Emcee TeeF resurrects horrorcore on pitch-black The Last Skeptic production "Bathe in Flames"

Having sharpened his claws as part of Mike Skinner and Murkage Dave's Tonga collective, TeeF is now digging out a place of his own in UK rap. Today's new single is steeped in references to the Occult, TeeF's voice urgent and percussive as he describes a life lived on the edge of morality. The beat – a concoction of terse live drums and buzzing electric guitars – is produced by veteran hip hop producer and Kojey Radical collaborator The Last Skeptic.

The Nigerian-born, Hackney-raised emcee checks The Mars Volta, Tool and The Dillinger Escape Plan as influences – but he's also a MF DOOM fan, as evidenced by the unfussy swagger of last single “buckit”. “Bathe in Flames” hails the release of his next EP, All Hell Will Rise, a follow-up to 2018's Hurry Up and Die.

TeeF says of the track:

"The track is a bit of an ode to one of my favourite lyricists to ever grace the mic, who’s like some sort of horrorcore turned emo Satanist rapper. It has that title ["Bathe in Flames"] cause I felt like I was saying some blasphemous shit. I'd imagine if a God did exist, they would send me to the pits of Hell to enjoy for eternity. "Bathe in Flames" is a continuation of me forever existing... existential angst music. This life is just hard for me to fathom and I guess as long as I feel that way my music will just reflect that."