Hard rock/alt-metal band Glasgow Kiss release the storm inside with new single

Glasgow Kiss are back with a furious new music video and single entitled “Forsaken”. The Norwegian Hard Rock / Alternative Metal band’s new music video was directed by Bård Leite at USF Verftet and Kongen in Bergen, Norway. This is the second single & music video taken from their upcoming full-length album Down In Flames which will be released on December 12, 2025 via Eclipse Records. The album was produced by Glasgow Kiss, and mixed/mastered by Peter Michelsen (Rat City, Madelene, Byting) at The Norwegian Sound studio. Tracking by Dan Mikal Ultang at Secret Location Studio, w/ vocal tracking at Elephant Studios. Watch their “Forsaken” music video right now at https://youtu.be/ThTrKJgvgJs

Says lead vocalist Charlotte Marlen Midtun:

“The song and video both come from a place of feeling stuck. As it evolved, the contrast between the black room and the open park became a way to mirror the emotional journey in the song about the quiet weight that builds up when you can’t quite find your way out. There’s something deeply personal in that, even if it isn’t tied to one story. Making this video felt like confronting those feelings head-on, and in that process, we grew as a band. It taught us to trust simplicity, to let emotion lead instead of overthinking. What we hope people take away is that sense of recognition — that even in the dark, there’s something human, something honest, that connects us all.”

The band’s debut album, Down in Flames, is a burst of sweet dichotomy, altered reflections, foils, doppelgangers, and visions of the self through enchanting and fractured perspectives. First off, the lyrics are devastating portraits of loneliness, toxicity, grief and loss, desire and darkness. The contrast; however, is the rhythm guitar sound: a bold power-rock groove that launches us into the stratosphere, almost as if the band first tempts us to make love with our own misery, just to shake it off and rock ‘til we drop. In conjunction with the band’s overall theme of aesthetic duality, lead vocalist Charlotte Marlen Midtun puts on a clinic of tonal dynamics and emotional depth. From captivating soaring high range to powerful gritty belting to delicate passages in the mid-range, her remarkable range makes for a compelling emotional performance. Moreover, and more specifically, one cannot listen to this record without appreciating the mix on the vocals. Charlotte is produced sonically to be right in our ear, deep in our minds straight down through the heart, and when harmonies are added, they are produced as elegant backdrop, a whisper, like lace. This technique would, at first, seem like the natural “go-to” for most projects, but the effect is quite new compared with the latest trend in the industry to bring the harmony tracks equal in volume and tonality, creating what some might refer to as a “choral wash.” Glasgow Kiss; however, do not “wash” or dilute a darned thing. They write our stories, raw and unedited. All things considered, Glasgow Kiss offer us Down in Flames so we can relate to their sorrow and share in their joy. They prove to us that the two opposite viewpoints can live simultaneously, that both can be true, that both make a beautiful, delicate balance. We can confide in Glasgow Kiss. We come to them with our demons, and they give us a safe space. We include them in our victories and they high-five us when we all reach the top of the mountain. The album was produced by Glasgow Kiss, and mixed/mastered by Peter Michelsen (Rat City, Madelene, Byting) at The Norwegian Sound studio, with tracking by Dan Mikal Ultang at Secret Location Studio. Vocal were tracked at Elephant Studios. Artwork for the album and singles was created by Frode Andreassen and Sveinung Sveen. Down In Flames by Glasgow Kiss will be released on December 12, 2025 via Eclipse Records.

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Down In Flames track listing
01. Destiny
02. Down In Flames
03. On Your Own
04. The Wall
05. One Last Time
06. Forsaken
07. Those Wasted Years
08. Put the Blame On Me

Glasgow Kiss lineup
Charlotte Marlen Midtun (Vocalist)
Daniel Anker-Goli (Guitarist)
Frode Andreassen (Drummer)
John Erik Soltvedt (Bass)
Sveinung Sveen (Guitarist)