Rise Above Instinct

06/28/2025

Brand new music video for our song Teach You To Fly, off af the Ascension EP. You can check it out here:

https://youtu.be/xt2T27fepWI?si=N06QkUhk5u2DePuz

Also available on riseaboveinstinct.com

Teach You To Fly, the lead single from Rise Above Instinct's 2025 EP Ascension is the story of fatherhood and putting your children's need before your own, e...

06/26/2025

Hey! Check it out- Phantoms In The Mist from out EP Ascension is #1 on the Global Metal Charts at Groover!!! If anybody is interested you can fine out more at riseaboveinstinct.com and the EP is on all streaming services.

06/20/2025

https://youtu.be/mRnTl3r92vo

At about the seven minute, 50 second mark, we start talking about RAI . You get a solid two minutes on the podcast.!

Art of guitar has tons of followers. We start the podcast talking about my Queensryche project and other things but we absolutely get into RAI so enjoy.

-RIFFIN' w/BETH NORRIS HILL (Queen of the Ryche, Sugarbuzz, and More!)Learn guitar and bass from me at: www.the-art-of-guitar.com and www.the-art-of-bass.com...

05/29/2025

Aaaannddd…..there’s another feature piece done on JamSphere!!! You can find this one here:

It is with a sense of profound anticipation that we turn our gaze towards the emergent force in the symphonic metal landscape, Rise Above Instinct. This Indiana, USA-based project, the brainchild of a singular artistic vision encompassing composition, engineering, and lyricism, that unleashed its la...

05/29/2025

We’ve been featured in GigRadar! Check it out here:

Metal solo project Rise Above Instinct draws on symphonic metal inspiration and seamlessly merges orchestra and metal to craft a powerful sound that they describe as “epic, insightful and upl…

05/27/2025

Finally got our new website up and running! Head to :riseaboveinstinct.com to learn more a bit more about us!

Home page of Rise Above Instinct

05/07/2025

Ascension is starting to gain some momentum! Give it a listen and drop some feedback!

02/23/2025

02/23/2025

Orchestral version of the Ascension EP is available as well! Find it on YouTube, Tidal, Deezer, IHeartRadio, Pandora and many others!

02/23/2025

New Symphonic Metal EP from Rise Above Instinct featuring Beth Norris Hill of Queen Of The Ryche, Sugar Buzz and Scar For Life. Available on Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Tidal, Deezer and all other streaming platforms. Check it out!