Or it could just be the kind of darkness we acknowledge in passing -but don’t dare reference out loud. We all conceal something behind the earthly façade we show to the world. Chapter III was completed the aforementioned “Chris Watts,” which followed the releases of “Michelle Carter” and “Columbine.” Chapter III tallied 31 million views on YouTube and continued their exploration of the darkest and most disturbing parts of the human psyche, following their belief that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” SKYND released Chapter I in 2018, followed by Chapter II in 2019. I still have a hard time watching it, mainly because of the smell it conjures up while we were filming it and the believable state our actor was able to project. I’m so grateful that Skynd embraced this concept and fostered the vision of something that was truly uncomfortable to even film, much less think about. Something, that by anyone’s standard, would be a complete failure, yet in his eyes, a masterpiece of delicacy. “The idea was built on following his manic progression of working on a recipe. There was something particularly twisted about the idea of him being addicted to cooking shows. For this video, we really wanted to explore the madness, that compulsive energy behind Armin’s frame of mind. We can either live in denial and imagine they don’t exist or we can dig deeper into what makes them tick so we know what to look for. The video was directed by critically acclaimed and Grammy-nominated director PR Brown (Korn, Slipknot, Motley Crue, Audioslave, Miley Cyrus, Green Day, Alicia Keys), who also lensed the video for the previous single “ Chris Watts.”īrown also weighs in on the visual, saying, “Monsters live among us. Meiwes didn’t seem like the typical beast you’d imagine when you think of a ‘cannibal.’ But then again, you might ask yourself, ‘What does a cannibal even look like?’ It’s a story that hasn’t left me for years and I feel like I have finally translated it into music.” She continues, “When I investigated the case, I watched an interview with him. His urge to own someone and to fully merge with somebody trumped his common sense.” He wanted to reach another level of climax, because fantasies that he had held since he was a little boy weren’t enough for him anymore. Meiwes didn’t have his inner animal tamed. It sounds insane on the surface, but it’s also really sad story about being lonely and engaging in an internal fight of fantasy versus reality. “The arrangement was an entirely consensual cannibalistic murder. “This is just a really bizarre story,” Skynd shares. Therefore, it’s no surprise that the pair delve into one of the most shocking stories of our time with this track and video. They are known for taking inspiration from inexplicable and brutal criminal cases and the mystery surrounding unsolved deaths, and transforming them into songs to remind us of the darkness within the human psyche. SKYND is the dark creative outlet and the alter ego of its lead singer, Skynd, and producer and multi-instrumentalist Father. Industrial-tinged and true crime-inspired electronic duo SKYND, who just performed to huge festival crowds at Download, Rock am Ring, and Rock im Park, have shared the video for the new single “ Armin Meiwes.” It marks the first song from Chapter IV. TRUE CRIME DUO SKYND RELEASE “ARMIN MEIWES” VIDEO - WATCH
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