Today Italy’s cult heavy rock band Death SS release the official video for their third single “Justified Sinner”.
The song is taken from their new studio album “The Entity”, which will be released on May 1st, 2025, via Lucifer Rising/Self Distribuzione.
The concept album was produced by mastermind and frontman Steve Sylvester along with the English Grammy winner producer Tom Dalgety (Rammstein, Ghost, The Cult, a.o.).
Watch the official video for “Justified Sinner” below.
“‘Justified Sinner’ was the first song I composed for the concept ‘The Entity’. The idea had come to me several years ago, talking to my friend James Hogg, a descendant of the writer of the same name who wrote the novel ‘The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner’ in the first half of the 19th century. After reading this complex and intriguing book, the idea came to me to explore the theme of the ‘Doppelgänger’, the conceptual basis of the entire new album”, explains Death SS frontman Steve Sylvester.
The video was again edited by Andrea Falaschi who tells us more about the technique used to shoot the different scenes: “To recreate the angel of ‘Justifed Sinner’ we used rear projection, a vintage technique also used by Kubrick in his masterpiece ‘Eyes Wide Shut’. This allowed us to maintain the transparencies of the angel’s dress that would otherwise have been impossible with a green screen”…
“Justified Sinner” is available digitally and as 12″ Limited Deluxe edition featuring a special shaped cover with transparent orange vinyl and contains the third of the four-part booklet with the full story behind the concept “The Entity” along with two other tracks on Side B, “The Evil Painter” & “The Whitechapel Wolf”, included on the new album as well.
Today Death SS unveil also “The Entity” track listing, cover and logo.
The literary inspirations of the 12-song opus range from Aleister Crowley, who seeks to liberate man by awakening his artistic genius (‘Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God’ – Kenneth Grant), to the characters of writers James Hogg (‘The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner’) and Robert Louis Stevenson (‘The Strange Case Of Doctor Jekyll And Mr. Hyde’), who explore the dark side of mankind. It also includes other literary characters and references such as ‘Mary Reilly’ (Valerie Martin), ‘Portrait of a Killer: Jack The Ripper – Case Closed’ (Patricia Cornwell), ‘Cemetery’ (Renzo Barbieri), ‘Hyde in Time’ (Mario Gazzola), ultimately linking to the band’s history.
Tracklist:
1. Ave Adonai
2. Justified Sinner
3. Possession
4. Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
5. Two Souls
6. Out to Get Me
7. Hell is Revealed
8. Love Until Death
9. The Whitechapel Wolf
10. The Evil Painter
11. Cimiteria
12. Evil Never Dies
Track listing 12: “Justified Sinner”
Side A: Justified Sinner
Side B: The Evil Painter + The Whitechapel Wolf
Line-up:
Steve Sylvester – Vocals
Freddy Delirio – Keyboards
Ghiulz – Guitars
Demeter – Bass
Unam Talbot – Drums
Dahlila e Jessica – Performers
