Canadian dark alternative rock heavyweights A Primitive Evolution have released a powerful video for ‘Dead Skies’, a song originally included on their ‘Becoming’ album issued by Metropolis Records in 2018 but a track that now feels chillingly prophetic. Directed by Owen Mackinder of The Birthday Massacre, the video blends visceral live performance footage captured by the band’s longtime visual collaborator Jonathan Craig with haunting archival images of nuclear explosions. This fusion of raw energy and apocalyptic imagery reflects the song’s themes of devastation, survival and the uneasy balance between destruction and hope
‘Dead Skies’ is a brooding, riff-heavy anthem that captures the band’s signature blend of industrial textures, crushing guitars and raw, anthemic power. The decision to release the new video on August 6th – the 80th anniversary of the very first atomic bomb that devastated Hiroshima – underscores its message and urgency.
“We wrote ‘Dead Skies’ seven years ago, but watching the world teeter under new threats and old fears, it felt like the right moment to revisit it,” explains A Primitive Evolution frontman Brett Carruthers, who has also been the bassist for labelmates The Birthday Massacre since 2019. “The nuclear footage isn’t just a look back. It’s also a stark reminder of how close humanity still stands to the edge.”
Raw and visceral yet also displaying soul and beauty, the 13 tracks that comprise ‘Becoming’ blur the boundaries between rock, metal and electronica and show off an array of influences that include Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Tool, The Prodigy, Ministry, Radiohead, Alice in Chains and Guns n’ Roses.
