Experimental ritual dark ambient project Kathodos has released a new video for “Hanging Tree”, a track from the debut album “Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus”. The CD edition is set for 28 October 2025 via Rune Serpent Europa as a limited pressing of 500 with a 4-page booklet.

Below is a first teaser, the video of “Hanging Tree”.

The “Hanging Tree” video focuses on the track’s second half and incorporates footage from “La Vie et la Passion de Jésus Christ” (France, 1903), reflecting the song’s surreal, dream-like tableau.

“‘Hanging Tree’ is the catchiest song on ‘Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus.’ The track features a hidden lyrical concept meant to be discovered by only the most astute listeners. The idea was to create a surreal, dream-like atmosphere that brings the listener back to ancient times. The music video features the explosive second half of ‘Hanging Tree’. Some of the imagery in the video is taken from ‘La Vie et la Passion de Jesus Christ’, a French silent film from 1903. The film’s colors and religious nature fit the song perfectly. I am featured in the video to portray the lyrical orator while Lavinia enhanced it with her sultry dancing,’” Kathodos adds.

The new clip follows a previously issued video for “A Memory Dwindles…” – a piece about a person haunted by the memory of seeing a child fall from a rooftop – featuring imagery from “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920).

About Kathodos

Kathodos is a studio-only project founded in 2019 as an “experiment in darkness,” later joined by Lavinia for soprano, spoken word, and guitar on select tracks. The album’s material was conceived in 2021, with most instrumentation and vocals tracked in spring 2022, and production completed in late 2023 / early 2024. The project is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

“Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus” first appeared as a low-key digital/CDr issue in 2024 via Slithering Black Records with contributions by Lavinia – before signing with Rune Serpent Europa in 2025 for the wider CD release. In parallel, Kathodos contributed “White Law” to the Laibach tribute “Schlecht Und Ironisch” and “Death & Rebirth (Part II)” to “The Five Senses,” a Saturno Buttò tribute compilation – both issued under the Rune Serpent Europa umbrella.

Musically the band will please listeners of Nurse With Wound, Coil, and Current 93.

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Experimental ritual dark ambient project Kathodos will re-release its debut album “Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus” for the first time on CD via Rune Serpent Europa on October 28, 2025. The CD edition is announced as limited to 500 copies with a 4-page booklet.

But today we can already offer you an exclusive premiere of the video for “A Memory Dwindles…”.

Kathodos comments on the concept behind the song and video: “’A Memory Dwindles…’ is a song about a person haunted by a horrifying memory of seeing a child falling off a rooftop. The person is in a state of despair and psychosis. The music video features footage from the 1920 silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari — the dark and disturbing imagery of the film fits the ambience of the song. It also features myself and Lavinia playing out the song’s protagonist’s pain from the memory that plagues him.”

The 2025 CD follows the album’s original digital issue in spring 2024 on a now-defunct netlabel. That digital edition is available on the project’s Bandcamp and major platforms, with the following six-track sequence confirmed on the original release.

“Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus” will certainly please fans of Nurse With Wound, Coil and Current 93.

About Kathodos

Kathodos is a studio-only project formed as an “experiment in darkness” and based in Kansas City, Missouri (US). The project’s music combines ritual/occult textures, drones and spoken passages.

The debut album for the project, “Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus” was initially released digitally and on a limiuted CD-run in 2024 via Slithering Black Record. Contributions on the album include Lavinia (soprano, spoken word, guitar). A new 2025 CD edition is announced via Rune Serpent Europa.

You might know Kathodos from these two Rune Serpent Europa projects: “Laibach Tribut: Schlecht Und Ironisch” (reissue), contributing a cover of Laibach’s “White Law”; “The Five Senses” (Saturno Buttò tribute), contributing “Death & Rebirth (Part II)”.

Beyond those, Kathodos also issued the split “Thing 008” in June 2025 (featuring “…Window (Edit)”).

Bernard - Side-Line Staff

Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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