VARMIA Unveil Dramatic and Conceptual Music Video for ‘Ten Blask Co Po Nim Śmierć’
Ahead of this Friday's release of their third album (and M-Theory Audio debut) “bal Lada,” Polish pagan black metal group VARMIA have unveiled the music video for their latest single, “Ten Blask Co Po Nim Śmierć”(English translation - "the gleam and then the death"). The conceptual video – depicting a compelling visual tale of a Polish villager roaming through the forest in an attempt to heal his ailing lover – was shot in the band's native region of Warmia in northern Poland, and can be viewed HERE. CD and limited-edition brown-marble double-LP editions of are available for pre-order HERE or in Poland.
"WE have been awaiting this moment for over two years now," explains singer/guitarist Lasota. "When we started shooting this music video nobody realized that it would take so much time. So many things changed in that period. First of all, we never though that the content of that picture would be so... prophetic. The script was written long before anybody used the term Covid or pandemic. Yet here we are. The times have put a new interpretation to our piece. Funny how the world powers can manipulate your original intentions. Keep your eyes wide open when staring straight into the gleam... and then death. This massive production wouldn't be possible if not for the cooperation of our friend, DOP, co-writer and co-producer, Lukasz Gracz."
VARMIA pays tribute to their Baltic roots by combining black metal with traditional instruments such as the goat horn and the tagelharpa. All of their albums to date have been recorded in culturally significant regions throughout their native Poland, including the 10 tracks of ominous and atmospheric pagan black metal that compose “bal Lada.” The recording process for their new album saw the band setting up a makeshift studio inside a culturally significant 19th Century manor in northern Poland, with all instrumentation recorded while playing together as a live unit with no sound editing. VARMIA recently posted a behind-the-scenes video detailing the recording process for “bal Lada,” including footage of guitarist/vocalist/band founder Lasota recording his vocals outdoors in a northern Poland forest. This clip can be viewed HERE.
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