Ignea Premiere New Single & Music Video "Darkness''

Ukrainian alternative metal band Ignea have premiered a Lame Perfect-directed music video for their new single “Darkness.” The track will appear on the band's upcoming studio album “Monumental,” due out October 23rd via Napalm Records.

Vocalist Helle Bohdanova said of the song:

“‘Darkness‘ is about the rides we take into nostalgia when the present gets too heavy — and how bittersweet it is to realize you can never actually go back. As all Ignea members are from Kyiv, we wanted to make a nostalgic ode to our city, walking through its memory — the same modernist buildings that once promised a future, the subway stations, the same streets that hold our childhoods, our first kisses, people we’ve lost. The war, in its turn, adds its own layer of darker nostalgia, watching those buildings burn in real time — and it heavily affected both days of filming.

On the first day, one of the worst missile attacks on Kyiv hit the night before — we hadn’t slept at all, running on nothing but adrenaline, and the city was still on fire as we drove to the location. On the second, we filmed through the city with sirens and drones overhead. Considering this, we’re living in literal darkness, longing for the peaceful, trouble-free days… Can we ever get back?”

The band will hit the road later this year alongside Stellar Circuits and Evergrey for the following European tour:

11/11 Lund, SWE – Mejeriet
11/12 Stockholm, SWE – Kollektivet Livet
11/13 Linköping, SWE – Palatset
11/14 Gothenburg, SWE – Filmstudion 2
11/15 Oslo, NOR – Salt
11/17 Hamburg, GER – Logo
11/18 Berlin, GER – Hole44
11/19 Munich, GER – Feierwerk
11/20 Vienna, AUT – Weberknecht
11/21 Milan, ITA – Slaughter Club
11/22 Aarau, SWI – KiFF
11/23 Antwerp, BEL – Zappa
11/25 Southampton, UK – The Brook
11/26 Birmingham, UK – Asylum
11/27 London, UK – The Underworld
11/28 Leeds, UK – The Key Club
11/29 Dublin, IE – Opium
11/30 Belfast, UK – Limelight 2
12/01 Glasgow, UK – G2
12/02 Newcastle, UK – Anarchy Brew Co.
12/03 Manchester, UK – Rebellion
12/04 Bristol, UK – Strange Brew
12/05 Nottingham, UK – Saltbox
12/07 Paris, FRA – Petit Bain
12/08 Trier, GER – Mergener Hof
12/09 Karlsruhe, GER – Substage
12/10 Dortmund, GER – Junkyard
12/11 Rotterdam, NET – Baroeg
12/12 Maastricht, NET – Muziekgieterij