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Australian symphonic metal band ANA recently dropped their debut full-length album, Motivated by Death.

Read our thoughts on Motivated by Death here.

To dig a little deeper into the record’s personality, lead vocalist Anna Khristenko took a round of out-of-the-box questions, exploring how she envisions the tracks of Motivated by Death taking on a life of their own. Blast the album loud, and join us as we dive deeper into Motivated by Death!

If all the songs from your album came to life as humans, which song would be your best friend?

I think “Following The Wind” would be my best friend cause she’s wild, a little bit unpredictable, and most of all fun.

Which one is most likely to get arrested?

“Hate Me” would get arrested for causing a public disturbance, but would look impossibly cool in the mugshot.

Which one is most likely to start a revolution, and for what cause?

“Shadow of Life” would start a revolution that made people re examine what really matters in life.

If all the songs from your album worked in an office, which one would be the boss, and which one would be the office prankster?

“Papa” is the boss, and “Following The Wind” is the prankster.

In the year 4025, an archaeologist finds your album on a drive inside the remains of an ancient car and manages to salvage the data. Which song is most likely to be played in a museum after this discovery?

I think it would be “Papa” because it tells a timeless story

Aliens are invading Earth, and their weakness is songs with emotional lyrics. Which song from your album would be the best weapon to repel the invasion?

“Papa”

Aliens are invading Earth, and their weakness is guitar solos. Which song from your album would be the best weapon to fight back against them?

“You Loved Me More…”’s guitar solo would make them weep.

Aliens are invading Earth, and their weakness is powerful growling vocals. Which song from your album would be the best weapon to repel the invasion?

Probably “Eyes Of A Child”

Which song from your album would you use to introduce someone to your music for the first time?

I think you could pick any song cause we are so diverse and all of them are a part of who we are.

Which song from your album would you choose to encourage a friend going through a tough time?

I’d choose “Shadow of Life”

If one song from your album could survive an apocalypse and be passed on to the survivors, which one would you choose?

“Shadow of Life”

If your album were a fancy dinner, which song would be the main course and which would be the dessert?

“Eyes Of A Child” as the main course and “Papa” dessert

Which song from your album would you pick for someone who isn’t a fan of Metal or Rock?

Probably “Sick Love”

If one song from your album could be played on every radio, TV, and podcast worldwide so everyone could hear it, which one would you choose?

“Eyes Of A Child”

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A Heartbeat Never Tells a Lie

Plastic Estate knows that sometimes romance can feel like a gavel waiting to fall. And that in mind, the Welsh duo of Stanley Fouracres and Nic James return with Innocent or Guilty, a sharp, finely dressed synth-pop single that places romance on trial without ever rushing toward a verdict. The song drifts through longing, suspicion, and the quiet ache of someone asking not to be left behind, turning love into both the charge and the evidence. Since 2024’s CODE D’AMOUR, they have refined their taste for pop as atmosphere: polished, poised, and faintly dangerous beneath the satin finish.

“We wanted to make a danceable track that feels intimate and romantic, destined for living rooms and lounges, not nightclubs,” they say.

Innocent or Guilty moves with a dancer’s ease, though its energy is closer to private ceremony than public release. The drum machines keep a supple forward motion, crisp without becoming mechanical, while glossy guitar figures skim across the arrangement like light on lacquered wood. Nic James’ baritone gives the song its center of gravity, mellow and assured, carrying the lyric with a mixture of invitation and quiet suspicion. There is a sophisticated pop lineage at work here, with traces of Aztec Camera’s clean melodic intelligence, Howard Jones’ bright electronic architecture, The Blow Monkeys’ blue-eyed soul polish, and The Style Council’s metropolitan cool. Plastic Estate borrows none of those references too heavily; instead, they let them pass through the song as manners, gestures, and colors.

The title carries its own elegant trap. Innocent or Guilty suggests judgment, but the song seems more interested in the pleasure of uncertainty, the moment before a verdict, when attraction and accusation can wear the same suit. Its romance is not naïve; it has learned the language of glances, small hesitations, controlled entrances, and exits made before anyone admits they are leaving.

The accompanying video keeps faith with that restraint. Built as a minimal performance piece, it places the two members on a sparsely lit stage via spotlight, their figures superimposed and doubled until the setup begins to resemble an argument with the self. The visual language is simple, but the simplicity serves the song well: two bodies, one stage, competing charges of innocence and guilt moving through the same frame. Rather than illustrate the lyric too literally, the clip lets the performance become a question of posture, distance, and projection.

Watch the lyric video for Innocent or Guilty below:

Having drawn support from Simon Le Bon, KEXP, and BBC Radio, and shared stages with Antony Szmierek, Nuovo Testamento, Oslo Twins, LA Priest, Sean Nicholas Savage, Real Lies, and Lust For Youth, Plastic Estate return with a single that feels both assured and newly sharpened.

Listen to the single below, and order here

Plastic Estate is about to embark on a UK tour with Nuovo Testamento. Catch them live!

• Jun 20 Oslo London, UK
• Jun 21 District Liverpool, UK
• Jun 23 Cluny 2 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
• Jun 24 Pink Room, YES Manchester, UK
• Sep 26 229 London, UK
• Oct 9 The Gate Arts & Community Centre Cardiff, UK

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“When they were singing, they were legends. When they can’t sing anymore, they’re not legends anymore.”

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