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The Californian dream-gazers Illudium, the brainchild of guitarist and vocalist Shantel Amundson, have released the haunting video "Sempervirens" as the second single taken from the forthcoming album, Ash Of The Womb, which is scheduled for release on the 15th of October via Prophecy Productions.
Shantel Amundson comments: "The song "Sempervirens" represents the salient connection between human and non-human worlds. It was written during the devastating wildfires that California has endured these last couple of years, and is an attempt at transmuting some feelings of horror and sadness into ideas of reverence and refuge, which these coastal giants (sequoia sempervirens) embody so well. Ash and light fell from the sky, and amidst all this fear and heartbreak, there was a gleaming newness in the emergence of life all around. Growing up in the Redwoods, these forests were always a haven, ever verdant and brimming with sentient beings. We are not removed from our environment, as we are so defined as humans. Nor is nature rendered mute and revoked of agency, as many systems have led us to believe. It is through our actions with other-than humans and one another that we are woven into continuity, regenerating the world and all of its inter-relationships. This song seeks to imagine a different sort of flourishing in this world beyond the human in which we live, and is a harbinger of hope during these apocalyptic times."
Ash Of The Womb, the sophomore full-length from Illudium was born in the fiery pandemonium of the burning season of 2020 when huge tracts of the sunshine state went up in flames, while skies glowed orange at night. The lands were scorched, forests and houses turned to ash, lives were lost and what remained was covered in black soot. During this hard time, mastermind, guitarist, and vocalist Shantel Amundson experienced profound changes in her life as well, which amount to a personal ordeal of fire. The many layers of dark and harsh metal shading on this album can easily be seen as a residue from those events.
The previously unveiled first single and video "Soma Sema" plus more album details can be checked out over HERE. Now, watch and hear the brand new "Sempervirens" below. Link
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