RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR - Falcon
Hardcore meets bushido. Rise of the Northstar channelling everything heavy into three minutes of controlled violence.
Rise of the Northstar dropped “Falcon” and it sounds exactly like getting hit by a truck that’s also somehow doing martial arts. Pavel Trebukhin directed this one, and the visual approach matches the music. Fast cuts. Aggressive framing. Zero breathing room. Hotu handled the edits and made sure every transition lands on a beat.
The riffs are massive. Low-tuned, palm-muted chugs that sit somewhere between NYHC and Japanese hardcore. Vitia pulled double duty as co-director and art lead, which explains why the video looks this cohesive. There is a clear vision here. Not a generic performance clip with some slow-motion footage thrown in.
Lyrically it is pure defiance. “Don’t mess with the Falcon” repeated like a mantra. The anthemic “fly and guide us” sections push the track beyond straight beatdown territory into something that actually builds. There is tension between the crushing low end and those soaring vocal lines. That push and pull is what makes Rise of the Northstar more interesting than most bands doing this style.
Crank it. Headbang. Maybe warn whoever is in the next room.