Louisiana atmospheric metallers Forming the Void issued their debut album, Skyward, last fall. The brooding, lurching Lafayette four-piece have a new video for the track “Three Eyed Gazelle” from the outing, and it captures the kind of understated intensity that lies beneath the outwardly (mostly) calm waters of the song’s surroundings, Forming the Void taking cues from progressive metal as much as if not more than doom, resulting in a persistent sense of tightness to their rhythms and melodies and a style more forward thinking than one usually finds on an album the cover for which features a goat-inclusive ritual of some sort or other. Not to generalize, but if you’re reading this, you know what I’m talking about.

There’s plenty of ritual in the video itself, admittedly. The part of the gazelle? Why it’s played by a pretty lady in antlers, of course. She bellydances in front of a bonfire at night as the footage is sped up and slowed down to match the band’s rhythm, her third eye prevalent in her forehead and just a bit on the other side of creepy. The song’s blend of sludge and teeth-clenched metal calls to mind the likes of a less abrasive Beastwars from New Zealand or maybe Cultura Tres from Venezuela, so Forming the Void are nothing if not worldly. Might be a little clean for some listeners, in accordance with that whole “prog” thing, but has a darker vibe as well to go with all that fire and nighttime and those robes that show up later on.

The album — I’ve also seen it called an EP, so you know, don’t go quoting me or anything — is streaming now on Bandcamp, where the CD’s also available on the cheap. Links and other info after the video below. Enjoy:

Forming the Void, “Three Eyed Gazelle” official video

FORMING THE VOID – “Three Eyed Gazelle” from the album “Skyward”

Directed by David Rabalais from Randy Diddly studios
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FORMING THE VOID is a rock band based out of Lafayette, Louisiana. The band has been performing regularly since October of 2013 and released their second album, “SKYWARD” in August 2015. Their unique blend of atmospheric and stoner rock with a metal influence places a heavy emphasis on textures and layers.

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