Everything Dies - Midnight Poetry (Lyric Video)

Everything Dies Unveil the Despair of "Midnight Poetry"

Born from the shadows of 2024, Everything Dies—the atmospheric, melodic depressive black metal project founded by Stefan Lorenz (Nargathrond)—delivers a unique blend of sorrow, savagery, and surprising accessibility. Their debut album, Survivalist (released October 4th, 2024), explores the agonising process of a sudden breakup, and the single "Midnight Poetry" is the album's philosophical core.

This is a track dedicated to the blackest parts of the heart: the fear of falling in love and being abandoned, again and again, until "nothing is left"—as if cursed to remain alone.

🌙 A Sound That Stays in the Head

"Midnight Poetry" captures the essence of the band's style, which draws heavily from influences like Aaskereia, Enisum, and Lifelover, yet mixes it all with a modern touch and pop songwriting sensibility.

The band proudly states that the song "got it all"—and they deliver:

• Atmospheric Dynamics: The track runs the gamut, moving from ferocious Blastbeats to dragging, melancholic doomy parts.

• Surprise Elements: An unexpected breakdown provides a moment of sonic catharsis before the song builds to an epic ending featuring clean vocals.

• High Recognition Value: Despite the heavy themes and harsh dynamics, the pop songwriting influence ensures the track "stays in the head," inviting listeners to "dream, cry, headbang and sing along."

🔥 Love is Arson

The lyrics are a powerful philosophical debate about the nature of love, drawing direct inspiration from a book of Shar in the video game Baldur's Gate 3. Love is not seen as a comfort, but as a dangerous, destructive force:

“Love is the cruelest of all the lies used by my enemies. / It is a disease that can ensnare a heart for life... / Love is arson.”

The lyrics capture the tragic irony of seeking a soulmate—a "best friend and companion"—while simultaneously fearing the inevitable abandonment that leaves nothing but "cold ash and hungry hearts."

The repeated, haunting chorus captures this sense of being lost and cursed:

Losing my way home / Lead me back to where I came from / Calling out my name / In this midnight bane.

💿 The Survivalist Journey

Survivalist contains seven tracks dedicated to this spectrum of melodic depressive black metal. The album describes the internal hurdles and thoughts associated with a relationship breaking up without warning. Fittingly, the album rounds off with a cover version of HIM’s “The Funeral Of Hearts,” perfectly underscoring the melancholy and romantic tragedy that fuels the entire project.

This is 666% passion poured into metal—a vital and devastating new voice in the scene.