Synopsis

A lone soldier enters a shadowy forest, where the landscape becomes increasingly strange and threatening. He encounters ominous figures, including Cold Specks presiding over a ritual with several female attendants whose blank stares heighten the sense of dread. The narrative moves like a fragment of nightmare rather than a conventional story, linking military imagery, death, and ceremony through stark compositions and unsettling performances. The result is a surreal, atmospheric video that mirrors the song's dark, brooding mood.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was filmed on location in Toronto, Canada, in 2014.

• Its visual concept originated in a dream remembered by the video's creative team. The dream involved Soviet soldiers moving through a forest while carrying portraits of the dead, which would be hung from trees after an assassination.

• The production was made with Toronto-based Revolver Films.

• Cinematographer Samy Inayeh handled the photography, while Daniel Bochenski edited the finished video.

• The official video accompanied "Absisto," a track from Cold Specks' second album, "Neuroplasticity," released in August 2014 through Mute and Arts & Crafts.

• "Absisto" is a Latin verb meaning to withdraw or depart, a fitting title for a video built around disappearance, death, and an unsettling passage into the woods.