Following the release of their lauded debut album Deuterium last month, Blindead 23 are back with a new video for standout single ‘You Are The Universe’.
Blindead 23, formerly known as Blindead, is the new Polish avant-metal juggernaut led by ex-Behemoth guitarist Mateusz “Havoc” Smierzchalski, with a stellar lineup also including Roger Öjersson (ex-Katatonia) and Pawel “Pavulon” Jaroszewicz (Vltimas, ex-Vader, ex-Decapitated).
Watch The New Video For ‘You Are The Universe’, Created By Ćmy & Paprocie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJmVqQxjOAg
‘You Are the Universe’ closes the album with a powerful meditation on surrender, transformation, and inner conflict. Driven by crushing dynamics, haunting atmospheres, and emotionally charged performances, the track follows a protagonist trapped within cycles of fear, isolation, and self-destruction before arriving at a hard-won moment of acceptance. Through imagery of machinery, drowning, sleep, and rebirth, the song explores the struggle of confronting one’s own fractured psyche and embracing change rather than resisting it. “The album’s final chapter is about letting go of control and finding clarity within chaos. It is a descent into the self that ultimately reveals a profound truth: the struggle, the war, and the universe itself have always existed within us.
This new incarnation of the band blends an atmosphere of early Blindead recordings – sludge and post-metal, with heavy riffs and mesmerizing electronics – into an evolved and elevated new form, while continuing to honour past material during their visceral live performances. Early compositions following the Blindead 23 “rebirth” resulted in the ‘Vanishing’ EP, followed by the 7” vinyl single, ‘Disposed’, which was the band’s first ever recording for Peaceville Records, unveiled in 2025.
Deuterium Is Out Now
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