11/23/2019 15:52

Strigoi

Strigoi release 'Carved into the Skin' music video; debut album now out

Old-school death metal fans, the wait has come to an end: Strigoi unleash their debut album 'Abandon All Faith', today through Nuclear Blast. In addition, the group has launched a brand new music video for their track 'Carved into the Skin', which was produced by the band themselves and filmed by Danny Biggin, Json Adriani, and Jake Mackintosh, who also took care of editing duties. It also features band founder Greg Mackintosh's first music video appearance in roughly 5 years.

Greg comments: "This, the grimmest track on the album is about depression, despair and self harm. Musical asphyxiation."

Bassist Chris Casket states: "The production of the video was totally DIY including the 'practical effects' and filmed in studio and on location in Yorkshire, Suffolk and Milan. Initially, we wanted to gather background footage for a lyric video, but these sessions quickly escalated into a full video production, and the end result is a combination of performance, eerie locations, creeping insects and self mutilation."

Track listing:
01. The Rising Horde
02. Phantoms
03. Nocturnal Vermin
04. Seven Crowns
05. Throne of Disgrace
06. Carved into the Skin
07. Parasite
08. Iniquitous Rage
09. Plague Nation
10. Enemies of God
11. Scorn of the Father
12. Abandon All Faith

The 12-song-debut 'Abandon All Faith' was recorded and mixed at Greg's Black Planet Studio between January and March 2019.

Named after the troubled spirits in Romanian mythology who could rise from the grave and assume an entirely different form, Strigoi's lineup is rounded out by former Extreme Noise Terror and Vallenfyre bass player Chris Casket, who was also responsible for the project's lyrics. Mackintosh gave him simple thematic guidelines: Attack organized religion, sparingly discuss grief and dive into the countless horrible things humanity continues to inflict upon itself.

'Phantoms' music video was directed by Ash Pears.

(source: Nuclear Blast)