News: The Awakening share new video
South African Gothic/Darkwave act The Awakening has just shared their new video for “Through The Veil”. The video is the third from their self-titled 12th album and follows “Mirror Midnight” and “Haunting”, each amassing over one million views. [Watch “Through The Veil”]
“‘Through The Veil’ tells the story of someone who has left this world but still wants to be near the one they love. I think it is beautifully romantic and relatable in any setting where we are separated from the person we need to be close to,” says frontman Ashton Nyte.
Once again, Ashton Nyte created the video in his preferred black-and-white Film Noir format. “After the uptempo adventures in the last two videos, I enjoyed approaching this one from a more atmospheric story-teller perspective,” adds Nyte.
[Stream “Through The Veil” EP]
The Awakening has announced additional tour dates for 2025. The Haunting Tour 2025 includes headline shows in Germany, France, Canada, the UK, and the US, as well as co-headline performances at the legendary Castle Party in Poland and Brainstorm Fest in the Netherlands.
Joining Ashton Nyte on stage for The Awakening’s tour is long-term guitarist Jeremy Kohnmann (also of London After Midnight), bassist Diego “Ashes” Ibarra (previously of Static-X, DevilDriver, currently Wednesday 13) and long-term South African drummer Sevven.
The band is also set to tour Mexico and Portugal this year.
THE AWAKENING – HAUNTING TOUR 2025
8 July – Bielefeld, Germany – Movie
9 July – Berlin, Germany – Maschinenhaus [Kesselhaus in der Kulturbrauerei]
10 July – Leipzig, Germany – Naumann’s Tanzlokal [Felsenkeller]
11 July – Bolków, Poland – Castle Party Festival (co-headline main stage)
12 Sep – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Lodge Room (headline Glōm Fest)
13 Sep – San Francisco, CA, USA – DNA Lounge (headline Glōm Fest)
19 Sep – Portland, OR, USA – Star Theater (headline Glōm Fest)
20 Sep – Vancouver, BC, Canada – The Cobalt (headline Glōm Fest)
24 Oct – Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall*
26 Oct – London, UK – Bush Hall*
29 Oct – Angers, France – Joker’s (Ashton Nyte solo acoustic)
30 Oct – Angers, France – Le Chabada
31 Oct – Paris, France – TBA
1 Nov – Stuttgart, Germany – TBA
3 Nov – Hannover, Germany – Café Glocksee
4 Nov – Hamburg, Germany – Nochtspeicher
5 Nov – Cologne, Germany – Yard Club [Die Kantine]
6 Nov – Dortmund, Germany – Pauluskirche (full band acoustic)
7 Nov – Apeldoorn, The Netherlands – Brainstorm Festival (full band co-headline main stage)
8 Nov – Apeldoorn, The Netherlands – Brainstorm Festival (full band acoustic headline theater stage)
*with special guest The Royal Ritual
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