Berlin, Germany based Dark Doom Metal act Aptera published the official music video for the stand-alone single “Hellbender” out on December 13, 2024. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
Purchase the single on Bandcamp: https://apteraberlin.bandcamp.com/track/hellbender
The song “Hellbender” takes inspiration from the eponymous movie by Toby Poser (2021), where the Hellbenders are an all-female, matriarchal clan of supernatural beings: “a cross between a witch, a demon, and an apex predator.” Their magic is rooted in fear, particularly the fear of death, which a Hellbender absorbs by eating a living thing.
The video was directed and shot by Finnish visual artist Tekla Valy in the woods near Berlin, partially at night during the so-called “hour of the wolf,” as referenced in the lyrics. This is the hour between night and dawn, when most people die, sleep is deepest, and nightmares feel most real. It is the hour when the sleepless are tormented by their worst anguish and when ghosts and demons are at their most powerful. It is also the hour when most babies are born.
Hailing from Brazil, Italy, Belgium, and the US, Aptera have risen from the seas to join forces in Berlin. Playing a mix of Sludge, Doom, Blues and Classic Metal glued together with some Punk grit, Aptera is a guttural cry that will lure you to your destruction.
Lineup:
T.H. / guitar, vocals
Celia Paul / Bass, Vocals
Renata Helm / Guitar
Sara Neidorf / Drums
