{"id":3988,"date":"2023-06-28T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2023-06-28T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:48:41","slug":"l-a-deathrockers-black-heroin-galleryshare-new-video-take-this-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3988","title":{"rendered":"L.A. deathrockers BLACK HEROIN GALLERYshare new video: \u2018Take This Rose\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3988\" class=\"elementor elementor-3988\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54e16da7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54e16da7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e666ea9\" data-id=\"1e666ea9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c8fcd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38c8fcd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BLACK-HERION-596x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BLACK-HERION-596x1024.jpg 596w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BLACK-HERION-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BLACK-HERION.jpg 699w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the heartland of American deathrock, Los Angeles\u2019 BLACK HEROIN GALLERY share the video \u2018Take This Rose\u2019 \u2013 the latest promo from their \u2018Feast of Bats\u2019 album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new black and white video for \u2018Take This Rose\u2019 depicts BLACK HEROIN GALLERY frontman Eyajo December Joseph meandering and dancing giddily through a haunted wood, in full gothic regalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blissfully unaware, however, he is pursued by a shadowy, clawed figure in a bird mask, who carries an old leather suitcase containing dark curiosities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bird mask and suitcase in turn join an inventory of recurring objects and oddities in the woods, including a white rose, an old jailor\u2019s key-ring tied to a long string, and a mysterious black gift box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eyajo Joseph explains: \u201cDeath is seeking out her mark, trying to trick the carefree artist into taking her gift: a rose. She uses a surrogate in place of herself, who stalks the artist through the forest, trying to get him to take the rose, even using spells to will his compliance, or trick him with the poisoned rose in a gift box. Ultimately, she will take him to meet the ferryman.\u201d<\/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=\"Black Heroin Gallery \/ Take This Rose\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zvNzdeLDr4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video is written, directed, and edited by Eyajo Joseph, and shot by cinematographer Johneray Case: intercut with shaky hand-held \u201cfound footage\u201d by Eyajo, frantically searching through the branches and the undergrowth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continues: \u201cSilent films of long past have always been a big influence on me, as have arthouse films, and I think both of these styles peek through in this video.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Take This Rose\u2019 is the haunted closer to the band\u2019s album, \u2018Feast of Bats\u2019. Longtime drummer Tony F. Corpse provides jangling, ritualistic percussion, comprising windchimes, tambourines, hi-hats, ride cymbals and cymbal washes. Krystal Fantom\u2019s eerie guitar treatments, meanwhile, resemble a ghostly wind, wailing and whistling through the trees. Dracul Grotesque\u2019s bass follows subtly behind Eyajo Joseph\u2019s piano, with a sliding, droning feel similar to William Faith\u2019s bass work with Rozz Williams and Christian Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bandleader Eyajo Joseph, himself the former keyboardist for gutterglam-deathrockers Astrovamps and Hollywood gothic blackmetallers Willow Wisp, meanwhile provides the solemn piano procession that leads the song. Keys are played live by Skye Lee Vague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vocally, Eyajo usually abandons the conventions of \u201csinging\u201d in favour of his highly theatrical performance poetry, combining tormented storytelling and tortured nursery rhymes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTake this rose, It\u2019s from Death<br>A feast of bats is certain<br>Take this rose, It\u2019s from Death<br>She winks and pulls Life\u2019s curtain\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often found haunting live venues between Mexico and California, BLACK HEROIN GALLERY recently opened for France\u2019s nineties goth legends Corpus Delicti at the Black Box in Tijuana; and will play with notorious US industrial metal group Genitorturers this coming October, at Hollywood\u2019s famed Whiskey a Go Go. Previously, BLACK HEROIN GALLERY have played shows with US deathrock pioneers including 45 Grave and Gitane Demone, latter-day proponents Readership Hostile, and with UK horror-punk outfit, Screaming Dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the heartland of American deathrock, Los Angeles\u2019 BLACK HEROIN GALLERY share the video \u2018Take This Rose\u2019 \u2013 the latest promo from their \u2018Feast of Bats\u2019 album. The new black and white video for \u2018Take This Rose\u2019 depicts BLACK HEROIN GALLERY frontman Eyajo December Joseph meandering and dancing giddily through a haunted wood, in full&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3988\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">L.A. deathrockers BLACK HEROIN GALLERYshare new video: \u2018Take This Rose\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3989,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988","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=3988"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3994,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988\/revisions\/3994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}