Pacific Northwest Doom Collective Carrion Empire Releases “Knowing” Video

The Pacific Northwest has long incubated a particular strain of heavy music, shaped by gray skies and isolation. Carrion Empire works within that tradition, stitching together doom’s low-end weight, drone’s durational pull, and the tense minimalism of retro synth scores. A new video for “Knowing,” directed by Christopher Diana-Peebles, arrives as the first glimpse into their upcoming release, Fade From Future Throne.

Recorded by Adam Pike at Toadhouse Recordings and mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering, the album is set for release this winter through Iconoclasm Conquest and Zann’s Records. The track and visuals draw on a palette where John Carpenter’s dystopian synth-scapes meet the punishing repetition of Swans and the meditative heft of Om and Sunn O)))—a fusion that frames decay not as chaos, but as a slow, deliberate process.

Lyrically and sonically, Carrion Empire fixates on ecological collapse and urban ruin reclaimed by moss and lichen. There is no rush here; the music moves at the pace of rot, finding a bleak beauty in prolonged immersion. The video for “Knowing” mirrors that pace, offering no quick reveal, only a steady accumulation of atmosphere.

In an era where heaviness often competes for immediacy, Carrion Empire’s approach is patiently hostile. Fade From Future Throne promises a full-length statement of that intent, rooted in the particular gloom of the Pacific Northwest but speaking to wider, slower apocalypse.