UK gothic/doom metal act The Medea Project unveil stunning new video for »Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)«; new album »Kharon« out this Friday!

Nottingham, UK based gothic/doom metal act The Medea Project share new music video for »Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)« taken from their sophomore album, »Kharon«, due out this Friday, June 20th, 2025. Available now on CD, cassette and digital.

Tracklist:
01. Absence, In Loss
02. The Cave Song
03. Purgatory Trapped
04. Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)
05. Dance Of The Void
06. The End
07. Reborn

Courtesy of Imperative PR:

This Friday, June 20th, sees the release of the new album from The Medea Project – »Kharon« – a celebration of darkness and shadow, an intermingling of gothic atmosphere, doomed melancholy, rotten death metal and fierce black metal. With that release date fast approaching the band have decided to unveil a second song from its hoard of treasures – »Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)« – accompanied by a superb, disorientating and hypnotic video.

The video is available to view now at The Medea Project’s YouTube channel.

Band frontman Brett Minnie has spoken about the song – the music and lyrics – and that remarkable video:

“Lyrically »Upon Your Bones« is a narrative track that centres around the lost and the damned unable to pay »Kharon« to ferry them across the Styx. I tried to capture the raw desperation they are feeling and how they would almost swarm the unwary traveller to try and find a way into the afterlife.

Musically we wanted to capture the push and pull of the damned trying desperately to find passage. We started jamming around a post punk/surf rock idea when we originally started writing for »Kharon« and as the song progressed so it became nastier and more distorted. Ultimately it has been subverted into black metal.

We wanted to capture the energy of the song when we perform it so opted for a live performance video. We have a great creative space in our rehearsal room so decided to use that. Our good friend Andre Harrison of Velvet Vinyl Films/Aero Nova helmed the camera, whilst Romina Ribaudo worked wonders on makeup. Andre wanted to use black and white and close up hand held camera work to get into the action. We decided that we wanted to go from rehearsal to a more representative ‘on stage’ look as the video progressed. Andre came up with a basic shot list after our initial discussion and we then threw the nice curveball of having a shot visually similar to the promo photography done by Tina K. He took it in his stride and we ended up with a brilliant video.”

Immerse yourself in »Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)« and be ready for »Kharon«’s release on June 20th, which will be marked by a special launch show at London’s Dingwalls 2 venue that same night, alongside My Silent Wake and The River.

Get »Kharon« on CD, cassette and digital: themedeaproject.bandcamp.com/album/kharon

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well