Utopia release new music video for ‘What About Me’

UTOPIA have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track What About Me, is taken from the technical metal group’s upcoming debut album, Stalker, which is scheduled to be released on Friday. The new song features a guest appearance from LEPROUS drummer Baard Kolstad.

Speaking about the new song, guitarist John Bailey says, “this song features Baard Kolstad from LEPROUS on drums. I chatted with Baard for a little bit about it and basically explained to him that he should just throw all his chops at it, of which he has an aircraft hanger full!

What About Me is an idea taken from a Nietzschean concept of discovering one’s own moral code and one’s own identity. It challenges the idea that morality and moral behaviour should be derived from religion or from a particular society or community. I suppose these days this is best exemplified in social media, which is an echo chamber for likeminded people to feel more and more convinced of their own opinions by surrounding themselves with people who probably think the same.

I’m not making any political statement here, just an observation on human behaviour, which was made in the 18th Century. The problem with this is the issue of Xeno‘s ‘paradox of unanimity’, which means essentially ‘everybody is doing it, so I’d better do it.’ This is a situation which very often leads to the wrong outcome. There are a million examples of this across the world, some horrific social norms which create untold misery for a large percentage of the world’s population.”

Watch the official music video for What About Me here: 

Stalker is set for release on August 27th via APF Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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