Metal Anarchy

Charlotte Wessels’ The Obsession have premiered a new video for their new song “Incubus.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Mute Swan Empire,” which will be released on February 5.

Wessels said the following about the single:

“‘Incubus’ is about the things that keep us awake at night, both literally and figuratively. It introduces the Insomniac, one of the archetypes that inhabit ‘Mute Swan Empire’: A character lying awake beneath the weight of an incubus, wearing a mask made up of her fears, worries, and the many crises unfolding around her.

Inspired in part by Henry Fuseli’s painting ‘The Nightmare,’ the song explores that peculiar space where our inner anxieties and the horrors of the outside world begin to blur. But there is also a certain strength in this character and the very act of perseverance. As the song puts it: ‘You can’t break what’s already broken. You can’t burn what is made of fire.’

I’m so excited to finally share this piece of ‘Mute Swan Empire’ with the world. This album has grown into a universe of its own, and I can’t wait for people to start meeting the characters that inhabit it, starting with this sleepless soul.”