Altered Zones

What makes the gloom of Chelsea Wolfe's "Mer" especially intriguing is the ulterior seduction lurking beneath the surface. The dissonant guitar arpeggios are exotic, the restrained drum rolls are fiery, and Wolfe's quivering vocals are simply gorgeous in what adds up to a very sensual brand of darkness. In the track's new music video, Zev Deans-- who also directed the video for Liturgy's "Returner"-- depicts that duality with intimate, almost voyeuristic glimpses of Wolfe surrounded by slithering snakes and blindfolded followers cast through the gauze of a flickering home movie. --Matt Sullivan, Altered Zones

Ἀποκάλυψις is out now on Pendu Sound Recordings