Black Smoke Trigger release new music video for ‘The Way Down’

BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track The Way Down, is the brand new single from the New Zealand hard rock band and marks their first new music since 2019’s Set It Off EP.

The new single was produced by the legendary Nick Raskulinecz [ALICE IN CHAINS, FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH] and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge [GREEN DAY, MUSE, PRINCE]. Speaking about the new song, guitarist Charlie Wallace says, “we are really excited to finally release this single, it’s been a long time coming. The Way Down came together really quickly with Dan and I passing the guitar and bass back and forth experimenting with different chords and rhythms to get the vibe we were wanting to achieve. The tension that the verse builds makes it feel great to smash into the chorus when we perform it live. We recorded the track with producer Nick Raskulinecz in his studio in Nashville, TN and the whole recording process was a lot of fun. Nick really pushed us and came up with great ideas to take it to another level. We are really proud of the result we’ve got and can’t wait to let our fans hear it.”

Watch the official music video for The Way Down here: 

Continuing to speak about the new music video, Wallace says, “standing on the outside edge of the tower, 630ft up, at night time with a helicopter whirling around us filming was surreal. I’ve always liked the idea of making a music video for a song, a literal definition of the title. Like when we filmed a music video underwater for our track Caught In The Undertow. So for The Way Down I closed my eyes and thought… What’s the highest place we could perform this song, then jump off to have a literal definition of The Way Down?

The idea came to me pretty quickly, the Auckland Sky Tower here in New Zealand is the tallest free standing structure in the southern hemisphere. Telling the band about the idea, no one else was too keen to jump off, so I drew the short straw with that one. It took a bit of convincing to let me play the guitar solo while falling 630ft from the outside edge of the building, and some custom metal clamps that attached to a harness so the guitar didn’t fall away from me. It was quite the experience jumping off such a tall building while playing a guitar solo, and to get the coverage we needed for the video, as soon as I jumped once, I had to run to the elevator and jump off again straight away.”

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