Thorium: With help of several renowned guest vocalists…..
Thorium - Where Do We Go
Thorium release their first official video single Where Do We Go, off their long-awaited second album Empires In The Sun. The music video was directed and filmed by Sebastiaan Spijker, from a concept and story by Tom Tee. Both the song and the video muse on the question posed in the track’s title and explore the notion of whether one can ever be truly certain of where to head to, whatever one’s stage or station in life.
Thorium is the heavy metal venture of the Ostrogoth axemen Dario Frodo, Stripe and Tom Tee plus batterist Louis Van Der Linden (23 Acez) and seasoned Dutch singer David Marcelis (Lord Volture, Black Knight).
Their self-titled debut album was released in 2018 to highly positive critics and a solid number of gigs in the BeNeLux, Germany and the UK. Now it’s time for Empires In The Sun.
For the epic trilogy 1302 the band acquired the help of several renowned guest vocalists: Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon), Benny Zors Willaert (23 Acez), Joe Van Audenhove (Evil Invaders) and Anneleen Olbrechts. Moreover, Norman Eshley (Blind Guardian) lent his warm voice to provide the narration on a selection of songs.
About the song,
«The song ruminates on that arguably greatest of all life questions: which path to choose. Can you ever truly be certain that a given road, often picked among so many others, was the right one to travel by? Choices that not seldom seemed so right at the onset may just come back to haunt you, years or even decades after».
«For all the drama this subject might seem to entail, though, the song is decidedly (and wilfully) upbeat, both lyrically and musically. Never wanting to succumb to overly gloomy sentiments, the overarching message, if one has to be settled upon, is that through all things, all we can (and indeed should!) do is persist, persevere, and – to coin the old English idiom – get on with it!».
«For the video, I wanted to present three characters, from the three main stages of life; childhood, adulthood, and old age – and leave it entirely up to the viewer, of course, to decide whether they’re the same person or rather three separate entities. Throughout the clip, I wanted to have them work off a number of elements that would be symbolic (if in a kind of tongue-in-cheek manner) of things life throws at you – contrary signposts that don’t seem to point you anywhere useful; a compass that simply keeps on spinning; and a little later in life, the watch that keeps on ticking, ever faster» – Tom Tee says.
Thorium, music news, Sebastiaan Spijker, Tom Tee, Dario Frodo, Stripe, Tom Tee, Louis Van Der Linden, 23 Acez, David Marcelis, Lord Volture, Black Knight, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Ayreon, Benny Zors Willaert, Joe Van Audenhove, Evil Invaders, Anneleen Olbrechts. Moreover, Norman Eshley, Blind Guardian,
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