Eidola release music video for ‘Damballah’

Ahead of their new album ‘The Will to Power‘ which drops next month, post hardcore act Eidola has released a music video for the bands latest single ‘Damballah’.

“’Damballah’ is about transformation through destruction,” vocalist/guitarist Andrew Wells, who is also a member of Dance Gavin Dance, explains. “The idea that sometimes the only way forward is to shed the identity that brought you this far. The serpent itself is an ancient symbol of that cycle of creation and death, wisdom and temptation, shedding and becoming. There’s an acceptance in the song that nothing is meant to remain the same forever, and that evolution sometimes requires you to willingly let go of habits you’ve spent your entire life building.”

Loosely inspired by Nietzsche’s “The Will to Power,” the album explores the nature of power and how it has shaped humanity throughout history and continues to shape the world today. Sonically, the band continues expanding beyond the boundaries of post-hardcore, integrating prog, metal, alternative, and experimental elements into the record.

“We were capturing these lightning-in-a-bottle moments,” Wells recalls. “Working in-person was just so much fun. As a father now, my excitement and gratitude for what we do together had really increased. I was able to access more emotion and vulnerability than ever before. I tapped into those spaces to philosophize from my own perspective. As a result, The Will to Power became the best representation of what our band is.”

1.       Doom Sequence

2.       Damballah

3.       Purity Ladder

4.       Arethusa

5.       Gears of Thoth

6.       Nothing Ever Happens

7.       Axiology

8.       Leviathan

9.       Hyperion Hymn

10. Niflheimer