Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Artist: Kathodos
Single: The Dark Priests
Album: Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus
Country: U.S.A.
Style: Experimental, Ritual, Dark Ambient
Release Date: 28.10.2025
Label: Rune Serpent Europa
Distribution: The Circle Music
▶Order: https://thecirclemusic.gr/product-category/distributed-stuff/?filter_artist-name=kathodos
‘The Dark Priests’ is a song meant to paint a nightmare of the darkest hue. Influenced by a scene in Stanley Kubrick's 1999 film, 'Eyes Wide Shut', the track intends to transport the listener to an active occult ritual. Images of pagan masks, dark thrones, black staffs and sacrifice are conjured while the blashphemous hymn is performed by the dark priests. The listener will decide whether they wish to escape from this nightmare or if they are seduced by what they experience during the ritual. The music video features the latter two-thirds of the track. All footage contained in the video is taken from the 1922 silent film, 'Häxan'. The visuals, the concept, and the acting from the film compliments the song perfectly.
“Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus” is meant to be experienced as a sequence of strange dreams. It comprises a listening journey of confusing, dark, beautiful, scary, comical, twisted, psychotic, and bizarre dreams. The album takes the listener on a dark and sometimes terrifying journey of strange voices, bizarre sounds, beautiful moments, maddening architecture, and intricate instrumentation. It is highly unique, making use of hypnotising drones, occult rituals, odd lyrics, and hidden meanings. Listeners will hear something new each time they play the album.
Kathodos are:
Kathodos – all instrumentation, vocals, lyrics, sounds, composition, production, mixing and mastering
Lavinia - soprano, spoken word and guitar
Kathodos Online:
▶Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559439269587
▶Bandcamp: kathodos.bandcamp.com
▶Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/68owlfwcf0kvaySTghbtbW?si=CfiTv9RySb6Nh7jdR1PNwg
Rune Serpent Europa online:
▶Bandcamp: runeserpenteuropa.bandcamp.com
▶Facebook: facebook.com/runeserpenteuropa
PR inquiries: dom@3-nation.com (Dominic Athanassiou/3nation)
2025 - Rune Serpent Europa
Artist: Kathodos
Single: The Dark Priests
Album: Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus
Country: U.S.A.
Style: Experimental, Ritual, Dark Ambient
Release Date: 28.10.2025
Label: Rune Serpent Europa
Distribution: The Circle Music
▶Order: https://thecirclemusic.gr/product-category/distributed-stuff/?filter_artist-name=kathodos
‘The Dark Priests’ is a song meant to paint a nightmare of the darkest hue. Influenced by a scene in Stanley Kubrick's 1999 film, 'Eyes Wide Shut', the track intends to transport the listener to an active occult ritual. Images of pagan masks, dark thrones, black staffs and sacrifice are conjured while the blashphemous hymn is performed by the dark priests. The listener will decide whether they wish to escape from this nightmare or if they are seduced by what they experience during the ritual. The music video features the latter two-thirds of the track. All footage contained in the video is taken from the 1922 silent film, 'Häxan'. The visuals, the concept, and the acting from the film compliments the song perfectly.
“Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus” is meant to be experienced as a sequence of strange dreams. It comprises a listening journey of confusing, dark, beautiful, scary, comical, twisted, psychotic, and bizarre dreams. The album takes the listener on a dark and sometimes terrifying journey of strange voices, bizarre sounds, beautiful moments, maddening architecture, and intricate instrumentation. It is highly unique, making use of hypnotising drones, occult rituals, odd lyrics, and hidden meanings. Listeners will hear something new each time they play the album.
Kathodos are:
Kathodos – all instrumentation, vocals, lyrics, sounds, composition, production, mixing and mastering
Lavinia - soprano, spoken word and guitar
Kathodos Online:
▶Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559439269587
▶Bandcamp: kathodos.bandcamp.com
▶Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/68owlfwcf0kvaySTghbtbW?si=CfiTv9RySb6Nh7jdR1PNwg
Rune Serpent Europa online:
▶Bandcamp: runeserpenteuropa.bandcamp.com
▶Facebook: facebook.com/runeserpenteuropa
PR inquiries: dom@3-nation.com (Dominic Athanassiou/3nation)
2025 - Rune Serpent Europa
