Hacktivist (band)

[1] After the demos became very popular online, James decided to recruit a full lineup, bringing in Richard Hawking on drums, Josh Gurner (ex-Sacred Mother Tongue) on bass and Ben Marvin (James's former bandmate in Heart of a Coward) as a second vocalist.

In April 2013 the group released a new song "Elevate", with an accompanying video, for free download[4] and was followed up in August with a cover of "Niggas In Paris" (originally by Jay-Z and Kanye West).

Many references to activism (especially hacktivist collective Anonymous) are made throughout the video and within hours the song had reached number 1 on the iTunes Metal chart.

This release was followed on 12 November by "Deceive and Defy" (also accompanied by a video), featuring Charlie Holmes of Heart in Hand on vocals.

In May, the band released '2 Rotten', a heavier remix of 'Rotten' from Outside the Box, with Jot Maxi taking more of a leading role than he had in the original.

In 2021, the band released a song titled "Planet Zero" with an accompanying music video from their upcoming album Hyperdialect.

[9] The band debuted Olifent live later that day at the final edition of UK Tech-Fest at the Newark Showground.

They write their lyrics collectively, focusing on political subjects such as anarchism, conspiracy theories, government corruption, censorship, anti-gun violence, unity against oppression and other social and economic issues.