Watch New SHADOW OF INTENT Music Video for “Mechanical Chaos”

Deathcore group Shadow Of Intent explore a dystopian reality in their new music video for “Mechanical Chaos.” The newest single is their fourth release off their forthcoming record, Imperium Delirium which is due out on June 27th.

The track was inspired by the newfound use of drones in modern warfare, and the music video that was directed by David Brodsky shows the destruction of the people manning those drones.

Vocalist Benn Duerr elaborated that the track, and subsequently the music video, were “written to confront the cold, dehumanized reality of modern warfare… As unmanned systems redefine the battlefield, we find ourselves at a crossroads of power, ethics, and consequence.”

Ultimately, the song is “a cry against the dehumanization of war, where soldiers are reduced to dots on a screen, and civilians caught in the crossfire become collateral in a game of endurance.”

And while it feels dystopian, Duerr also points out that “the future hinted at in our music is not distant – it’s already unfolding. This song is for the forgotten, the vaporized, and the haunted – those left beneath the specters above.”

You can check out the music video above, pre-order Shadow Of Intent‘s upcoming record here, and find the band’s touring schedule below.

September 17th – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
September 18th – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Festival
September 20th – Worcester, MA @ New England Metal & Hardcore Festival
September 21st – National Harbor, MD @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor
September 23rd – Greensboro, NC @ Special Events Center
September 24th – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
September 26th – Cleveland, OH @ Jacobs Pavilion
September 27th – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
September 28th – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory
September 30th – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
October 1st – Tampa, FL @ Yuengling Center
October 3rd – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
October 4th – Irving, TX @ Toyota Music Factory
October 5th – Cedar Park, TX @ H-E-B Center Cedar Park
October 6th – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion
October 9th – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
October 10th – Las Vegas, NV @ Pearl Concert Theater
October 12th – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium
October 13th – San Diego, CA @ SOMA
October 14th – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
October 15th – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
October 17th – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
October 18th – Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
October 20th – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center
October 21st – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
October 23rd – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
October 24th – Maplewood, MN @ Myth Live
October 25th – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
October 27th – Toronto, ON @ Great Canadian Casino Resort
October 28th – Laval, QC @ Place Bell
October 30th – New York, NY @ The Theater at Madison Square Garden