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Salt Lake City (USA) based blackened female-fronted metallers Arsenic Addiction premiered online a brand new video "Malediction". The track is taken from their latest album, XIX, which was released in 2019. The video was filmed and directed by Brian Medeiros and you can watch it below.
The band adds about the track: "The working title for this song was "Malleus Maleficarum", it translates to The Hammer of Witches. A book and nickname for a clergyman who was discredited by the catholic church about the finding, extermination, and torture procedures for witches. Exodus 22:18 ‘Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live‘. The song itself is pretty straightforward as it is about patriarchal ideals against not only women, but anyone who dares to love differently, dress differently, and act out of the accepted norm. This song was written very specifically for our vocalist Lady Arsenic and her experiences and accusations of being a witch’ in the sense of a seductress, whore, etc., for being an openly polyamorous woman, treated as though she has control over the thoughts and feelings of others and that she is somehow responsible for their actions (WITCHCRAFT!). It’s petty martyrdom, but it was very cathartic to write."
Arsenic Addiction's latest full-length XIX is the story of an outsider, those who dare to be different, strange, or unusual and are made out to be monsters, demons, or witches because of it. It’s the journey of the human soul from a feminine perspective experiencing love, hate, finding inner power, and making deals with the devil to conquer those who would stand in the way of that power.
Although the music of Arsenic Addiction has evolved in style over the years, the reason has always been the same: to create art, connect with others, and express emotions/complex issues about love, death, and the world that are difficult to convey with mere words. A wide range of emotions is packed into Arsenic Addiction’s music, which blends gothic, melodic, and death metal elements. It is well suited for fans of Cradle Of Filth, Behemoth and In This Moment. Link
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