Slay For Me is the new single from Australia’s Industrial Titans, Our Last Enemy from the as yet unnamed/unannounced follow up to 2022’s ‘As Above So Below’ which had rave 10/10 reviews and hit 26 on the Aria independent charts. Produced by two-time ARIA nominee DW Norton and with the legendary John Sankey (Fear Factory, Divine Heresy) on drums, Slay For Me presents the start of the next chapter of the direct follow up to AASB.
The single is accompanied by a mind bending music video that is equal parts Mad Max apocalyptic road trip and a David Lynch fever dream, complete with throwbacks (in the form of a guest appearance character) to their first clip ‘10,000 Headless Horses’ for the eagle eyed viewer. The clip is shot by the same crew that helmed that video as well, ‘Vintage HD’ pioneers The Blackley Brothers of Her Name Is Murder Productions (Sepultura, Thy Art Is murder, Norma Jean, Alpha Wolf, Ocean Grove)
OLE bassist Matt Haywood says of the track; – When writing the riffs for Slay For Me, my life was in a really uncomfortable place, and I wanted a feeling of discomfort reflected in the song. One of the earliest ideas Wade and I had to achieve this was to essentially use a “chorus” riff in both the Chorus and the Verse of the song. When Oli got ahold of the early demos of the song this is something he built upon, using that real rhythmic drone to anchor the feelings reflected in the words.”
Frontman Oliver Fogwell adds: ‘shooting the clip was a 6am-9pm slog over 4 locations in a day – if we look frazzled in the clip it aint acting! It did help with the vibe of the shoot, we certainly felt at the end of the world at some points. Although the vintage Camaro we had for the day was a great way to get around – and we didnt total it!’
Listen to Slay For Me here: https://lnk.to/ourlastenemy
