Posts Tagged ‘Video’

Watch: ‘Drown’ by Charlie Nieland

Posted: 9 May 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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NYC-based producer indie music veteran Charlie Nieland presents his new single ‘Drown’, a stunning reverb-laced offering and the first taste of his forthcoming The Ocean Understands EP, set for release on June 20. The expansive and visceral music video was directed by NYC-based multi-faceted artist Hypnodoll.

“The track ‘Drown’ was inspired by Monique Vescia’s book Hole In The Sky, which I read for the Bushwick Book Club songwriter series in 2021. It depicts a dark world, where an authoritarian won the US presidential election of 2020. So I made this mythical tale from the past, told in the future, where all the stories are jumbled up – a celebration of destruction,” says Charlie Nieland.

“Of course, it all feels quite prescient as we sift through our present wreckage, searching for grace in the violent forces underneath. It’s a white-hot psychedelic siren song with an oceanic undertow.”

It’s been four years since Nieland released his 2021 widely acclaimed Divisions with its sweeping melodies and restless rhythms. Renowned for tastefully blending post punk, dream pop and progressive rock, he has been writing, playing and producing music for decades, with a focus on the atmospheric and the imaginative.
Nieland’s musical backstory is extensive, having played dream pop with Her Vanished Grace for over 20 years before establishing himself as a solo artist with a mix of nuanced songwriting and sonic exploration, initially releasing Ice Age (2014) and Hopeful Monsters (2016). He is currently half of the literature-inspired songwriting and performing duo Lusterlit with Susan Hwang and produces and participates in the podcast ‘An Embarrassment of Prog’.

Along the way, Charlie wrote and produced material with such notable artists as Debbie Harry, Rufus Wainwright, Dead Leaf Echo, Blondie and Scissor Sisters. He scored the feature film The Safety of Objects (starring Glenn Close), the pilot episode of ‘The L Word’ on Showtime and the VH-1documentary NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell. Charlie was awarded a Gold record (UK) for his production work on Blondie’s ‘Greatest Hits Sight & Sound’ and achieved a Top 10 Billboard Dance Chart Position with Debbie Harry’s single ‘Two Times Blue’, which he co-wrote and produced.

Charlie Nieland shares his impression of the accompanying video: “With its mind-melting imagery, the video for ‘Drown’, created by NYC multimedia artist Hypnodoll, is beautiful and deranged. She conjures storytelling just out or rational reach, playing tag with the ancient and futuristic in a way that perfectly compliments the song. Collaborating with her is such a thrill”.

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Watch: ‘Sludgehammer’ by Vaneno

Posted: 8 May 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Portuguese heavy sludge hitters Vaneno have just dropped the official video for ‘Sludgehammer’, the crushing second single from their forthcoming album Chaos, Hostility, Murder, due out May 26 on Raging Planet Records.

Shot in black and white, ‘Sludgehammer’ embodies everything Vaneno stands for: heavy, unrelenting riffs, cavernous grooves, and a primal energy that feels like it could destroy entire brick walls. The track delivers a punishing blend of sludge, stoner, and death metal, the kind of sound that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go.

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Watch: ‘Oracle By Severed Head’ by Kayo Dot

Posted: 7 May 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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KAYO DOT have revealed the video single ‘Oracle by Severed Head’ taken from their forthcoming new album Every Rock, Every Half-Truth under Reason, which is scheduled for release on August 1, 2025.

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KAYO DOT comment: “The song ‘Oracle by Severed Head’ is about prophecy, but not the clean, transcendent kind that we’ve been taught to expect”, mastermind Toby Driver reveals. “This is prophecy as defilement – a sacred voice ripped from the past and forced through a severed head – a voice no longer truly its own, but distorted, fragmented, bleeding into the present. It is a song that interrogates the ways in which manipulated versions of the past continue to invade the present, asserting themselves in violent ways. These voices might be real and they might speak some truths, but who, through the obscene fracture that brought them back, are we really listening to? And at what cost? Musically, ‘Oracle by Severed Head’ pulls us into that space of rupture. It is built on a large ensemble – guitars, drums, bass, strings, woodwinds, trumpet, and vocals – an orchestration that calls back to the earliest Kayo Dot works. The song is a perfect choice for a first single, as it celebrates our return to form while marking the passing of time since ‘Choirs of the Eye’. The music is expansive but controlled, allowing tension and release to breathe in real time. Its beauty is at odds with its plaintiveness, as aching melodies and delicate harmonies evoke a sense of loss and longing. The climaxes feel inevitable, yet somehow unexpected. In these moments, the music mirrors the emotional intensity of our most powerful moments, but also speaks to the underlying disquiet of the present – trapped between what was and what is yet to come.”

