Final Coil | Leicester | United kingdom
Alternative Rock | Progressive
Track: Chemtrails
From the album: The World We Inherited | Sliptrick Records | 2023
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Label: Sliptrick Records
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Description:
“’Chemtrails’ is one of the album’s heaviest tracks, and possibly one
of the heaviest pieces I have ever written. There’s definitely some
Killing Joke influence in there, not least in the vocal; while the
relentless riff mirrors the overwhelming certainty implicit in the
chorus – “but I won’t stop, they won’t drown me out, their lies
spread, but I never doubt”. It’s a dark song, and while it’s great
to play live, there’s a lingering air of violence that hangs over the
piece that makes it slightly uncomfortable.
For the video, we worked hard to capture that same air of paranoia and
violence in a short clip. We opted to show the album’s protagonist
captured, interrogated and tortured about what he knows. It’s not clear
whether this takes place in reality or in his mind, but what is clear is
that there’s a palpable sense of fear whipped up by these narratives,
with violence very often the outcome. The clip itself was filmed on an
abandoned army base, which we took over for the day. Typically, we
filmed in January, which meant I spent a fun hour, lying on the dirt in
a straight jacket, essentially getting waterboarded. By the time the
shooting ended, I was dirty and shaking so much I could barely get out
of costume, but the effect was worth it, and it stands as the best video
we have done to date.“
Credits:
Filmed/edited: Jay Hillyer
Storyboarding: Phil Stiles & Jola Stiles
Additional crew: Ali Church (as the interrogator) Dan Brown (Drums)
Location: The MAW Brook Cres, Welby Ln, Asfordby Valley, Melton Mowbray
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