From their forthcoming album, Stalked by Daemons (October 13, Eclipse Records), State of Deceit have premiered their video and single, “Stalked by Daemons, Guarded by Angels”.
Rhythm guitarist, Jonathan Russell says this of the song,
The title track is such a damn bouncer, it had to be a performance vid of us playing it the way we do every week in rehearsals. The lyrical theme is serious though, about unfortunate people who are trapped as sex workers. They need lots of hope, support, and strength to help break free. The location kinda represents their environment which is falling down around us. There’s badass graffiti and the darkness is drawing in, it’s perfect place to play some heavy stuff. Working with Drew from Unit 15 Productions was great, he kept us going as the light was fading and it eventually went pitch black. We had to move all the gear back to the van after the shoot, 100m of traversing this bombed out site with just phone torches and the hope we didn’t leave any gear behind!
Continuing, Pete Scammell, lead vocalist adds,
We thought that the abandoned location really brought the song to life. A gymnasium, which was once perfect, then pulled apart and scorn through time. It was definitely appropriate to do the video there because the amount of takes made it was a real workout. Our drummer Matt did well over 30,000 steps during the session and we all felt like we ran a marathon afterwards.
Watch “Stalked by Daemons, Guarded by Angels” below and pre-save and pre-order Stalked by Daemons
