ZOROASTER's 'White Dwarf' Video Available
April 14, 2010, 14 years ago
Psych metal band ZOROASTER has released their new video, for the track 'White Dwarf', featured on the band's 2009 LP Voice Of Saturn. Check it out below.
Directed by the band’s longtime friend and roadie / light tech, Nick Hood, the 'White Dwarf' video was filmed on location at both the Plaza Theater and Thunderbox Rehearsal Studios in the band’s hometown of Atlanta, GA. The DIY video features an abstract concept centered around a white dwarf (also known as a white star) that crashes into Saturn and “causes aliens to find refuge on Earth.” We then see the aliens - played by Zoroaster - “descend from outer space to wreak havoc in a movie theatre filled with patrons enjoying a 3-D Sci-Fi matinee.”
The out-of-this-world clip features MASTODON guitarist Brent Hinds staring in the role of a “hare-brained mad scientist”.
As previously reported, Zoroaster recently entered Atlanta’s Living Room Studios to begin the recording of it's new album, Matador. A July release via E1 Music is expected.
Zoroaster is working with producer Sanford Parker on the new album, which will be mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room in Chicago, IL. Matador’s drums and bass are being laid to tape at Atlanta’s Glow in the Dark Studios. Housed in the former location of the renowned Cheshire Sound Studios - the first dual 24 track facility in the Southeast – the recording complex has been home to projects featuring Prince, The Georgia Satellites, Steve Walsh and more.
Zoroaster’s new material is said to be “more direct, more intense and absolutely enveloping.” A new photo of the trio in the midst of recording can be viewed on the left (click image to enlarge).
When asked for comment on Matador, Zoroaster guitarist / vocalist Will Fiore dished, “As a whole, these are the strongest songs we've ever put together and they really encompass everything we've done until now as a band. There are some really heavy, slow creepers and some of the faster, more driving songs. The new material ranges from really aggressive to more melodic and trippy.”
“It’s going to be a pretty straight-forward rock album and I think it’s what we wanted to create with both Dog Magic and Voice of Saturn, rolled into one,” offers drummer Dan Scanlan. “There will be a lot of shorter tracks that are very straight forward and hard-hitting — it’s a lot less of a droning record than what people are expecting. The album title Matador sums up the feel of the album perfectly. It's an "epic" sort of title; strong and powerful, but graceful.”In addition to Fiore and Scanlan, Zoroaster features bassist / vocalist Brent Anderson. More on the band at this location.