Temple of Void, arguably one of the most underrated death metal bands out there right now, will release their new record The World That Was on March 27. The band is now streaming their track "Self-Schism," which is meant to be taken pretty literally. Here's what Temple of Void had to say about the track to Decibel.
“The song is about literally cutting yourself in two pieces from your head down. We chose to represent that in a more metaphorical manor with the video. Additionally, we drew in elements from OTATS (the hooded figure) as well as the Tibetan Singling Bowl we used on “Graven Desires” from LORDS OF DEATH. So it’s interesting from that perspective b/c it draws on past and ties it together. There’s a lot of continuity to our creative output and our identity builds its own loose narrative that’s still very much open to interpretation. The locations were 1) our practice space (Jason’s house) and 2) the woods behind my house. One dude. One camera. And one cold, snowy day in Detroit. We were inspired by classic ’90s lo-budget metal videos. The kind of ilk you would see on Headbanger’s Ball or Noisy Mothers. But we didn’t want to employ any fake techniques to make it feel like a pastiche. We took the classic inspiration and did our own thing with it. The video gets cooler and more trippy as the song develops. It’s cool to see how it all unwinds. The setting winter sun gave us this very cold, grim, Evil Dead kind of vibe for the shoot. It all came together in the end and we couldn’t be happier to premiere it with the world today!”
Pre-order The World That Was here.
