Belgian sludge rockers The Progerians — AKA The Fabulous Progerians — released their full-length debut, titled The Fabulous Progerians, last October. Their new video for the song “Black Storm” highlights a lot of what worked on that record, the band bolstering classic structures with thick tones and hints of noise rock throughout but not losing sight of the song they’re serving. They’ve been playing sporadically since the record came out and will continue to over the course of the next couple months, but the clip does a lot of the talking for them, in both its slick production value and of course in the song itself.

I’ll assume that the female lead in the “Black Storm” video is meant to embody chaos somehow, or perhaps some definitively human version of enmity, since every time she goes somewhere and walks slowly toward the camera, fights seem to break out. Fair enough. People getting pushed around throughout and “Black Storm” itself makes a fitting companion for that, but it’s hardly the sum-total of what The Fabulous Progerians has on offer, whether it’s the horn-laced “Collapse” or the more purely raw “2+6” and “I am Icon,” which border on metallic in their aggression but keep the pace moving all the same. Not that metal doesn’t, but you know what I mean.

I’ve included their bio below in case you missed the record and would like to be filled in. Enjoy:

The Fabulous Progerians, “Black Storm” official video

Video by The Fabulous Progerians for the song BLACK STORM from the FABULOUS PROGERIANS LP (2015). Starring: Julie Vdp – Directed and edited by Piotr Szlachta – Cinematographer: Yassin Serghini – Assistant Director: Nicolas de Viron – Photography Assistants: Dave Decat, Lény Bernay & The Progerians – Extras: Friends & Family.

“Black Storm” was recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio Six by Nicolas Vandeweyer.

The Fabulous Progerians are a three-piece that radiates throughout the Brussels’ underground and its surroundings. This heavy and fat paving block seeks to translate youth’s anxiety, agonising in unemployment and lust offered by the modern world for lack of a future.

Their influences go far back into prehistory, but it’s somewhere between Punk and Sludge that the band likes to find its secret harmonies.

Known for powerful performances, they are usually joined by other musicians who widen even more the sound spectrum and universe of the band.

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Tags: Belgium, Brussels, The Fabulous Progerians, The Progerians, Unsigned bands

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