Farsot - The Antagonist [official video clip]
Farsot, ‘The Antagonist’ – Exclusive Video Premiere By Joe DiVita March 28, 2017 9:03 AM Germany’s Farsot have been bending the black metal formula since their debut in 2007. One decade later, they’re about to present Fail·Lure, their third studio album, conceptually spun from the Peter Greenaway film, Drowning by Numbers. They’ve teamed up with Loudwire to offer you a sampling of the record with the unnerving music video for “The Antagonist” (watch above). The initial pacing of the footage is paired with the chilling ambience that accompanies a scene of a lifeless body lying face down in a marsh. Building off this atmosphere, a clean-picked, delicate yet dissonant lead plods on, extinguished by a wall of distortion that sends “The Antagonist” in motion. Farsot’s volleying tempos explore pounding, ritualistic rhythms, forceful gallops and revolving drums, with each moment’s mood embodied by an increasingly engaged clan of nefarious, white-masked, black-robed figures. S...