Thornhill release new music video for ‘Arkangel’

THORNHILL have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Arkangel, is the brand new single from the Australian metalcore band and follows on from their last single, Casanova, which was released in October last year. The new song was mixed by George Lever [SLEEP TOKEN, LOATHE] whilst the accompanying music video was written and directed by Jacob Charlton and edited by Third Eye Visuals.

Speaking about the new song, guitarist Ethan McCann says, “I started writing Arkangel after surrounding myself with media from the late nineties and early two-thousands. I found the hit of nostalgia to be incredibly comforting while we were all locked away. I wanted this song to make you feel the way I felt watching these shows and movies from this period, so I treated it almost like a film score. I found the opening credits to the old Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy series and basically wrote to that opening sequence. The sections of the song move quite rapidly, the root changes three or four times within the first minute which to me is what a band full of teenagers would be doing in their garage. They don’t really know what they’re doing but it feels natural and is such a perfect representation of that era that they are living in.”

Vocalist and lyricist Jacob Charlton adds, “I usually write lyrics and melodies around the general atmosphere Ethan brings to each track to better bring it forward in the listener and myself, as a lyricist. But this time around with Ethan’s newfound method of creating, I decided to change up my workflow and write a bit more like a script or movie narrative to allow for more ambiguous storytelling and attitude to come through, rather than just giving up the meaning straight away. Arkangel is an alternate take on the story of Icarus, discussing the tension between two lovers who become violent with one another as friction builds in their lustful affair.”

Watch the official music video for Arkangel here: 

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