Post by Admin on Dec 24, 2021 18:46:21 GMT
It might have seemed like a curveball when BEAST IN BLACK released Moonlight Rendezvous, the first single from their new studio album, Dark Connection. After their debut focused solely on tales from anime Berserk and follow up From Hell With Love expanded this to other movies and animes, to see the band jump into the synth-laden world of cyberpunk – taking their soaring power metal with them – could have been perceived as a knee-jerk deviation. But for those who know founder Anton Kabanen well, it’s no surprise that this was always in the band’s long-term plans.
“I’d decided that the third album was going to be cyberpunk back in 2018,” he reveals. “Given my love for anime, I’ve always been about the relationships between humans and human robots. However, if it wasn’t for the pandemic, the album would have probably seen the light of day in 2023.”
With the time they would have spent touring now free, Anton not only began work on the album but also the video for Moonlight Rendezvous, a stunning seven-minute epic set in a futuristic city that takes in advanced technology, flying vehicles, underground shopping centres and plenty of laser guns. How long did this video take?
#beastinblack #berserker #live
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“One and a half years,” states Anton. “I wasn’t entirely working just on the album, but the video itself and the first script for that was ready in May 2020. That said, there was still a rush in the end because when you have that much time – especially with people who have a perfectionist nature – the more difficult it becomes to let it go, so that’s a double-edged sword”
Of course, Anton managed to relinquish Dark Connection eventually but, true to himself, hasn’t taken the time to admire his band’s new album. “My thoughts are already in the future; I don’t want to listen to the album either. Naturally I stand behind the songwriting a hundred percent, but I no longer want to listen to it – you could say I’m fed up with it.”
“I’d decided that the third album was going to be cyberpunk back in 2018,” he reveals. “Given my love for anime, I’ve always been about the relationships between humans and human robots. However, if it wasn’t for the pandemic, the album would have probably seen the light of day in 2023.”
With the time they would have spent touring now free, Anton not only began work on the album but also the video for Moonlight Rendezvous, a stunning seven-minute epic set in a futuristic city that takes in advanced technology, flying vehicles, underground shopping centres and plenty of laser guns. How long did this video take?
#beastinblack #berserker #live
BEAST IN BLACK - Crazy, Mad, Insane (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)
34,494 views • Dec 24, 2021 • Official live video for 'CRAZY, MAD, INSANE' from BEAST IN BLACK's debut album »Berserker«.
Shot in the Icehall of Helsinki on "Beast In Black Friday" show on the 13th of December 2019.
“One and a half years,” states Anton. “I wasn’t entirely working just on the album, but the video itself and the first script for that was ready in May 2020. That said, there was still a rush in the end because when you have that much time – especially with people who have a perfectionist nature – the more difficult it becomes to let it go, so that’s a double-edged sword”
Of course, Anton managed to relinquish Dark Connection eventually but, true to himself, hasn’t taken the time to admire his band’s new album. “My thoughts are already in the future; I don’t want to listen to the album either. Naturally I stand behind the songwriting a hundred percent, but I no longer want to listen to it – you could say I’m fed up with it.”