Our music and lyrics are visually very evocative, so we felt the song calls for an approach that almost feels more like a short movie than a regular metal music video. Both Daniël and Jack got deeply into the song and its story and managed to hit exactly the right vibe for what we wanted. We are proud to present our newest clip to the song ‘Chrysalis’ off our new album ‘Venereal Dawn’, created by our cover artist Daniël van Nes in collaboration with Sanja Maier-Hasagic, Morean and acclaimed American modern dancer and choreographer Jack Gallagher. That realm has also come to life in a music video: ruins of a civilization, poisoned light, a lost soul violently transforming into a chrysalis, a container of the promise of an even darker future. The world I created with oil paint on canvas (100x150cm) and charcoal drawings, was inspired by the album’s concept and lyrics. It has been an honour to be working with these musical masterminds. Thanks to Krrrrrrk for the awesome promotional video, support them here:Īnd finally, a huge thanks to everybody else who contributed physically or emotionally to this project, you all mean so much to me.Dark Fortress is one of the most prominent bands in the German Metal scene today, with a considerable fanbase worldwide. Synth work/dark ambience on track 4 composed by Luciform, support them here:Īlbum art by 0ceanfloor, support them here: Min’s compositions enthralled and captivated my young mind when I first played the game and were largely the reason I even considered this project in the first place.Īlbum mastered by Dan Paoletti, support their music here: Intended to be perceived in its entirety, The Dark Being represents only one iteration of many possible journeys the listener can take as endless and infinite existential probabilities swirl around us at any given instance in time.Ī world of thanks and gratitude to Brian Min for his masterful score to Lighthouse: The Dark Being, which on many occasions was the sole reason for this album’s continuation. From torpid starfields to turbulent seas, from sunken submarines to a volcanic fortress, The Dark Being cascades through time & space as a veritable rollercoaster of sound & emotion. “The Dark Being” is a journey through fantastic and harrowing cosmic realms. Determined to rescue both Amanda and Krick, you follow them through the portal and into a strange world filled with sophisticated machines and bizarre architectures, a world once flourished but now largely destroyed, rendered nearly uninhabitable through the Dark Being's malicious actions.” Before you have a chance to admire the vastness and complexity of the laboratory equipment, Amanda is snatched from her cradle by a dark ethereal creature and taken to a distant land in another dimension. After arriving at the monolithic lighthouse, you learn more about the doctor's work - Krick’s research navigates the treacherous and unexplored territory of reducing the linear distance between planets and creating a proximity point by focusing electricity across a Fresnel lens, thus harnessing the electrical power stored in lighting to generate a portal to parallel universes. Krick stammering that something terrible has happened and he must flee, begging you to watch over his infant daughter Amanda in his absence. “On a fateful stormy night you receive a panicked phone message from your eccentric and mysterious neighbor Dr.
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