South African (now based in the USA) gothic rockers The Awakening present a new video for the track "Through The Veil". The track is taken from The Awakening's last year-released eponymous twelfth album.
The Awakening mastermind Ashton Nyte comments about the new video: "'Through The Veil' tells the story of someone who has left this world but still wants to be near the one they love. I think it is beautifully romantic and relatable in any setting where we are separated from the person we need to be close to."
Once again, Ashton Nyte created the video in his preferred black-and-white Film Noir format, adding, "after the uptempo adventures in the last two videos, I enjoyed approaching this one from a more atmospheric story-teller perspective".
In other news, The Awakening announced additional tour dates for 2025. The 'Haunting Tour 2025' includes headline shows in Germany, France, Canada, the UK and the USA, as well as co-headline performances at the legendary Castle Party in Poland and Brainstorm Fest in the Netherlands. They will also headline the first edition of Glōm Fest, a new pop-up festival, which will take six international acts up the west coast of the US from Los Angeles to Vancouver, Canada. Link
Haunting Tour - 2025:
July 08 - Bielefeld, Germany - Movie
July 09 - Berlin, Germany - Maschinenhaus [Kesselhaus in der Kulturbrauerei]
July 10 - Leipzig, Germany - Naumann's Tanzlokal [Felsenkeller]
July 11 - Bolków, Poland - Castle Party Festival (co-headline main stage)
Sep 12 - Los Angeles, CA, USA - Lodge Room (headlining Glōm Fest)
Sep 13 - San Francisco, CA, USA - DNA Lounge (headline Glōm Fest)
Sep 19 - Portland, OR, USA - Star Theater (headline Glōm Fest)
Sep 20 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - The Cobalt (headlining Glōm Fest)
Oct 24 - Leeds, UK - Belgrave Music Hall (with support from The Royal Ritual)
Oct 26 - London, UK - Bush Hall (with support from The Royal Ritual)
Oct 29 - Angers, France - Joker's (Ashton Nyte solo acoustic)
Oct 30 - Angers, France - Le Chabada
Oct 31 - Paris, France - TBA
Nov 01 - Stuttgart, Germany - TBA
Nov 03 - Hannover, Germany - Café Glocksee
Nov 04 - Hamburg, Germany - Nochtspeicher
Nov 05 - Cologne, Germany - Yard Club [Die Kantine]
Nov 06 - Dortmund, Germany - Pauluskirche (full band acoustic)
Nov 07 - Apeldoorn, The Netherlands - Brainstorm Festival (full band co-headline main stage)
Nov 08 - Apeldoorn, The Netherlands - Brainstorm Festival (full band acoustic headline theater stage)
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