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Watch: ‘Feast Of Leeches’ by Azure Emote

Posted: 30 April 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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AZURE EMOTE drop the video clip ‘Feast of Leeches’ as the first single taken from their new full-length Cryptic Aura. The fourth studio album of the American progressive death alchemists has been scheduled for release on July 25, 2025.

AZURE EMOTE comment: “The first single ‘Feast of Leeches’ is a frantic release of anger and madness”, mastermind Mike Hrubovcak writes. “For far too long have we suffered the pressure of outside vultures feeding off our personal energies. It’s fitting that this video was created by ‘Drain Hope’, because it visually expresses the frustration of being surrounded by leeches and parasites that are sucking on our lifeblood, while leaving us ultimately drained and lethargic. It’s like suffocating under dirt but still crawling through the mud in hopes of getting out. We are all waiting to breathe, but always holding our breath, and continually striving to be, while awaiting our death.”

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Watch: ‘Godvergeten’ by Growing Horns

Posted: 25 April 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Belgium’s harbingers of doom and despair, Growing Horns, have just unleashed a music video for ‘Godvergeten’, the latest single from their crushing debut album The Essence of Suffering, set to be released on May 3rd.

With riffs that crash like falling cathedral walls and vocals that echo like the wails of the damned, ‘Godvergeten’ is a sludge-soaked sermon of pure sonic punishment. Filmed in stark black and white, the video captures the primal energy and unfiltered bleakness that defines Growing Horns sound.

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Formed in 2015 in the shadow-cloaked depths of Kortrijk, Belgium, Growing Horns didn’t emerge as just another sludge band—they rose as a séance. A slow-burning, punishing invocation of pain, fury, and existential dread. Their sound isn’t forged—it’s exorcised.

Their 2019 debut EP, The Nobility of Pain, landed like a blow to the chest. A raw, unrelenting outpouring of emotion that critics called relentless and fans called home. It wasn’t just music—it was a wound. Pulsing. Festering. Unrepentantly real.

Now, the Belgian collective returns with The Essence of Suffering—an album that doesn’t simply gaze into the abyss, but sets up camp, builds an altar, and lights black candles in its honor. Heavier, darker, and more immersive than anything before, this new chapter digs even deeper into their signature sound: a harrowing fusion of sludge, doom, and stoner-infused despair.

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Watch: ‘Geist Girl’ by Witch of the East

Posted: 25 April 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Before Witch of the East, there was Chambers. They were a killer band. Since Chambers, Aeris Houlihan has been producing more electronically-orientated works Witch of the East. We’ll let her words and the music speak for themselves here.

This video is a response to the wave of negative messages I received after publicly sharing my truth as a transgender woman. Following a major legal ruling that questions the identity of trans women in the UK, these messages came pouring in — each one a window into a growing cultural shift. But this video isn’t just about one person or one moment. It’s about what happens when fear turns into division — and how that division is used. History has shown us: it never stops with just one group. It always spreads. Until even those watching in silence realise: they were never safe either. This is a document. A reflection. A call to think deeper, love louder, and stand together before more is lost. — Witch of the East

Watch: ‘The Day I Died (Reborn into Flames)’ by Imha Tarikat

Posted: 24 April 2025 in Singles and EPs
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IMHA TARIKAT premiere the intense new video clip ‘The Day I Died (Reborn into Flames)’ as the next single taken from the forthcoming album Confessing Darkness. The fourth full-length from the German black metal band has been slated for release on June 20, 2025.

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Imha Tarikat comment: “With the song ‘The Day I Died’ I am publicly sharing my past contemplation of suicide for the first time and reflect on a dark time in my life”, mastermind Kerem Yilmaz reveals. “At the time, I was clinically depressed and saw no hope in my future. Suddenly, something ignited inside of me, and I began fighting my way back into life. Through tears, violence, grief, and anxiety, I finally found my place by rising above the voices that tried to pull me down and by focusing upon that one whisper that told me to fight. That voice grew louder and louder. Since then, I have not looked back. Reborn into the flames, I set everything ablaze with passion upon the path that I walk now.”

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Watch: ‘Mars On A Half Moon Rising’ by Knox Chandler

Posted: 21 April 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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‘Mars On A Half Moon Rising’ is the first video from The Sound, the solo debut of much-travelled musician / producer / arranger / painter Knox Chandler. This project is a musical / visual memoir depicting the shift in his surroundings from the urban to the rural, specifically the Connecticut shoreline off the Long Island Sound and the impact of this dramatic change of environment on his consciousness and the art-work that leads to.

