After drawing closer and closer to the edge over the past decade, Unverkalt are plunging into the darkness thatâs always awaited below. The post-metal luminaries are still possessed by a cinematic vision, but their new album and first for Season of Mist throws back the velvet curtain in favor of a blackened veil. While wrestling with the weight of our accursed histories, Héréditaire now stands as their heaviest and most heartfelt offering.
âThe contrasting elements at play in Héréditaire, from the gloomy to the raging and the eerie to the explosive, make it a compelling listen that rewards over timeâ, Dead Rhetoric writes in an 8/10 review. âUnverkalt grapple with the emotions and atmosphere with masterful tone and intention, eliciting a response that leave you reflecting on what you just heard and make you want to return to it once again”.
Today, Unverkalt are thrilled to release a new video for the song that serves as the emotional pillar of Héréditaire. Fueled by contempt for those content on watching the world burn, âI, The Deceitâ radiates strength with support from the bandâs Greek brother-in-arms Sakis Tolis of Rotting Christ.
âI enjoy discovering new, unique and compelling music in todayâs overwhelming world of information, and I believe I truly succeeded with Unverkaltâ, Sakis Tolis says. âThis is an exceptional piece of art, worth every minute of listeningâ.
ââI, The Deceitââ captures the stillness of those who let the world burn, not out of ignorance, but because it serves themâ, Unverkalt vocalist Dimitra Kalavrezou says.
Watch the monumental video for âI, The Deceitâ on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/HILxhFkcDSw?si=Ikr8YJxW1MRYqstD
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Héréditaire marks a pulse-pounding new direction for Unverkalt. The albumâs newfound heaviness traces back to humanityâs deepest and darkest origins. Each song peels back another layer of collective trauma thatâs passed down to us through generations like a disease.
âOur new album is a lament for what is far older than our very existenceâ, Unverkaltâs guitarist and chief composer Themis Ioannou says. âIt speaks of what seeps through generations, searching for an answer to one pervasive questions: What do we carry that was never ours?â
Emerging from deep within Héréditaire, âI, The Deceitâ burns like an open wound. With each pinprick of strings, a guitar throbs in pain. The entrancing chorus doesnât come washing down like a wave of relief but as a numbing agent for our impending doom.
âThis song carries the weight of human indifference toward the destruction we wreck upon the worldâ, Kalavrezou says. âThat cruelty unfolds not as a distant tragedy, but as something intimate, almost ordinaryâ.
âI, The Deceitâ is fueled by simmering contempt. From deep within its heavy blackened atmosphere comes a gust of blast beats. âThe world falls apart / And you just stand there / Watching it burn downâ, Sakis Tolis growls with scorn, standing strong amidst the eye of the storm.
Héréditaire might close shrouded in darkness, but a crack of light does appear in the form of Kalavrezouâs enchanting cleans. âI want us to have one heart togetherâ. Like memories, the cry of horns and pleas screamed in Greek stoke the air as the song burns toward its fiery finish, reminding us of all we stand to lose.
âEven in the suffocating stillness, thereâs a lingering ache for truthâ, Kalavrezou says. âFor something uncorrupted. And in that storm, something might still feel trueâ.
The video for âI, The Deceitâ was directed and edited by Themis Ioannou at RAWBITE Studio.
Additional video credits
Producer – Unverkalt
Cinematography – Themis Ioannou
Camera Equipment Support – Marcus Sander
2nd Camera Operator – Silvio Pelegrin (@silviopelegrin)
Photography – Silvio Pelegrin
On-Set Support – Silvio Pelegrin
Lighting – Hariolf âHarriâ Lemke
Costume Design & Styling РTouch̩ Priv̩, AllSaints, Disturbia
Location – WHITEBOX030
Special thanks to Sakis Tolis.
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