Metal Anarchy

Perturbator (aka James Kent) has premiered a new video for his new song “Apocalypse Now.” The track, which features Kristoffer Rygg (Ulver), is from Perturbator’s new album, “Age Of Aquarius,” which will be released on October 10.

Kent said the following about the single:

“’Apocalypse Now’ is a song about the systematic destruction we cause to our own kind. It is our inability to get along with–and often vilify–’the others.’ Thus accelerating the end of our ways of life through simple hubris and self validation.”

Director Fitt added the following about the video:

“The lyrics of ‘Apocalypse Now’ have made me wonder: what would the last war look like? A coup? A war of all against all? A nuclear war? Maybe. Could be. But I realized that what I would love to do, to watch, to happen, is a war of world leaders against themselves. The war they all dream of, but are too cowardly to fight themselves. This would be the ultimate war, in my opinion. And that’s what I aimed to show. And then we’re left wondering: what would be next? What if women took charge? Would power consume them too, eventually? Are we doomed as a species? That’s what I wonder and want people to wonder with me.”

Kent also commented on the album:

“The first half of ‘Age of Aquarius’ is all about conflict. The misanthropy and violence that lays in all of us,” explains Kent. “The second part of the album then talks about individualism. The understanding that group-thinking leads to nowhere and having your own free will is the single most essential thing we have in life.

We have this climate nowadays of people getting divided over everything. Every debate is two-sided, very extreme, very warlike, and people are very into group thinking: ‘There’s this side of the conflict, and there’s this side of the conflict, and if you’re not on my side, you’re wrong.’

I like to think of every album as a movie. The tracks are all scenes from that one big movie”

“Age Of Aquarius” Track Listing:

01. “Apocalypse Now” (feat. Ulver)
02. “Lunacy”
03. “Venus” (feat. Author & Punisher)
04. “The Glass Staircase”
05. “Hangover Square”
06. “The Art of War”
07. “12th House”
08. “Lady Moon (feat. Greta Link)
09. “The Swimming Pool”
10. “Mors Ultima Ratio”
12. “Age of Aquarius” (feat. Alcest)