![]() ![]() Everyone who loves this will feel my energy flow through their lives, and that’s where my immortality begins. “I’d live forever writing this music because it requires my energy that comes from the depths of my heart and conscious mind. Still, that morbidness cannot stifle the sense of hope Rivan obviously has. I’m tired of being depressed, and I want to find a 'home' and reshape my emotions and feelings. “I was so depressed and sad back then, those feelings gave me another form of energy to create the melodies and lyrics. Rivan wrote and recorded the songs in one night. “I can’t believe I created such beautiful melodies and lyrics,” he said. Rivan pointed to two songs off his album – “Fading Memories” and “Final Border” – as being perfect representations of what he was trying to achieve. “The reason I choose to write and record alone is because I want to convey my own emotional state in the music, as everything comes from one mind. He was finally able to translate the sounds in his head and feelings in his heart into a digital recording.īeing a one-person band means that Soulless is limited in its live performances, and has only given two live shows so far, featuring a guest vocalist while Rivan plays and triggers everything else. Instead, he had to work on Saturday nights on a computer at the tour and travel services office he works at as an admin, with borrowed recording equipment he said only cost him US$10. ![]() It was not an easy to process to convey that sad story, as Rivan did not even have basic recording equipment or a computer of his own. I feel like this music was the best way for me to convey my own 'sad' story,” Rivan explained. The next Sonic.exe remix is of the unfinished song 'Soulless'I hope you enjoy the sneak peak (I get trailers now because of 1k subs)Original by SasterSub0. Those kinds of feelings give me the desire to convey everything that I feel. “I chose depressive, atmospheric, post-black metal as my musical style because I think these kinds of sub-genres fit so well with my emotional and spiritual condition. He named the band Soulless because he believed it “fit my view on life, my feelings, my emotions so well”. “Soulless began in the middle of 2017 as a solo project of mine, but even prior to that I was already writing and creating the concept,” Rivan said. Hailing from West Sumatra, Soulless just released its debut album Lost In Mind with the hope of showcasing the prowess of Indonesian depressive black metal to the world. “I try to bring melancholic, dreamy, sad and abstract emotions and feelings in the form of sound through my music,” Rivan said, pointing to the German one-man depressive black metal band Sadness as having a big influence on Soulless’ sound. Fans of black metal will recognize all the expected musical elements but may note the melodic sensibilities that shine through the tracks even as it tries to engulf itself in sorrowful atmospheres. ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, Soulless’ music is surprisingly immediate even through its ghoulish aesthetic – it is depressive black metal that cannot help but feel a little hopeful. Hope and a happy ending is not part of the equation but endless crescendos that drone through walls of distortion and tortured shrieks are. It was important for the music video to capture that struggle, that overcoming, that overwhelming sense of “this might be wrong, but I can do my best to make it right.Leaning closer toward ambient music, depressive black metal is focused on creating an overbearing nuance of darkness and surrender with a total absence of light. Creating the song was a journey for me, as I used it to teach myself certain instruments, engineering, and production - in that sense, it literally birthed Pale Criminal. “ Soulless” is the dread of being human: it’s an attempt to not embrace your lowest point without knowing how else to cope. The clip was directed and edited by Phil Sokoloff ( with Cinematography from Ling Mai. Jon pours his life experience of overcoming the odds through a centrifuge of sound and lyrics, rendering music that is both tuneful and showing emotive depth. Ghost Cult is proud to debut the new music video from Pale Criminal, ‘Soulless’! The group is the solo Goth Industrial/Electro project of artist and instrumentalist/vocalist Jon Hammer. ![]()
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