Modern melodic metal band Every Hour Kills just released the “Almost Human” music video taken from an upcoming self-titled EP due out September 18.
The video, which was directed by Doug Cook, is part of an online voting competition where the winning videos receive one of two $30,000 grants to produce a music video + documentary, receive training and mentorship opportunities, and distribution on TELUS Optik TV On Demand. You can vote for “Almost Human” over here.
Sacha Laskow from Every Hour Kills had this to say: “The song is about addictions, vices and demons. Everybody has them in some form. Sometimes when you deal with these trials you feel isolated and alone, like an alien among your own kind. Like you’re not quite human…
“The video concept illustrates this by showing the band in a cold, isolated environment being filmed only by futuristic robotic security cameras. They are forced to perform and give every ounce of energy they have to even have a chance of being set free…”