A Mephisto Waltz — Seattle Darkwavers Ghost Fetish Debut Video for “Taste of Heaven”

Surrounded by the rain-slicked streets of Seattle and the lingering echoes of its grunge past, Ghost Fetish emerges from the shadows once again with the video for their latest single, “Taste of Heaven.” Tapping into a myth as old as storytelling itself, the band intertwines their sound with the deep cultural resonance of Faustian bargains and celestial reckoning. The single’s artwork, fittingly, features a still from F.W. Murnau’s 1926 film adaptation of Goethe’s Faust, capturing the dramatic moment where the Archangel proclaims Mephisto’s defeat. It’s a scene brimming with cinematic gravitas, and Ghost Fetish weaves this classic imagery into their darkwave aesthetic, inviting the listener into a world where every pulse of the synth is a new chapter in this eternal struggle between light and darkness.

“Taste of Heaven” pulses with an electric tension, glistening with shimmering synths and brooding undercurrents. The track evokes the sleek lines of new wave and the relentless throb of synth-pop, all underscored by the hypnotic pull of gothic undertones. Echoes of Kraftwerk’s mechanical precision blend seamlessly with the brooding atmospheres of Fields of the Nephilim, while the cold fire of Sisters of Mercy burns beneath the surface. It motors forward like a late-night subway, barreling through neon-lit streets and whispered secrets, balancing on the knife’s edge between control and chaos.

“This is the first track we’ve produced all by ourselves and we wanted it to be an experiment, but also a simple and loving effort of Gothic Synth Pop,” says the band.

Lyrically,  Taste of Heaven plunges listeners into the murky depths of love’s treacherous duality, where life and death collide in a seductive embrace. With crackling synths and a relentless pulse, the Seattle-based band merges the shimmering echoes of new wave and synth-pop with the tenebrous allure of goth, crafting a sound that bridges the past and present. This haunting track lays bare their primal, stripped-down energy, a dark waltz between desire and mortality that teeters on the edge of the abyss.

The music video, shot in part, on grainy 8mm film by Brooklyn filmmakers Mike Sutter and Alyssa Traitz, adds another layer of texture to the track’s haunting mood. Filmed in a whirlwind twelve-hour session at Mosswood Loft in Seattle’s Capitol Hill, the video captures movement artist Hannah Rice as she spirals through a feverish, dreamlike performance. Her dance becomes an expression of the track’s dark energy, merging with the band’s looming presence as shadows flicker and blur across the screen. The 8mm aesthetics woven in the video give it a nostalgic yet unsettling feel, as if you’re watching a lost fragment of cinema’s haunted past intertwined with an old-school goth band hanging out like bats in their loft. And much like the pact Faust makes—it’s a beautiful yet damning deal.

Watch the video for “Taste of Heaven” below:

Listen to Taste of Heaven below and order here.

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