Before his tragic passing in June, Polaris had filmed three music videos with their late guitarist Ryan Siew – and they’ve said that they “collectively felt that we wanted to share with the world the final things that Ryan created with us”.
Polaris have unveiled a huge new single and video – their first since guitarist Ryan Siew’s tragic passing last month.
With the Sydney metalcore crew confirming that they would be moving forwards with the release of their new album Fatalism on September 1 (“This is the last set of complete songs that we wrote together with Ryan, and though the circumstances of their release are now framed by this tragedy, the meaning of the songs and the love we have for them has not changed”), today the band unveil the spectacularly powerful Nightmare from the record.
“We created this video with our friend Ben Wrigley, AKA Third Eye Visuals, who found some amazing locations and imagery to help us convey the track when paired with his brilliant editing skills,” shares drummer and lyricist Daniel Furnari. “This was the second of three music videos we filmed with Ryan earlier this year.
“It has been a challenging and very emotional task to complete these videos in light of what has happened, but after careful discussion with his family we collectively felt that we wanted to share with the world the final things that Ryan created with us. We will proudly cherish the memories of him contained in this footage, and hope you will too.”
Watch the video for Nightmare below:
