Corlyx return with "The Holy Vampire", a new video single built around a chimerical archfiend imagined by singer‑songwriter Caitlin Stokes — part false god, part fallen angel, seductive and menacing in equal measure.

The character stems from a lifelong collision of interests for Stokes. "I got into Gothic Literature the same time I was in Bible school as a kid", she explains. "Gothic imagery is riddled throughout religious text, artwork, and architecture of course, but these stories also have a lot of crossover in theme and philosophy. I imagine the Holy Vampire to be a false god or fallen angel, much like Lucifer, or the antichrist... The Holy Vampire is the father archetype meant to deceive and devour." Stokes ties the song's undead imagery to her own scrutiny of religious institutions, the wealth and power accumulated in the name of a faith that "actually favoured the poor" — a glamour, she says, that conceals something far more insidious beneath.

Musically, the track sits at the crossroads of two eras of the unit. "Stylistically 'The Holy Vampire' is the one that's closest to Purple Pain, our last record, and the new record — it's a perfect blend of the two visions", says guitarist/producer Brandon Ashley. "It's got our classic Dark Wave verses and then we go full on Death Rock in the rest of the structure. It's super danceable, and perhaps capable of creating a little mosh pit in the goth club. It's also quite camp, which Corlyx is a huge fan of."

The accompanying clip, directed and edited by Stokes and shot by her and Sereina Winters, with additional live footage captured at Prague Gothic Treffen, brings Stokes' fallen‑angel archetype vividly to screen.

"The Holy Vampire" is the latest piece from Corlyx's forthcoming record The Crimson Tapes, following "Your Heart In The Serpent's Mouth", "More Anarchy", and "Sweeter Than Blood". Link