Wailin Storms release haunting new music video for »It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be«; »The Arsonist« LP out now via Season Of Mist!
Durham, North Carolina based southern gothic rockers Wailin Storms premiere new music video for »It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be« taken from their fifth album, »The Arsonist«, out on July 10th, 2026 via Season Of Mist.
Tracklist:
01. Dead End
02. Heart Of Mine
03. You Never Answered
04. The Arsonist
05. Never Rest
06. Saved
07. Patient Night
08. The Wind
09. It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be
Courtesy of Season Of Mist:
Wailin Storms are catching fire with noisy and bluesy explosions of Southern Gothic Rock. Like moths to a flame, critics are mesmerized by the Durham, North Carolina band’s new album, »The Arsonist«.
“Wailin Storms is in the midst of a fiery return,” Treble proclaims about »The Arsonist«. “The culmination of their efforts results in the band’s strongest record to date.”
“There are bands that flirt with darkness, and then there are bands like Wailin Storms, who sound like they were born somewhere in the smoke between the burned-down church, the bad stretch of highway and the house at the end of the street nobody walks past after sunset,” Decibel writes regarding the album.
“Arson may be a crime,” Angry Metal Guy warns, “but missing out on »The Arsonist« – whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer to Wailin Storms – would be the real crime.”
As the band prepare to burn rubber on their upcoming U.S. East Coast Tour for »The Arsonist«, today, Wailin Storms are releasing a new video for the album’s chilling closer. Filmed in one take and recorded live with no editing inside an old church, the gothic ballad »It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be« will haunt you to the grave.
Photo credit: Kent Corley
“»It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be« is about coming to terms with the realization that death comes for us all,” Wailin Storms vocalist and guitarist Justin Storms says. “I started writing this song when I was in Belgium, after I saw an old church that looked like a skull. It’s the last song on »The Arsonist« and is very spare and sad, but there’s also a sliver of hope. Life is temporary and that’s where its beauty lies.”
Watch the music video for »It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be« on the Season Of Mist YouTube channel.
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Available formats:
• Digital download
• CD digipack
• 12” Vinyl Gatefold (Black)
• 12” Vinyl Gatefold (Yellow, red and white marbled)
• 12” Vinyl Gatefold (White with crusher effect in black and pink)
Starting next week, Wailin Storms are igniting the stage with a headline tour of the U.S. East Coast. The band will perform songs off »The Arsonist« for the first time, along with crowd favorites from across their critically-acclaimed discography.
Wailin Storms 2026 The Arsonist U.S. Tour:
July 29 – Johnson City, TN @ The Hideaway
July 30 – Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar
July 31 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light
August 1 – Cincinnati, OH @ Motr
August 2 – Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl
August 3 – Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees
August 4 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Government Center
August 5 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
August 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Gutter
August 7 – New Hope, PA @ John and Peter’s
August 8 – Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana
In September, Wailin Storms will join Messa in Asheville, North Carolina to kick off the official after party for the Acid Bath, Neurosis, Melvins and Kylesa show at Hellbender.
The official Acid Bath after party with Wailin Storms and Messa:
Saturday, September 5 – Asheville, North Carolina @ Eulogy [Free Show]
The video for »It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be« was filmed at Eno House in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
»The Arsonist« can be traced back through Wailin Storms’ past. As a child, frontman Justin Storms was so hypnotized by fire that he came dangerously close to accidentally burning down his family’s house in Corpus Christ, Texas. Old folk songs, Baptist hymns, Flannery O’Connor, René Magritte and other influences are brought stomping and screaming into the light. With its sideways gust of riffs and moaning chorus, »The Wind« blows loud enough to wake the entire cemetery.
Recorded by Matt Talbott of Hum in full analog, »The Arsonist« rekindles Wailin Storms roots in raw-to-the-bone blues punk. “Some of these songs are more primitive and stripped down, hearkening back to the four-track recordings that the band started with,” Storms says. “The recordings contain flaws but remain human in all the right ways. They could be a murder ballad or an old folk song that’s sung around the campfire.” Opener »Dead End« takes a Lynchian post-punk turn when its death rattle leads straight into a waking nightmare. “Calm night / Birds keep plucking out our eyes.”
Despite being haunted by a doom-soaked atmosphere, »The Arsonist« is inflamed by real life anxieties. »You Never Answered« is a deafening plea to put down our phone and answer the night’s call. The album rages against everyday trappings and never-ending wars, but even amidst its most chilling moments, Wailin Storms are fueled by the need for connection. “Like the wind controls the sea,” Storms croons during the slow-burning title track. “You always had a hold on me”. As the band are engulfed by the fiery pangs of love, they howl like the hounds of hell.
On »The Arsonist«, Wailin Storms deliver a fiery baptism of gothic rock.
Wailin Storms are:
Justin Storms – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Ben Melton – Lead Guitar, Backup Vocals, Rhodes Organ, Piano
Steve Stanczyk – Bass
Mark Oates – Drums
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