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Some post-Halloween Drakulas action

Posted by Loren on November 6, 2021

Some post-Halloween Drakulas action
photo by Jon Weiner

It's been a minute since Drakulas released Terminal Amusements in early 2020 (Dine Alone Records), but the band is back in action with a new video from the record, as well as live dates in Texas this winter.

"Dark Black" comes from the aforementioned record, and the video continues its highly narrative concept.

Frontman Mike Wiebe explains:

"Dark Black" was shot partially shot with Russian lenses on a pre-glastnost camera. With nods to the early short films of Kalvakec from the early Factory scene, the video captures the esoterica of the song's subject matter: a drug-addled megalomaniacal videographer trying to play analog in a digital world. Directed by TV's Daniel during various levels of quarantine in an uncertain world, it was one of the few enjoyable things that happened during the pandemic.

In addition to Wiebe (Riverboat Gamblers), the band also features members of GWAR and Rise Against.

NOVEMBER
07 - Dallas, TX - The Factory In Deep Ellum (supporting The Toadies)

DECEMBER
27 - Corpus Christi, TX - Brewster Street Ice House
28 - San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theatre
29 - Austin, TX - Emo’s 

Some post-Halloween Drakulas action
photo by Jon Weiner

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