Abysmal Dawn release new music video for ‘A Nightmare Slain’

December 8, 2021 James Weaver

ABYSMAL DAWN have released a new music video!

The new music video, for a track A Nightmare Slain, is taken from the Los Angeles-based death metal band’s upcoming new EP, Nightmare Frontier, which is scheduled to be released in February next year, via Season of Mist. The upcoming EP is the follow-up to 2020’s Phylogenesis.

Alongside the announcement of the new EP, the band have released a new music video for the first song lifted from the upcoming EP; A Nightmare Slain. The new song’s accompanying music video was created by Guilherme Henriques.

Speaking about the new song, frontman/founding member Charles Elliott says, “the music for this track was recorded for Phylogenesis, but we left it off the record. We thought it was a great song but we felt it didn’t quite fit into the flow of that album. The music shows a bit more of a slightly progressive and melodic side of the band, which we may explore more in the future. The lyrics were written during the pandemic and are inspired by the lore of the video game Bloodborne.

Now, we have a lot of songs filled with social commentary and introspective lyrics. When it came time to write the words for this one, I don’t think I could bring myself to focus any more on the misery or subjugation that we live in our day to day lives. Who needs another song of COVID drivel or divisive politics at this point? Hopefully we can all agree on what I discovered while I was trapped at home for over a year; Bloodborne is one of the greatest video games ever made. Animal Crossing and Mario Party fans should definitely check it out, along with the rest of the soulsborne genre for a stress free good time… We hope you enjoy our song inspired by one of the most metal games ever made. Enjoy and see you on tour!”

Watch the official music video for A Nightmare Slain here: