WATCH: Palaye Royale Shares Vampire Thriller Video For “TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT I DIE”
WATCH: Palaye Royale Shares Vampire Thriller Video For “TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT I DIE”
The dramatic, gothic vampire thriller we’ve all been waiting for
Words by: Amanda Marano
Payale Royale has dropped their cinematic music video for their dark and dramatic track, “Tonight Is The Night I Die.” Lavish and glamorous yet horror and blood filled, the video takes fans on a journey through a gothic vampire thriller. The blood-sucking visual stars Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, actress Amanda Steele and recording artist De’Wayne. The track is bold and full of drama, theatrical in nature. Melodramatic and string driven, “Tonight Is The Night I Die” brings an intensity akin to your favorite supernatural series, and elicits just as much of a storyline to get you hooked.
The song was recently used as the soundtrack for the teaser trailer for the much-anticipated TV series Paradise City which also stars Amanda Steele, and for which Palaye Royale frontman, Remington Leith, recored all the vocals for the lead character, Johnny Faust, played by Andy Biersack.
“Tonight Is The Night I Die” follows other popular singles, “Hang On To Yourself”, “Nervous Breakdown”, “Massacre, The New American Dream,” “Lonely,” and “Anxiety.” The track comes straight off their highly acclaimed third studio album, The Bastards. The album addresses a number of important issues, such as struggles with mental health, the gun violence epidemic, substance use as a means to escape a difficult reality and parental abandonment.
Speaking on the their honest and open approach to writing on the new album, Remington adds, “We need a little honesty and a little truth. The world is getting so tainted by everyone trying to be so fucking perfect and so goddamn PG and trying to walk this line of not trying to offend anyone. People need to be themselves, just for 20 minutes at least.”
It doesn’t stop there — Palaye Royale recently released their long awaited graphic novel, The Bastards: Volume One, a 260-page compilation of artwork and literature. Every single page was hand drawn by Palaye Royale drummer Emerson Barrett and XoBillie.
Speaking on the release, the band shares, “Welcome to the world of Palaye Royale, where one can reside, reign and recreate themselves when destroyed by living. Ever since the conception of the band and the first single “Morning Light”, we have been hiding pieces of this story within the lyrics, artwork and visuals. Finally, after years of world, the doors are opened for all to enter. The best travel once can take in times like these is inside their own mind, in memory or imagination. Get lost in the pages of our book. Enjoy the ride. Love the void.”
Palaye Royale went from playing any show they could as they slept in their car, to playing mega-arena shows with names as iconic as Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, and Stone Sour, garnering an incredible 700 shows in 4 years, plus appearances at festivals such as Reading and Leeds, Download, Sonic Temple, Isle of White, PinkPop and Nova Rock. Their infectious art-punk has helped them clock a whopping 224 million total streams across their catalog and 58 million YouTube views across all their music videos. Palaye Royale has created a lasting reputation for being one of the best, most exciting live bands in the world.
