{"id":17855,"date":"2026-01-16T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=17855"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:15:17","slug":"damien-cain-delivers-stories-of-dangerous-desires-and-impossible-attractions-with-new-video-of-soul-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=17855","title":{"rendered":"DAMIEN CAIN Delivers Stories of Dangerous Desires and Impossible Attractions with New Video of \u201cSoul on Fire\u201d!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HiRes-Album-Artwork-Damien-Cain-STANDARTE-c-Christin-Wilhelm-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17856\" style=\"width:519px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HiRes-Album-Artwork-Damien-Cain-STANDARTE-c-Christin-Wilhelm-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HiRes-Album-Artwork-Damien-Cain-STANDARTE-c-Christin-Wilhelm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HiRes-Album-Artwork-Damien-Cain-STANDARTE-c-Christin-Wilhelm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HiRes-Album-Artwork-Damien-Cain-STANDARTE-c-Christin-Wilhelm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HiRes-Album-Artwork-Damien-Cain-STANDARTE-c-Christin-Wilhelm-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HiRes-Album-Artwork-Damien-Cain-STANDARTE-c-Christin-Wilhelm.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>German-born, Ireland-based musician&nbsp;<strong>DAMIEN<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>CAIN<\/strong>&nbsp;has released an AI-generated music video for the song&nbsp;<strong>\u201cSoul on Fire,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;taken from the new album&nbsp;<strong>\u201cStandarte,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;released on December 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cSoul on Fire\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;blends raw, driving rock energy with emotional dual vocals by&nbsp;<strong>Kirstin New<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Damien Cain<\/strong>. A pounding drum groove, a razor-sharp guitar hook and the explosive chemistry between both singers create a dark, addictive atmosphere that feels straight out of the worlds of Doro Pesch, Amy Lee, Breaking Benjamin, and Within Temptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music video tells the story of a young man wandering through an ancient castle, painting forbidden symbols, crawling through shadows and eventually rising into the air as if consumed by the very fire he evokes. Shirtless, vulnerable, defiant and magnetic. His presence mirrors the lyrics: dangerous desire, impossible attraction, and the burn of a soul that can\u2019t escape.<\/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=\"CAIN - Soul on Fire - Official Music Video\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SqXXarlsCNg?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><strong>DAMIEN<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>CAIN<\/strong>&nbsp;moved to Ireland in 2020, seeking a reset after years of working across various genres and roles within the European music industry. What he found instead, he says, was \u201c<strong>a place where the noise finally faded, and the ideas came back.<\/strong>\u201d That renewed focus became the foundation of&nbsp;<strong>\u201cStandarte,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;a sweeping blend of modern alt-rock, melodic metal, gothic textures, and cinematic melancholy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A significant part of the album was mixed at Dublin&#8217;s renowned&nbsp;<strong>Hellfire<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Studios<\/strong>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<strong>Ivan<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Jackman<\/strong>, whose credits include Hozier&#8217;s \u201cTake Me to Church,\u201d Sin\u00e9ad O&#8217;Connor and The Dubliners. Cain credits Jackman with helping shape the album&#8217;s dynamic emotional spectrum: \u201c<em>Ivan understood immediately what I was aiming for: something modern, heavy at times, but rooted in storytelling and atmosphere.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album also features a truly international line-up of collaborators. Musicians from Ireland, the UK, Finland, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and the United States contributed guitars, synths, vocals and strings. Despite this global cast, the record feels grounded in Irish creative energy, a mixture of warmth, darkness, restraint and emotional weight that runs through the country&#8217;s rock and folk heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cain&#8217;s musical story stretches back more than 30 years. He first gained attention with his project&nbsp;<strong>CAIN<\/strong>, whose gothic-industrial single&nbsp;<strong>\u201cAge of Darkness\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;became a cult hit in the early 2000s. The track sold more than&nbsp;<strong>250,000 copies<\/strong>&nbsp;and received the&nbsp;<strong>Impala Diamond Award<\/strong>, marking one of the most significant independent European sales achievements of the era. But despite this success, Cain repeatedly stepped away from the spotlight, resurfacing only when the music \u201c<em>demanded to be made,<\/em>\u201d as he puts it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mixed &amp; Mastered by Ivan Jackman at Hellfire Studios, IE-Dublin (Hozier, Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor, The Dubliners, Nirvana\u2019s Chad Channing). Artwork by Christin Wilhelm. Logo by Audio-To-Go Publishing. Photo by Peter Smallwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Follow DAMIEN CAIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.damiencain.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/damiencainireland\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CAIN.Germany\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DamienMCain\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themetallistpr.com\/\">The Metallist PR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German-born, Ireland-based musician&nbsp;DAMIEN&nbsp;CAIN&nbsp;has released an AI-generated music video for the song&nbsp;\u201cSoul on Fire,\u201d&nbsp;taken from the new album&nbsp;\u201cStandarte,\u201d&nbsp;released on December 12th, 2025. \u201cSoul on Fire\u201d&nbsp;blends raw, driving rock energy with emotional dual vocals by&nbsp;Kirstin New&nbsp;and&nbsp;Damien Cain. A pounding drum groove, a razor-sharp guitar hook and the explosive chemistry between both singers create a dark, addictive atmosphere&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=17855\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DAMIEN CAIN Delivers Stories of Dangerous Desires and Impossible Attractions with New Video of \u201cSoul on Fire\u201d!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17856,"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-17855","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\/17855","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=17855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17857,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17855\/revisions\/17857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}