Fleshgod Apocalypse release new music video for “I can never die”

The Italian symphonic death metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse just released a new music video for their new song “I can never die“. This song will be featured on the band’s upcoming album “Opera”, which will be out August 23rd though Nuclear Blast.

Francesco Paoli, vocalist and bassist of Fleshgod Apocalypse, revealed his inspiration for this new song:

“Some people don’t give the right value to their actions, focusing on immediate profit, and forgetting that our choices have a decisive impact on our and other people’s existence. Especially when you are an artist. It’s essential to remember that everything we create outlives us, it has a life of its own and, once it’s brought into existence, it belongs to everyone and we have no more control over it.

Death can occur abruptly any time and there’s no chance to change what it’s done, once we’re gone. As far as I’m concerned, one of my first thoughts when I realized that I could have died was ‘who have I been’ and ‘what am I leaving behind’. I recollected my whole life and figured out how much determination, sacrifice and honesty I’ve put into art and that made me so proud that I would have died in peace.

That’s why we wrote this song, which is nothing but a glorious anthem for all those who commit their existence to art in the purest possible way.” Francesco Paoli, vocalist and bassist of Fleshgod Apocalypse

The music video for this new track was directed by Martina L. McLean.

“For a song with such a profound and universal meaning—a true anthem to the value of art and the artist—I wanted to contribute to the visual aspect by creating an experimental video, entirely guided by inspiration, lots of different approaches, techniques, and obviously too many of hours of editing. Drawing from the infernal and chaotic masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch, but ranging through styles and times, the band brings to life infinite, hypothetical paintings.” Martina L. McLean