Resolve: TikTok famous, and coming to the UK in May
PICTURES: ALEXIS FONTAINE
SINCE THEIR FORMATION in 2017, Resolve have set out to put French metalcore on the map. They’ve shared stages with genre heavyweights such as Every Time I Die, While She Sleeps and Architects, in a quest to become their country’s answer to those bands. Resolve’s 2021 debut, Between Me And The Machine, was a solid step in the right direction, but things really took off when their single Older Days –a collaboration with Ten56. and Paleface Swiss –became a surprise viral hit in August 2023.
Mixing electronic and trap influences with a three-part vocal line, Older Days clocked up more than 700,000 views on YouTube and one million streams on Spotify, catching Resolve by surprise.
“We’re too old for TikTok and it even did well on there!” jokes vocalist Anthony Diliberto.
Resolve’s mixture of visceral brutality and hopeful melodies might be typical of modern metalcore, but they don’t want to be predictable.