Spider God Ensnares Us Like "Flies in the Trap" With A Forest of Stars and Revenant Marquis (Track Debut)
As if to prove that pop is the most cathartic music genre, UK black metal act (though that descriptor applies less with each release) Spider God, with features from A Forest of Stars‘ Mister Curse and the enigmatic Revenant Marquis, have released the addictive “Flies in the Trap,” the second single from their upcoming album Fly in the Trap. It is one of the rare black metal tracks that engrains itself into the brain not through force but with melodies. Listen to “Flies in the Trap” below.
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G., Spider God’s driving force. is a firm believer in bombast, which is why his genre pairing is so seamless. While Spider God’s cover album Black Renditions (which features No Doubt, Justin Bieber, and High School Musical covers) brandished his depth of understanding of both pop and black metal, “Flies in the Trap” displays how well he can marry them in a narrative context. The song’s structure directly connects to its narrative– Fly in the Trap examines Elisa Lam’s 2013 death in the Cecil Hotel from various viewpoints, including that of the detective working the case. At the time “Flies in the Trap” arrives in the album’s story, the detective is plagued by nightly visions of Lam’s potential murder, so he ritualistically circles the hallways in the hotel where she stayed before eventually, his insomnia overtakes him. His visions put him in the role of Lam’s murderer and he observes the incident firsthand. “Flies in the Trap'”s verse-chorus-verse pop structure cycles to mirror the detective’s ceaseless inspections. G. weaponizes pop’s catchiness, distorting it to represent the detective’s circular ruminations. It’s not until A Forest of Stars’ Dan “Mister Curse” Eyre’s monologue that there’s some relief, but a black metal riff with an arena rock guitar’s grandeur cuts that reprieve short. Instead of acting as a call to arms, it segues back into another verse. The cycle is unending.
While there are some pop qualities to “Flies in the Trap” that smack you right in the face–its earworm chorus comes to mind–what’s more notable is how G. applies pop’s melodies as if they’re eyeliner, blush, and lipstick to black metal’s proverbial corpse-painted face. They fit together so well that they’re inseparable, resulting in a bouncy yet nonetheless rabid single.
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Fly in the Trap releases on November 11th through Repose Records.
