Apostle of Solitude Post “Apathy in Isolation” Video
Earlier this year, Indianapolis doom metal stalwarts headed abroad for a Spring European tour celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band. The four-piece’s new video, for “Apathy in Isolation” from 2021’s Until the Darkness Goes (review here) — their latest album and third to see issue via Cruz Del Sur Music — captures footage taken on that tour by guitarist/vocalist Steve Janiak, who, for the venues and events the band played, did a walkthrough of the various spaces involved, from bars and corridors and even a hotel where they stayed, to backstages, front-of-houses, and so on.
Maybe it’s a little ironic to have a song as melancholy as “Apathy in Isolation” paired with sped-up footage of Janiak moving through these rooms and spots throughout France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Norway — with no shortage of people around just about everywhere he goes, whether it’s Grand Paris Sludge and Desertfest Oslo or whichever club they were hitting that day, all of which are listed in succession as the clip plays out. On a kind of rudimentary level, it’s cool to see names I recognize from lists of Euro tour dates and would probably otherwise never see, but while it’s fast-forward, you also get a sense of some of the hurry-up-and-wait that comes with getting to a place, unloading a van, sitting around until showtime, then packing up and going; the monotony portrayed through speedy repetition and some of the shots of Janiak‘s bandmates, founding guitarist/vocalist Chuck Brown, founding drummer Corey Webb and bassist Marshall Kreeb, who now also plays with Janiak in the reignited Devil to Pay.
As he’s the one holding the phone, you never see Janiak but in the occasional flash of a reflection or momentary backlit shadow, but as a tour guide weaving through one venue or the other — not to mention editing the clip after the fact — he plays a role that’s plenty essential just the same. This is the third video from Until the Darkness Goes by my count, behind ones for “Deeper Than the Oceans” and the lyric video for “When the Darkness Comes” that preceded the album’s release, and the band has said that they’re looking toward a new full-length maybe later next year, so it might not be the last. But while tours are inherently fleeting, “Apathy in Isolation” memorializes the band’s 20 years — something worth marking, to be sure — and reminds how fortunate we are as a species to no longer be under the conditions that inspired the song in the first place.
It’s a nodder, so get ready, and please enjoy:
Apostle of Solitude, “Apathy in Isolation” official video
Corey Webb on “Apathy in Isolation” video:
A couple of months ago Apostle of Solitude celebrated our 20th year as a band by riding around Europe over the course of 18 days doing what we do. Although it was our 3rd EU tour to date, this one was especially cool because we got the opportunity to play several countries we hadn’t yet played (including Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, and Norway). Here’s a cool way to take a quick tour of each venue we played over the course of 7 minutes. Hope you dig. Props to Steve for the video wizardry.
Apostle of Solitude’s music video for “Apathy in Isolation” from the album “Until the Darkness Goes” available from Cruz Del Sur Music. https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com
Filmed on the 20th Anniversary EU Tour
Footage & Edits: S. Janiak
Recorded by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording, Bloomington, IN
Mixed by Mike Bridavsky
Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room Chicago, Il
special thanks: Mike Naish https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com
Apostle of Solitude 20th Anniversary European Tour:
April 26 – Paris, France @ Savigny le Temple, l’Empreinte Grand Paris Sludge
April 27 – Martigny, Switzerland @ Les Caves du Manior
April 28 – Torino, Italy @ Ziggy Club
April 29 – Bologna, Italy @ Freakout Club
April 30 – Viareggio, Italy @ Circolo ARCI GOB
May 02 – Osnabrück, Germany @ Bastard Club
May 03 – Berlin, Germany @ Slaughterhouse Berlin
May 04 – Vienna, Austria @ Escape Metalcorner
May 05 – Budapest, Hungary @ Robot
May 07 – Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof Wiesbaden
May 08 – Göppingen, Germany @ Zille
May 09 – Düsseldorf, Germany @ Pitcher
May 10 – Sebnitz, Germany @ Wonnemond Festival
May 11 – Oslo, Norway @ Desertfest Oslo
Apostle of Solitude:
Chuck Brown – Guitar, Vocals
Corey Webb – Drums
Steve Janiak – Guitar, Vocals
Marshall Kreeb – Bass
Apostle of Solitude, “Deeper Than the Oceans” official video
Apostle of Solitude, “When the Darkness Comes” lyric video
Apostle of Solitude, Until the Darkness Goes (2021)
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