{"id":21749,"date":"2024-07-30T10:27:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=21749"},"modified":"2024-07-30T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:27:42","slug":"malcolm-pardon-announces-new-album-the-abyss-and-shares-video-for-single-enter-the-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=21749","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Pardon announces new album, The Abyss<\/em>, and shares video for single \u2018Enter The Void\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Malcolm Pardon<\/a>, who is also one half of Swedish electronic duo\u00a0Roll The Dice with Peder Mannerfelt, is back with a new solo album. Entitled The Abyss<\/em>, the upcoming record continues to build on the death related themes explored in his 2021 solo debut Hello Death<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s not meant to be threatening or horrific in any way,\u201d Pardon explained. \u201cThere\u2019s this constant dialogue we have with ourselves about how we\u2019re going to die at some point. It\u2019s like a constant companion, so you might as well get to know it, and befriend it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Abyss<\/em> will be released September 20th through The Leaf Label<\/a> and ahead of it the composer and producer has shared the gentle and melancholic \u2018Enter The Void\u2019, which “serves as a perfect distillation of Pardon\u2019s 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. \u2018Enter The Void\u2019 is offered with an unsettling video by Swedish director Oskar Wrang\u00f6, who had this to say:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have always been drawn to Malcolm\u2019s music. It creates new images in my mind, and that\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Watch the video for \u2018Enter The Void\u2019 below.<\/p>\n