BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE Issue Lyric Video For ‘Scarlet Haze’ Track
April 19th, 2023
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London, England-based progressive rock trio Black Orchid Empire have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Scarlet Haze’, which can be viewed below.
Speaking about the song, frontman Paul Visser said: “We’ve always loved filthy riffs and heavy songs, but huge, melodic tracks have a vital place in our sonic landscape – ‘Scarlet Haze’ is one of those. We can’t wait to hear you screaming the chorus back to us at a live show. We’re so excited for people to hear Tempus Veritas and explore the new musical worlds which we’ve had such a great time crafting.
“Lyrically this song is written from the point of view of the first human in space – Yuri Gagarin. In his final moments aboard the test flight on which he would ultimately lose his life, he contemplates the stars above him – realising he will never reach them again.”
Black Orchid Empire issued fourth full-length studio album Tempus Veritas on April 14th, 2023 through Season Of Mist.
The outing can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below.
“Interwoven with the fabric of our history as a species are countless opportunities for stories,” Black Orchid Empire commented. “Little pieces of imagined narrative, set within events we all collectively know as historical, that seek to explore what it means to be human – this is the idea behind Tempus Veritas. Whereas Semaphore looked to the future, this record reinvents the past, wondering what it was like to be inside the mind of a person living through times of consequence. Musically, we continue to seek the boundary between the savagely technical and the undeniably beautiful and attempt to push it as far as possible. We poured our entire creative beings into making this album – we sincerely hope you enjoy it.”
Tempus Veritas was recorded and self-produced at The Recording Studio in London, England with engineer Paul Visser and assistant engineer Dobromir Vasilev. Visser additionally handled mixing duties, while mastering was overseen by Ermin Hamidovic of Systematic Productions.
Tempus Veritas is described as “a collection of stories that seeks to find compelling imaginary narratives hidden away in what we all think of as history” in a press release.
The track listing is as follows:
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01. ‘Tempus Veritas’
02. ‘Hydrogen’
03. ‘The Raven’
04. ‘Last Ronin’
05. ‘Scarlet Haze’
06. ‘Deny The Sun’
07. ‘Glory To The King’
08. ‘Summit’
09. ‘Weakness’
10. ‘Vesuvius’
11. ‘Latimer’
Black Orchid Empire’s line-up is as follows:
Paul Visser (vocals and guitars)
Dave Ferguson (bass and backing vocals)
Billy Freedom (drums)
Music videos were released for the tracks ‘Deny The Sun’ and ‘The Raven’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Glory To The King’. All three clips can also be viewed below.
Third studio record Semaphore was released in June 2020 via Long Branch Records.
Promotional photograph by Omar Ahmed.
