SPEED STROKE (Hard Rock – Italy 🇮🇹) – Release “Heart Of The City” Official Video – Taken from the upcoming album “Damage Control” due out on August 21, 2026 via Scarlet Records #speedstroke #hardrock
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“Heart Of The City” is the third single taken from the new Speed Stroke album “Damage Control” to be released on August 21 by Scarlet Records – that’s right, a song called “Heart Of The City” being about isolation with a video set in a cabin makes complete sense! It captures a dialogue between two needs: staying overwhelmingly safe in your own space scared of the monsters in the dark and taking a euphoric leap into the dangers of city life. You need both to survive. Visual-wise, it’s a love letter to horror classics like “Evil Dead 2”, “The Lost Boys”, and “I Am Legend” (the novel), exploring what happens when the world’s evil comes knocking at your door. To quote a legendary Oingo Boingo song: «This is my private life, come and get me outta here.»
Music & Lyrics by Speed Stroke
Directed by Jack
Framed by Filippo Cinotti
Hairstyle: Samanta Pirazzoli
Makeup: Greta Gambini
Backstage assistance: Veronica Anacleti, Nicolò Antonioli
Lights: Leonardo Monti
Featuring:
Fox Nocturnal as Southern Italian Vampire
Giada Gennari as Mullet Vampire
Greta Gambini as Love Vampire
Veronica Anacleti as Whimsy-goth Vampire
Nicolò Antonioli as Pizza boy
Published by Scarlet Records Srl
Previous single/video:
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“Glorious Breakdown” is the first single taken from the new Speed Stroke album “Damage Control” to be released on August 21 by Scarlet Records – hitting rock bottom and finally freeing yourself from the shackles of sanity is exactly when the gears of liberation start to turn. Reaching that ultimate breaking point could take the smallest inconvenience, or just another episode of bad luck stalking you. It is that one last drop of gasoline that ignites your inner Destructomania, a chaotic explosion that exorcises all built-up frustrations and finally makes you feel glorious in the wreckage
Music & Lyrics by Speed Stroke
Video shot/colored/edited/directed by Filippo Cinotti
Light service by Leonardo Monti
Make-up by Greta Gambini
Backstage assistants: Veronica Anacleti, Nicolò Antonioli
Published by Scarlet Records Srl
Speed Stroke Release “Heart Of The City” video WATCH IT new album “Damage Control” out August 21, 2026 PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE
Speed Stroke has released a video for “Heart Of The City”, third single taken from the new album “Damage Control” to be released on August 21 by Scarlet Records.
That’s right, a song called “Heart Of The City” being about isolation with a video set in a cabin makes complete sense! It captures a dialogue between two needs: staying overwhelmingly safe in your own space scared of the monsters in the dark and taking a euphoric leap into the dangers of city life. You need both to survive. Visual-wise, it’s a love letter to horror classics like “Evil Dead 2”, “The Lost Boys”, and “I Am Legend” (the novel), exploring what happens when the world’s evil comes knocking at your door. To quote a legendary Oingo Boingo song: «This is my private life, come and get me outta here.»
Speed Stroke master the art of hard rock through a personal approach that perfectly blends the Scandinavian sleaze rock modern edge and the glorious legacy of the 80s street metal scene. Top-notch songwriting, hit after hit, all killers-no fillers: that’s the recipe for a proper collection of hard-hitting and yet melodic tunes.
«Control the damage done to contain it or inflict controlled damage to break the chains of comfortable stasis?»: this is the question “Damage Control” sparks in the listener, delivered through a hurricane of dynamite-like riffs, jaw-breaking solos, and raw screams of rage and liberation.
By both glorifying the panic of the unknown and demonizing the safety of the comfort zone, the new Speed Stroke album presents the ultimate fight-or-flight dilemma, fueling the fire of change.
Album/band notes:
– fourth record for the uncompromising Italian hard rock stallions
– mixed and mastered by Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse) at Mass Destruction Production (Eclipse, Sinner, Primal Fear)
– featuring Dario Capacci (Trick Or Treat) on drums
– featuring Giorgia Colleluori (Sinner, IT’sALIE) on vocals on “Blessed By Misery”
– cover & artwork by the painting master Claudio Elias Scialabba
– FFO: H.E.A.T, Backyard Babies, Hardcore Superstar, Crashdïet, W.A.S.P., D-A-D, Skid Row
“Damage Control” track list:
1 Glorious Breakdown
2 Heart Of The City
3 Damage Control
4 State Of Shock
5 Italian Coglione
6 In Flames
7 Blessed By Misery
8 All For The Weak End
9 Walls
10 Chain Reaction
Total running time – 38:29
Photo credit – Veronica Anacleti
SPEED STROKE
Jack – vocals
D.B – guitar
Michael – guitar
Fungo – bass
Maddy – drums
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