Finnish modern melodic metal quintet WEIGHTLESS WORLD are under a month away from releasing their second album, “Sleepwalker.” Five energetic, heavy-hitting, and melody-packed singles have already been released from the album and now it’s time for the last one before the album release. The band states that “Eyes of a God” is a triumph of melodies and heaviness combined into a massive-sounding experience that has something special.
“When talking about demos, I’ve never been more sure and convinced of the potential of one as ‘Eyes of a God.’ The first version, however, was more melancholic and slower and it was in desperate need of an energy spike to [change] from something good into something special. So I took the song and by my vision started to arrange the base rhythm [to be] more upbeat and composed a couple new parts to make it richer and more interesting. The result is an epic and a fascinating hybrid of ‘energetic heaviness’ and is still giving me chills when listening to it,” describes guitarist Valtteri Viinikka.
The band’s vocalist, Perttu Korhonen, admits that he usually avoids writing about topics considering faith and religious themes, but couldn’t pass the sensation the song caused for him: “The song this big just about screamed to use the most known and most powerful metaphor that mankind knows. ‘Eyes of a God,’ ain’t it the one?”
Directed and shot by Tino-Viljami Vanhala, the music video of the song was shot in Kotka, at the national park of Repovesi. Magnificent shots of Finnish nature and a fierce commitment from everyone – especially from Korhonen for shooting all day barefoot – showcases the struggle of a person that keeps carrying their burden, unconsciously or consciously, alone.
“The burden may be [an] assorted load, consisting of many small things that together feel much heavier and are harder to keep carrying with you. And what’s even more strange is the fact that letting go of that stuff can be surprisingly hard. Including from those things that at the end would be pretty minor stuff if one could only look at them objectively,” tells Viinikka.
Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/LBA7FYaXPtk
Listen to the single on music services: https://push.fm/fl/ww-eyesofagod
WEIGHTLESS WORLD is:
Perttu Korhonen – Lead vocals
Valtteri Viinikka – Growls & backing vocals, guitar
Juuso Oinonen – Backing vocals, guitar
Tino Kantoluoto – Bass guitar
Kari Rannila – Drums
