The single, ‘Acid in My Veins” – was released to a ravenous audience on July 17th and the new videoclip premiered yesterday on themusic.com.au.

The clip was shot on location in the forests and hills surrounding Melbourne and in a warehouse space featuring the band.

Drummer from the band, Ben Cuthbert is enthusiastic about the upcoming album. “This is just a first taste of this record. We wanted to give it all we have in this clip – Order of the Owl is our way of making a statement about the world and we want to connect with people through the clip and the album.”

The belting, rollicking single is all about the concept of Rebirth and will be a part of their forthcoming album, “The Order of the Owl.” The album’s release date is yet to be set and an east coast tour will follow.

“The Order of the Owl” as an album is a narrative created by The Charge and the artwork will centre around “Moloch” – an ancient god-like figure worshipped or feared – Moloch is described as a watcher, with an over-arching view of world events and has been used in literature as a person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.

Formed in 2008 around the talents of guitarist/vocalist Ashley Jones, drummer Ben Cuthbert, bassist Julian Crupi, and guitarist/vocalist Hamish Mills. One of the more notable New Wave of Australian Progressive Rock/Metal acts, a genre spawned in the mid-‘00s by bands like COG, The Butterfly Effect, Karnivool and Dead letter Circus, The Charge’s innovative, lyrically astute blend of 90’s grunge, hard rock, progressive rock and metal has helped position the band as one of the prominent hard rock acts on the Australian scene.

The Charge’s newfound popularity eventually landed them several high profile shows and tours, and saw them share the stage with several long time influences Bugdust, Dead Letter Circus, King Parrot, Floating Me, Over-Reactor and The Nerve, as well as three consecutive years in a row performing at Rock the Bay and Rock N Load as well as Brewtality Festival.

The single is available on iTunes and from thecharge.com.au and The Charge will be playing at The Evelyn in Melbourne on August 21.