PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Premiere ‘While The Spiders Spin’ Music Video
February 14th, 2020
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San Diego, California-based progressive metal band Psychotic Waltz have filmed a music video for the track ‘While The Spiders Spin’. Directed by Costin Chioreanu, the clip can be viewed below.
Regarding the song and video, the band stated: “The third single is ‘While The Spiders Spin’, which was the first song we played live from the new album, back when we did some shows in 2017. The acoustic intro was added later. Costin once again did a great job capturing the mood of the song, which is a commentary on the impersonal nature of modern society and how our phones and devices only seem to isolate rather than unite us.”
Psychotic Waltz issued fifth full-length studio album The God-Shaped Void on February 14th, 2020 through InsideOutMusic. The outing is the group’s first album of new music in over 23 years.
The basic tracks for The God-Shaped Void were recorded with engineer Ulrich Wild in the band’s hometown of San Diego, with the rest of the recordings taking place at Studio D in Austria. Mixing and mastering duties fell to Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.
Guitarist Dan Rock commented: “First we’d like to thank all the fans who have supported us over the years. The new album would probably not exist if it were not for the good times and fan support we had on our reunion tours of Europe in 2011 / 2012. It really sunk in how cool I would be to make new music again, instead of just continually playing the first four albums.
“With all of us living further apart, especially Devon [Graves, vocals], it was a much slower process than having all five of us in the same room like we used to. But times change, and the Internet helped quite a bit. Normally, Brian [McAlpin, guitar] and I would come up with guitar parts at home, whether alone or together. Sometimes we would program a basic drum beat for Norm [Leggio, drums] to latch onto the vibe that we were feeling, and some of those stayed, while others were greatly improved upon by his far superior drum skills.
“We took our time (obviously) and went one song at a time and rehearsed it and recorded it in the jam room until we were musically happy with it. Then I would upload the individual tracks for Devon to download in his home studio so that he could remix it, and really see what each guy was doing. He was able to add vocals, make edits and rearrange parts that made for sense for him as a singer, and then send it back to us to review, re-track or punch in if needed… we did all of our pre-production mixes that way.
“I think Devon did a really great job considering the process, but we all wanted to bring in a professional set of outside ears with more experience. We were fortunate enough to have Ulrich Wild come down to San Diego and do all the basic tracking in a little-known local studio called Rarefied. Even better, Jens Bogren had an opening in his schedule at Fascination Street Studios and was able to mix and master it for us. And none of this would have been possible if InsideOutMusic didn’t have the faith in us that they did to release a new record after such a long time. Many thanks go out to everybody who made it possible after all these years. We hope you find it worth the wait!”
Cover artwork was created by longtime visual partner Travis Smith.
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The track listing is as follows:
01. ‘Devils And Angels’
02. ‘Stranded’
03. ‘Back To Black’
04. ‘All The Bad Men’
05. ‘The Fallen’
06. ‘While The Spiders Spin’
07. ‘Pull The String’
08. ‘Demystified’
09. ‘Season Of The Swarm’ *
10. ‘Sisters Of The Dawn’
11. ‘In The Silence’
* limited edition CD mediabook and vinyl bonus track
Psychotic Waltz’s line-up is as follows:
Devon Graves (vocals)
Dan Rock (guitar and keyboards)
Brian McAlpin (guitar)
Ward Evans (bass)
Norman Leggio (drums)
An animated music video was released for the track ‘All The Bad Men’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Devils And Angels’. Both clips can also be viewed below.
Fourth studio record Bleeding was released in July 1996 via Bullet Proof Records.
Promotional photograph by Axel Jusseit.
