October Ends release new music video for ‘Play Time’
OCTOBER ENDS have released a new music video!
The new music video, for the track Play Time, is the brand new single from the Newcastle, UK and Athens, Greece-based metalcore band and marks their first new music since 2020’s debut album Zodiac.
“This track is one of our favourites, and sees us experimenting and expanding our sound palette,” remarks vocalist Nick Thurl Mavromatis about the new single. “We love many contemporary styles of music and we wanted to marry them with metal in a way that was seamless. Blending a variety of genres also helped portray the drastic mood swings in the song’s story.
It’s quite dark subject matter, but we really wanted to explore and exaggerate these themes as many of us in OCTOBER ENDS have struggled with mental health, especially during the pandemic. The isolation felt like being trapped in a never-ending cycle, much like the addictive pull of a 슬롯 사이트 where the odds are stacked against you, yet you keep coming back, hoping for a win that never seems to come. Sometimes you feel like there’s just no way out. In a tongue-in-cheek fashion, we suggest partying with your demons, giving up and joining them, facing them another day. A lot of people suffer out there, and it’s not easy to face your demons.”
As well as handling the track’s production and a chunk of the lead vocals, Nick also directed and edited the song’s accompanying music video. “I wanted to emphasise the rough times that come with substance abuse through using metaphors. I was very much inspired by (HBO TV series) Euphoria to employ contrasts to give context in a scene without the use of dialogue. It’s stressful to direct, perform and even film in some cases, but doing this with a crew under our direction really is enabling us to unlock the best of our creativity and visualise our ideas exactly the way we want them.”
Watch the official music video for Play Time here:
The release of the new single marks the first new music via new label UNFD. “We’re buzzing to start releasing new music with UNFD,” enthuses guitarist/vocalist Michael Charlton, part of the band’s Newcastle unit; “We’ve been sitting on exciting material that takes OCTOBER ENDS in a new direction and includes the best songs we’ve ever written.”
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