Malcolm Pardon, who is also one half of Swedish electronic duo Roll The Dice with Peder Mannerfelt, is back with a new solo album. Entitled The Abyss, the upcoming record continues to build on the death related themes explored in his 2021 solo debut Hello Death. “It’s not meant to be threatening or horrific in any way,” Pardon explained. “There’s this constant dialogue we have with ourselves about how we’re going to die at some point. It’s like a constant companion, so you might as well get to know it, and befriend it.”

The Abyss will be released September 20th through The Leaf Label and ahead of it the composer and producer has shared the gentle and melancholic ‘Enter The Void’, which “serves as a perfect distillation of Pardon’s approach, balancing a delicate piano refrain with a low, rumbling blast of noise before being carried aloft by swooning strings that echo down a distant hall”, as the press release describes. ‘Enter The Void’ is offered with an unsettling video by Swedish director Oskar Wrangö, who had this to say:

“I have always been drawn to Malcolm’s music. It creates new images in my mind, and that’s a pretty rare thing. To me this track is a fine balance between real darkness and simple beauty. I wanted to create a unique visual experience in that landscape – when it comes to the end of things or the beginning of something unknown. It comes from a dark depressive past of my own and I think the strong contrasts are important. It’s taken me to new and interesting places. If ever a nightmare was poetic, this is my very personal interpretation of the title – Enter The Void.”

Watch the video for ‘Enter The Void’ below.