Christian metalcore band Silent Planet have released a chilling new video for Understanding Love As Loss, from their monumental album Everything Was Sound.
The video is a re-enactment of sorts of the suicide of one of singer Garrett Russell‘s favourite authors, Virginia Woolf. It was a trend that among several of his favourite authors, and the song explores that.
The link between their artistic gifts and taking their life was something I wanted to examine
Like much of Silent Planet’s content, it’s very difficult to describe and especially give justice to, just watch the video below to see for yourself.
Garrett further explains the meaning of the song in an interview as part of a track-by-track analysis of the album.