Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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“Crimson Shadows” by US rock musician Katone, from the upcoming EP “Eternal,” captures the way a breakup can leave a presence behind—memories that don’t fade, but stalk the edges of everyday life like a red-stained eclipse. The “crimson shadows” feel less like a place and more like a force: the past refusing to loosen its grip, turning silence into an echo and distance into illusion. The video concept elevates that idea into a cinematic odyssey—new skylines, foreign streets, changing horizons—yet the same unseen weight keeps returning, as if the world itself is shifting while the shadow remains. Instead of a simple escape story, it plays like a myth of persistence: wherever a person goes, the color of what was lost still follows, unshakable and undefeated.


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Line-Up:*

► Jimmy Katone : Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Drums

*Guest Musicians:*

► Igor Mueller : Guitars
► Al Augunas : Guitars

*LYRICS:*

Skin electric sparks tonight
Eyes like knives cut through the light
Lips so close but still too far away
A whisper drips like molten sin
Breath on fire pulls me in
Your shadow wraps around my mind

Can't escape can't resist
Bound by the heat of this

Crimson shadows crawling deep
Waking flames that never sleep
Your touch
Your taste
I can't let go
Crimson shadows
Take me whole

Dark perfume
It fills the air
Promises hang heavy there
Every glance
A broken chain
Hands that tremble
Hearts that ache
Every move a tidal wave
I’m drowning but I want to stay

Crimson shadows crawling deep
Waking flames that never sleep
Your touch
Your taste
I can't let go
Crimson shadows
Take me whol


*About KATONE:*

American rocker Jimmy Katone is back with a brand-new chapter in his darkly creative journey. Following his collaboration with German heavy metal band Reaper’s Revenge on their Alice Cooper tribute cover of “Poison,” the Philadelphia-born drummer, singer, and songwriter now returns with his upcoming EP Eternal — due for release in November 2025 on NRT-Records. The music video for the title track will premiere in advance on October 31, setting the tone for Katone’s most personal and haunting work to date.

Leaving Flesh and Fire behind, Eternal delves into themes of endurance, rebirth, and the emotional scars left by desire and devotion. Written, sung, and largely performed by Katone himself, the three-track release fuses gothic atmosphere with the grit of classic hard and dark rock — a sound honed through decades of musical evolution.

Longtime collaborators Igor Mueller and Al Augunas (both from Katone’s 1980s band Hit The Ground Runnin’) contribute additional guitar layers, while Nathan Schwartz oversees mastering and Indonesian artist Pasek Dwipayana delivers the cover artwork. Katone once again took full control of the production and created matching visuals that mirror the record’s brooding spirit.

From his early success with Hit The Ground Runnin’s 1989 debut Sudden Impact to acclaimed solo works like Committing Suicide, The Next Devil, Plastic Udder, and Erotic Crystallization Inertia, Katone has built a reputation for fearless experimentation and emotional depth. With Eternal, he distills that legacy into a concise, powerful statement — bold, evocative, and unmistakably his own.

*Weblinks:*

★ Facebook: facebook.com/triskatone
★ Instagram: instagram.com/katone__official
★ TikTok: tiktok.com/@jimmykatone
★ Bandcamp: katone.bandcamp.com
★ Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/4ZNk4T1JysgmMtViQkeB8S


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