South Africa’s international rock-superstars, Seether, launched into 2008 on a tidal wave they’ve been riding since the release of their latest album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. On February 19th the brand new Seether single will hit the airwaves worldwide elevating the group’s status even further.

“Rise Above This” is an incredibly personal song that front-man Shaun Morgan wrote about his brother Eugene in advance of his tragic death last year. With it, Seether sounds unexpectedly and ironically optimistic, a key theme throughout the new album.

“I used to think more about what the fans thought, but ultimately I wound up stunting myself creatively,” Morgan explains. “The point of being a musician
and writing music and being in a band is that I can write an optimistic-feeling, accessible song if I want. Even though it wasn’t written about an optimistic experience, I opted to see a positive in the situation. Rather than my usual reaction, which would be to get all piss-y and moan-y about it.”

The incredible success of “Fake It”, the first single off Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, has certainly set the bar very high for Seether. The song topped every rock chart across the US as well as South Africa. “Fake It” was even embraced by more conservative radio, making it impossible to ignore. As a mainstream cross-over song, “Rise Above
This” is tipped to be an even bigger smash hit.

“The opinion that that song is going to elevate the band to a whole new place is awesome,” confesses Morgan, “but thinking about it I’m getting goosebumps because I don’t know what to expect.”