At The Sound’s core is Chandler’s “Soundribbon” style of meditative, powerfully cinematic instrumental performance on guitar, accompanied by upright bass and percussion which comprises the audio component of the release. The visual portion is a book of paintings, photographs, sketches and written meditations, interpreting nature through technology. The blending of these mediums is Knox’s attempt to make the diaristic intent of his music explicit. The Sound is being released on Knox’s new label Blue Elastic on May 30. The album is available on digital download and on streaming platforms on its own, or the book comes with a download code. I hope you’ll consider covering Knox with an interview, feature, news story or album review.

Knox Chandler’s career has spanned for over four decades including long stints as a member of The Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Cyndi Lauper band, extraordinary experiences in recording and performing live around the world. Chandler’s also performed, recorded, arranged and produced, working with acts such as REM, Depeche Mode, Grace Jones, Marianne Faithful, Natalie Merchant, Tricky, The Creatures, Dave Gahan Paper Monsters and The Golden Palominos etc.

Knox spent a decade residing in Berlin, Germany, while he explored sound-scaping. He developed a technique he calls “Soundribbons”, which he recorded and performed in its own right as well as applying it to different genres and mediums . He composed, recorded, toured, produced, and wrote string arrangements for Herbert Grönemeyer, Jesper Munk, Pure Reason Revolution,The Still, TAU, Miss Kenichi and the Sun, Mars William’s Albert Ayler Xmas, Rita Redshoes, Them There, The Night, etc. While living in Germany received a Post Graduate certification in education and was the head of the guitar department at BIMM College.

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Watch: ‘Candling’ by Loscil

Posted: 17 April 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Today, celebrated electronic composer Loscil shares the video for ‘Candling’, taken from his forthcoming album release, Lake Fire (kranky, 2nd May).

‘Candling’ is one of Lake Fire‘s nine tracks offering ash-laden sonics that mine the tension within the cycle of destruction and rejuvenation.

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Loscil will perform the following live dates:

May 1, 2025, SFU – Vancouver, CA  SOLD OUT
Sep 4, 2025, Extreme Chill – Reykjavik, IS
Sep 8, 2025, Silent Green, Berlin, DE  tickets
Sep 10, 2025, Botanique, Brussels, BE 
Sep 12, 2025, Casa Montjuic, Barcelona, ES  tickets
Sep 16, 2025, Rich Mix, London, UK  tickets
Sep 18, 2025, Ostre, Bergen, NO  tickets
Sep 20, 2025, OSA Festival, Gdansk, PL

Lake Fire is the result of a disjointed creative process. Originally conceived as a suite for electronics and ensemble, most of the original compositions were deserted, save for Ash Clouds, featuring James Meager on double bass. The remaining tracks were reshaped and remixed, built anew out of the remnants of the abandoned work. The result is a phoenix, an album burnt to the ground only to be reassembled out of its cinders. Fragments of the original lurk beneath a densely overpainted canvas of sound.

Infused into the resulting rearrangements are impressions from a road trip into the mountains marking a personal half-century milestone, surrounded by the ominous proximity of wildfires and dense smoke; celebrating life while the world burns. The album’s title comes from the striking irony that forest fires are often named after regional lakes – perhaps subconsciously referencing ancient lore. The cover photos were taken from this same trip, while sitting in a rowboat staring into the grey abyss of an opposing mountainside outside of Revelstoke, BC, obfuscated by smoke from a nearby lake fire.

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Watch: ‘Neuromotive (Stacks Mix by Rhys Fulber)’ by Bill Leeb

Posted: 11 April 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Bill Leeb is the Canadian musician and mastermind behind electro-industrial scene mainstays Front Line Assembly and ambient-pop duo Delerium, as well as a key member of recording projects that include Noise Unit, Intermix and Cyberaktif.

‘Neuromotive (Stacks Mix by Rhys Fulber)’ is taken from a six track remix EP entitled Machine Vision out in July that contains reinterpretations of material from Leeb’s recent debut solo album Model Kollapse, plus a brand new song.

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Rhys Fulber is well-known for his long tenure as Leeb’s creative partner in Front Line Assembly and other projects, as well as being a gifted artist and producer in his own right. The duo will make a long-awaited return to the UK in mid-April to play seven Front Line Assembly shows prior to headlining the Dark Malta festival. Dates are:

17.04.25 SHEFFIELD Corporation
18.04.25 BIRMINGHAM Asylum
19.04.25 LONDON O2 Academy Islington
20.04.25 SOUTHAMPTON The 1865
21.04.25 BRISTOL The Fleece
23.04.25 MANCHESTER Gorilla
24.04.25  GLASGOW SWG3

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