Shockwave | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Black Tide |
Album: | Light from Above |
Released: | 2007 |
Recorded: | 2007 |
Genre: | Thrash metal |
Length: | 3:36 |
Label: | Interscope |
Producer: | Johnny K |
Next Title: | Warriors of Time |
Next Year: | 2008 |
"Shockwave" is a song by American heavy metal band Black Tide. It is credited to Gabriel Garcia, Alexander Nuñez and Raul Garcia Jr. It was the first track and first single from their 2008 debut album Light from Above, with the other two singles being "Warriors of Time" and "Shout". It was released before the album. Today it is one of the band's most famous songs and has been played live on almost all of the band's concerts, also it was performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on March 27, 2008. It charted only in the US at number #25. The CD Single was the band's first official release and is also known as the "Black Tide EP". The single version is a clean edit of the song, the word "fuck" that is mentioned in the chorus is removed.
Two music videos were made for the song and both were aired on MTV2's Headbangers Ball.