Australian/Finnish dark progressive gothic metal collective The Eternal opens a new chapter with the release of their animated lyric video for “Lament For The Hollow,” the first single taken from their forthcoming studio album Obscured Horizons, due out 18 September via Reigning Phoenix Music.
Following the acclaim surrounding their 2024 full‑length Skinwalker and its atmospheric successor Celestial earlier this year, The Eternal continue to refine their signature blend of melancholic grandeur, doom‑laden weight, and progressive depth. “Lament For The Hollow” emerges as a composition both expansive and deeply introspective, beginning with sweeping guitar harmonies that bloom into stirring melodies and a vocal performance charged with emotional gravity.
The accompanying animated lyric video amplifies the track’s dramatic tension. Set upon a storm‑torn, restless sea, the visuals mirror the song’s themes of destruction, erasure, and the uneasy beauty found within turmoil. The imagery becomes an extension of the music itself — dark, cinematic, and hypnotic.
Frontman Mark Kelson elaborates on the song’s conceptual core: “‘Lament For The Hollow’ comes from confronting that moment when everything you believed was solid — your identity, your direction — begins to fracture. I was exploring the idea of stripping away illusion, recognising the voices and influences around you that aren’t real or honest, and finding the strength to cut them off. Time is the ultimate truth‑teller; everything false gets washed away eventually, whether you’re ready or not. The recurring imagery of waves ties into that cleansing force — not gentle, but destructive. The song is about facing fear, self‑doubt, and betrayal, and what happens when people allow themselves to be consumed by emptiness or led astray. It’s both a warning and a catharsis — an anthem for the disenchanted, disillusioned, and disenfranchised.”
With Obscured Horizons, The Eternal appear poised to deliver one of their most emotionally charged and thematically ambitious works to date — a journey through collapse, clarity, and the violent beauty of transformation. Link
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