Arsenic Kitchen Premieres New EP’s Debut Single, Video

By: Philip Sayblack

Independent hard rock outfit Arsenic Kitchen will release its new EP, Handbook for the Recently Deceased Oct. 25.
In anticipation of the record’s release, the band earlier this month, premiered the record’s debut single, ‘Devil’s Advocate‘ and the song’s companion video. The musical arrangement featured in the new single is an interesting blend of melodic hard rock instrumentation with occasional metalcore style screams. The whole makes for a unique approach. This especially at the point that the creepy bells come in alongside the noted metalcore screams. It conjures thoughts of works from Ice Nine Kills.
The press release announcing the debut of the new single and video did not provide any details regarding the song’s lyrical theme. Lyrics were not provided with the song’s companion video, either. From what can be inferred through a close listen, it would seem the song is literally a song about the grim reaper’s job of bringing the dead to the afterlife. That is just this critic’s interpretation.
Speaking of the song’s video, it features the reaper coming up to various people who have just died and leaving a copy of the “Handbook for the Recently Deceased.” This little bit is sure to get some laughs as it is a direct homage to director Tim Burton’s classic horror comedy, Beetlejuice.
Arsenic Kitchen will premiere its new EP on its release date at a special performance at the Desert Grey Festival in Mesa, AZ. Tickets for the festival are available here.
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