and “Sorrow I Know”. “I’ve Failed You” (2011) w/ the singles/videos for “We Are The Lamb” and “Empires part 2”.
After the 2011 album release they went on a 13 year hiatus!!! They later released a documentary on the band’s history in 2017 called “Kittie Origins and Evolutions” (available to watch on youtube, Amazon Prime and Tubi) and later in 2019 “Kittie Live at London Music Hall” showcasing most of the previous band members and performing songs from the different eras and incarnations of Kittie’s music career (I uploaded it on my channel in 3 different parts w/ the 3 different eras; also available on Amazon Prime)!!!
Kittie came back THIS YEAR w/ a brand new album called FIRE released by Sumerian Records!!! Morgan and Mercedes and guitarist Tara McLeod and bassist Ivy Jenkins came out SWINGING w/ the first song/video for “Eyes Wide Open” (groove metal w/ death metal vocals) then the 2nd single “We Are Shadows” (old school Kittie vibes showcasing Morgan’s beautiful clean vocals w/ some harsh vocals!). Their 3rd single was “Vultures” w/ the video featuring clips from their performance at the 2024 Sick New World Festival. The 4th single is the most commercial sounding and radio rock friendly song “One Foot in the Grave”, very anthemic and will more than likely be a huge hit in live shows and also gives the album some musical diversity. This is the 5th single/video “FIRE” which has a more haunting and heavy sound!!! I’d definitely recommend checking out the ones you haven’t seen!!!
Awesome review! While they have a handful of videos for this album, my personal favorites are “I Still Wear This Crown”, “Grime” (prob the heaviest song on Fire), “Wound”, “Are You Entertained”, & “Falter”. Definitely should do more reactions- their song “One Foot in the Grave” comes off as an anthemic pop-metal but it has the most addicting chorus, but I find “We Are Shadows” to be a much better ‘melodic’ song. Thanks for covering my favorite band Kittie! ♥️
HECK YES! This whole album just kicks maximum ass.
Highly recommend picking it up.
The other official videos are: Eyes Wide Open, We Are Shadows, Vultures, and One Foot In The Grave (this one I'm a little lukewarm on).
I was wondering if Trish Doan's passing would be the final nail, so when I saw the first track for this album drop a couple months ago, I was stoked... Loved Morgan and Mercedes since I first caught em at OzzFest late 90s.... and they were one of the hardest bands at the who show. Yeah, the metal scene in the USA late 90s really was that bad, lol. I think they were always a bit snakebit, first by the numetal thing but also lineup changes management issues, label issues, and being part of a niche genre, lacking the crossover marketability of Evanesence or Halestorm.
But once they locked into their sound, which I can at best call... Blackened Traditional Metal (her harsh screams are far more Black than Death, IMO) but their overall sound would not be too far from the 80s metal scene, I really dug it. IMO Funeral For Yesterday was their best..but haven't been able to compare it to the new one yet.
I loved Funeral for Yesterday.