{"id":16345,"date":"2025-09-28T17:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16345"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:25:21","slug":"dawn-fades-horror-themed-video-for-album-track-drugsaccepted-to-santiago-horror-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16345","title":{"rendered":"DAWN FADES\u2019 HORROR-THEMED VIDEO FOR ALBUM TRACK, \u201cDRUGS,\u201dACCEPTED TO SANTIAGO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DAWN-FADES.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16346\" style=\"width:562px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DAWN-FADES.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DAWN-FADES-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dawn Fades<\/strong>\u00a0worked with the filmmakers at\u00a0<strong>Ravensview Films<\/strong>\u00a0on their horror-themed music video for album track \u201c<strong>Drugs<\/strong>.\u201d The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040E42&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santiago Horror Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0has accepted the entry to the Video Clips category. The video will be screened during the festival in Santiago, Chile which runs from October 8 &#8211; 11, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Dawn Fades -  &quot;DRUGS&quot; TRAILER\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zcbad-4ijoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival posted the following synopsis: &#8220;A drug trip spirals into absolute madness in this wild fever dream of a music video for&nbsp;<strong>Dawn Fades<\/strong>&#8216; new song &#8220;<strong>Drugs<\/strong>,&#8221; unleashing a deliriously surreal love letter to 70&#8217;s Italian horror, ghostly found footage, insane birthday clowns, blood-splattered zombies, and&#8230;sock puppets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were amazed by how much we were all able to accomplish during production, with just 12 hours to film and a crew of three,\u201d says says&nbsp;<strong>Ravensview Films<\/strong>&nbsp;(Danial Smith, Director &amp; Kendra Ruczak, Producer). \u201cThe cast and crew all went above and beyond to bring each crazy section of the video to life. From fake blood cannons to balloon instruments to fog machines, we all had a blast from start to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Video Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director\/Cinematographer\/Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danial J. Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Producer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kendra Ruczak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Camera\/Lighting\/Set Dec Assistant:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aaron Gomez&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Music<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dawn Fades<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cast:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veronica&nbsp;Warner, Sam Sherwood,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nate Hertweck,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Wright, Scott&nbsp;Quist,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Markus Erren Pardi\u00f1as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band will release the video for \u201c<strong>Drugs<\/strong>\u201d worldwide, together with their new studio album,&nbsp;<strong><em>III<\/em><\/strong>, on Friday, October 24, 2025. Album formats include vinyl LP and digital, pre-order&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040BD8&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\">HERE<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong>Dawn Fades<\/strong>&nbsp;will celebrate their album release with a live show on Thursday, November 6th, 2025 in Los Angeles at&nbsp;<strong>Knucklehead Hollywood<\/strong>&nbsp;(6202 Santa Monica Blvd.). The bands&nbsp;<strong>Qaalm<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Destroy Judas<\/strong>&nbsp;will join them on the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>III<\/em><\/strong>, was recorded and produced by&nbsp;<strong>Dawn Fades<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2023-2024. Drums were recorded with&nbsp;<strong>Josh Newell<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>Intronaut<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Linkin Park<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>NPR Tiny Desk<\/strong>&nbsp;Technical Director) and mixed by&nbsp;<strong>Mario Quintero<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>Spotlights<\/strong>).&nbsp;Their previous two albums (<strong>&nbsp;<em>Dawn Fades<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><em>Ode<\/em><\/strong>) were release by&nbsp;<strong>Metal Assault Records<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2019 and 2021 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dawn Fades<\/strong>&nbsp;fuses post-metal\u2019s dynamic depth with heavy sludge \u2014 drawing comparisons to Neurosis, Yob, Isis, Deftones and Cult of Luna, while forging a sound distinctly their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dawn Fades<\/strong>&nbsp;is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sam Sherwood (Vocals)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Nate Hertweck (Guitar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Markus Erren Pardi\u00f1as (Bass)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Wright (Guitar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Scott Quist (Drums on the album)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Visit&nbsp;<strong>Dawn Fades<\/strong>&nbsp;online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040BD9&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\">dawnfadesband.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040BDA&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\">dawnfades.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040BDB&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\">linktr.ee\/Dawnfadesband<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040BDC&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\">instagram.com\/dawnfadesband<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040BDD&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\">facebook.com\/DawnFadesBand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040BDE&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\">spotify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flypr.benchurl.com\/c\/l?u=13040BDF&amp;e=1A6DA6B&amp;c=10952&amp;&amp;t=0&amp;l=EAEB5B9&amp;email=WmFdhaXAJVKVgi8dFUx9xfSj1o6va%2B1hNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&amp;seq=1\">music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/dawn-fades<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dawn Fades\u00a0worked with the filmmakers at\u00a0Ravensview Films\u00a0on their horror-themed music video for album track \u201cDrugs.\u201d The\u00a0Santiago Horror Film Festival\u00a0has accepted the entry to the Video Clips category. The video will be screened during the festival in Santiago, Chile which runs from October 8 &#8211; 11, 2025. The festival posted the following synopsis: &#8220;A drug trip&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16345\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DAWN FADES\u2019 HORROR-THEMED VIDEO FOR ALBUM TRACK, \u201cDRUGS,\u201dACCEPTED TO SANTIAGO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16347,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16345\/revisions\/16347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}