High Parasite release new single 'Cold' • GRIMM Gent

High Parasite, the UK outfit led by Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride, have released a new single, “Cold”. The track is previously unreleased, but features regularly in the band’s live set…

“Cold was lyrically inspired by Plato’s analogy of the cave, an allegory used to illustrate the relationship between reality and illusion, the journey from ignorance to knowledge,” explains High Parasite bassist / vocalist Tombs. “The idea of a person realising too late in life that there is no God, no heaven, no hell, no divine retribution, no absolution, and the panic and anger they would feel when it dawns on them that they are truly alone and can only hold themselves responsible for their actions.”

Watch the video for “Cold” here.

“Parasite”, meanwhile, a track from the group’s debut studio album, Forever We Burn, has been given a fresh mix by producer Lewis Johns (Employed To Serve, Earthtone9, Loathe); this new version can now be found on streaming services, having previously only been available on Youtube.

Listen to “Parasite (Vampiric Mix)” here.

Produced by Gregor Mackintosh (Paradise Lost), Forever We Burn was released on September 27, 2024 via Spinefarm, supported by a number of singles / videos.

Having completed a successful UK tour with Cradle of Filth last year, and more recently a short stint with Unto Others, High Parasite will play a one-off show with COF on July 6 at Epic Studios in Norwich; they then continue their run of European festivals, including first-ever appearances at the UK’s Bloodstock event in August and the Eindhoven Metal Meeting in December.

Additionally, High Parasite are confirmed to join Paradise Lost on the latter’s October 2025 UK tour.

The full list of High Parasite appearances is as follows:-

06-Jul-25: Epic Studios, Norwich, UK (w/ Cradle of Filth)

23-Jul-25: Tolminator d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia
25-Jul-25: Burning Q Festival, Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany
31-Jul-25: Rockstadt Extreme Fest, Promenada Sissi, Romania
02-Aug-25: Fekete Zaj Festival, Hungary
06-Aug-25: Brutal Assault Festival, Jaromer, Czech Republic
07-Aug-25: Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Walton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
23-Aug-25: In memoriam Branimir Vugdelija, Sinj, Croatia
06-Sep-25: Darken The Moon Festival, Mechelen, Belgium
13-Dec-25: Eindhoven Metal Meeting, Eindhoven, Netherlands

UK shows with Paradise Lost:
09-Oct-25: New Century Hall, Manchester, UK
10-Oct-25: KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, UK
11-Oct-25: University, Newcastle, UK
12-Oct-25: Garage, Glasgow, UK
14-Oct-25: Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
16-Oct-25: SWX, Bristol, UK
17-Oct-25: The 1865, Southampton, UK