Norwegian hard rockers Glasgow Kiss release new ‘Down In Flames’ music video

Glasgow Kiss are a Norwegian female-fronted Alternative Metal band with a power-rock vibe that will rattle the windows and shake the foundations of your soul! The band just shared a new music video for the title track off their new full-length album, Down In Flames. The music video was directed by Bård Leite at USF Verftet and Kalandseidet, Norway. This is the third music video taken from their brand new full-length album Down In Flames which was 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, with tracking by Dan Mikal Ultang at Secret Location Studio, w/ vocal tracking at Elephant Studios.

“We chose to shoot a video for “Down In Flames” because of the song’s theme of pressure, struggle, and unity which felt naturally visual, and also because it’s the title track off our new album” says lead vocalist Charlotte Marlen Midtun. “Our first idea was a dark, minimal performance setting, but it evolved into using a circle formation to symbolize fellowship, contrasted with isolated shots of myself to show the ‘back against the wall’ feeling of the lyrics. The aesthetic was inspired by darker alternative rock videos that use light and space to create emotional tension. We focused on simple, strong imagery of shadows, limited light, and confined spaces to mirror the song’s emotional weight.”

The band’s debut full-length 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.

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

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 was released on December 12, 2025 via Eclipse Records. 

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