London cinematic post-metal quintet The Ever Living have unveiled New Mutiny, the second single and video which shows the band at their most melodic, ferocious and grand. New Mutiny, is taken from the band’s debut album Herephemine which is released on May 4th via Chromism Records.
The band previewed the track via Nine Circles earlier this week, with the video premiere appearing via Metal Injection on Thursday.
The New Mutiny video is highly immersive: the story of a child who spends his days watching his family consumed by the Herephemine system, a virtual reality platform. Feeling so strongly that he wants to create rather than consume, he escapes from home and wanders through the city, joining a group of young creators. He ends up co-directing a video for The Ever Living before trouble arrives in the form of a law enforcement officer who is hunting him down.
Keyboardist / vocalist Chris Bevan Lee explains: ‘I felt like I had a lot to say so there are a few things going on in the video, from the feeling of wanting to create than to consume to the reality of artists having to do a lot more for a lot less for an audience who want everything for free. Setting it in the near future and using technology as a device is a way of exaggerating those concerns.’
The video complements the band’s debut album Herephemine, a 12-track transcendental journey through darkness, euphoria and dense atmosphere.