The Violent Hour, the heavy rock project formed by Carla Harvey and Charlie Benante, have released an official music video for their single “Screenager.”
Directed by Vicente Cordero, the video brings the track’s themes of digital isolation to life, showing the band performing in front of a wall of static-filled televisions before each member is gradually pulled into the screens and erased from reality.
Harvey explains: “Our music video for ‘Screenager,’ directed by Vicente Cordero, brings the song’s commentary on digital isolation to life in a world where the screen eventually becomes impossible to escape.
“We performed live surrounded by a wall of static-filled televisions, and one by one, each band member gets ‘zapped’ into the screens, disappearing into the static as the performance continues. What begins as a straightforward live performance slowly becomes a visual metaphor for the way technology consumes us, blurring the line between reality and the digital world.”
She continued: “The imagery plays directly into the song’s themes of misinformation, online obsession, anonymity, and the loss of genuine human connection. We’re constantly surrounded by information, opinions, outrage, and manufactured reality, yet somehow becoming more isolated in the process. The question becomes: are we controlling the technology, or has it been controlling us all along?”
“Screenager” also features a guitar solo from Attila Vörös. Speaking about the collaboration, Harvey said, “We asked our friend Attila Vörös to lay down the guitar solo for ‘Screenager’ and he absolutely delivered with a combination of 80’s shred and modern melodic metal that only he could pull off.”
The Violent Hour’s current lineup features Harvey alongside Kiana De León and Allie Kay on guitars, Jewel Steele on bass and Sasha De León on drums. The project was formed by Harvey and Benante, who collaborated on its initial material.
The band will make festival appearances at Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky on September 17 and Aftershock in Sacramento, California on October 1.
Check out the “Screenager” video below.
Shows:
September 17 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
October 1 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock
Photo by Anabel DFlux
