Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC recently released their new video, for the track '49 Theurgy Chains'.

Bassist/backing vocalist Doris Yeh states, “The concept we wanted to portray is the philosophy of Oriental Hell. Hundreds of levels of different hell have different sentences. Mirror Of Retribution is the first thing you will meet when you fall into the Hell. Through the mirror, you see all the bad things you've done in your lifetime. Each spirit has to face the Mirror Of Retribution then the ghost king will send everyone to the specific level of hell that they deserved.

But it's not good enough to only describe the Hell, so, we found the crossover between Taiwan and Hell, that's "228 Massacre" in our history. We created a main character in our story named "Tsing-guan", who is the medium (psychic) in the temple. The year was 1947, and the biggest massacre launched by the Chinese Army in Taiwan’s history had occurred. The main character tried to use his ability to go to Hell, stealing the Book of Life and Death, and killing the tyrant of the Chinese Army.

ChthoniC decided to use '49 Theurgy Chains' to be our video because the song can describe the struggle when the main character faced suicide himself, like the fate that he can’t refuse. He knows that he may fail, but he still needs to do try. Just like the fate that was met by all of the Taiwanese in 1947.

We chose a famous sea side of Taiwan to shoot this video. The landscape is both beach and rocky coast in the same place. We shot the video all day from 8 AM to 9 PM. The wind was so strong, so the shooting effect was very good, but the wind also blew away our tents, everybody was getting sunburned and covered in bruises for over 12 hours staying under such strong sunlight and powerful winds.

When it was near dusk, the director began shooting the scene under the lanterns. The scene was set to be that all members should be still playing under the flaming lanterns. This was a dangerous but interesting experience, because when the lanterns start to catch on fire and fall down one by one, the members didn’t notice that and continued to play, until the oil was leaking from the lantern and one of flaming lanterns fell and hit CJ’s Keyboard. The director screamed for everybody to retreat!"

Spinefarm Records recently issued the following update:

"Pre-order the new Chthonic album, titled Mirror of Retribution, from Newbury Comics and receive a CD booklet signed by the entire band (while supplies last)! Click here to order.

Mirror of Retribution will be released on September 15th in the USA."

As previously reported, in addition to their previously announced North American tour with with SATYRICON, BLEEDING THROUGH and TOXIC HOLOCAUST, Chthonic have announced the following US headlining dates:

September

23 - Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
27 - Uncle - Pleasants Louisville, KY

October

4 - Marquee - Tulsa, OK
10 - Oz Cafe - Wichita, KS
22 - Penny Arcade - Rochester, NY

Dates for the band's tour with Satyricon, Bleeding Through and Toxic Holocaust include:

September

25 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
26 - Norfolk, VA- Norva
28 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
29 - Orlando, FL - The Club

October

1 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
2 - Dallas, TX - The Door
3 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
5 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
6 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
7 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
8 - West Hollywood, CA - Key Club
10 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
12 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
13 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
14 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theater
16 - Salt Lake City, UT- Club Sound
17 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater
19 - Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
20 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
21 - Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
23 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
24 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
25 - New York, NY - The Fillmore @ Irving
27 - Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda

Chthonic recently released their new video, for the track '49 Theurgy Chains'. Check it out below. The song is featured on the band's new album, Mirror Of Retribution, available in North America on September 1st via Spinefarm Records.

The tracklisting: 'Autoscopy', 'Blooming Blades', 'Hearts Condemned', 'Venom In My Veins', 'The Aroused', 'Sing Linng Temple', '1947', '49 Theurgy Chains', 'Rise Of The Shadows', 'Bloody Waves Of Sorrow', 'Spell Of Setting Sun', 'Unlimited Taiwan'.