This Friday, 20 June, marks the release of The Medea Project's new album, Kharon - a celebration of darkness and shadow, an intermingling of gothic atmosphere, doomed melancholy, rotten death metal, and fierce black metal. With that release date fast approaching, the band has decided to unveil a second song from its hoard of treasures - "Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)" - accompanied by a superb, disorientating and hypnotic video.
Band's frontman, Brett Minnie, on "Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)": "Lyrically 'Upon Your Bones' is a narrative track that centres around the lost and the damned unable to pay Kharon to ferry them across the Styx. I tried to capture the raw desperation they are feeling and how they would almost swarm the unwary traveller to try and find a way into the afterlife. Musically we wanted to capture the push and pull of the damned trying desperately to find passage. We started jamming around a post-punk/surf rock idea when we originally started writing for Kharon and as the song progressed so it became nastier and more distorted. Ultimately it has been subverted into black metal. We wanted to capture the energy of the song when we perform it so opted for a live performance video. We have a great creative space in our rehearsal room so decided to use that. Our good friend Andre Harrison of Velvet Vinyl Films/Aero Nova helmed the camera, whilst Romina Ribaudo worked wonders on makeup. Andre wanted to use black and white and close up handheld camera work to get into the action. We decided that we wanted to go from rehearsal to a more representative 'on stage' look as the video progressed. Andre came up with a basic shot list after our initial discussion and we then threw the nice curveball of having a shot visually similar to the promo photography done by Tina K. He took it in his stride and we ended up with a brilliant video".
Immerse yourself in "Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)" and be ready for Kharon's release on 20 June, which will be marked by a special launch show at London's Dingwalls 2 venue that same night, alongside My Silent Wake and The River.
More info about Kharon and the previously revealed "Purgatory Trapped" lyric video is HERE. Link
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