Band: The Burned Over
Song: “Asphodelus”
Director: Mark Szumski & Gina Niespodziani
Album: The Last Great Awakening
Release Date: June 27th, 2026
Label: Baphometal Records
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Singer Kim Dylla said of the track:
“While researching 19th century Spiritualist works for our album The Last Great Awakening, I happened upon the book of poems Asphodels by Sarah Gould (1856). I learned that the flower symbolized death, the afterlife, and mourning, which I thought fitting for our themes of seances and connecting with the otherworld as practiced in that era. The concept evolved into our own demon, Asphodelus, represented by the sigil on the cover. Melodically, I wrote the vocals on this song to be haunting and ethereal, while also commanding, drifting in and out of an invocation from one world to the next.”
Guitarist Mark Dannells offered:
“I had this moody instrumental, and Kim introduced the idea of centering it around the asphodel – a flower said to grow throughout the fields of the afterlife in Greek mythology. I immediately connected with the concept, and we took it a step further by naming The Burned Over’s horned demon mascot Asphodelus, drawn from the flower’s Latin classification.”
