Delusions: Between Voices
By Lucy Miller (Press Manager – Wylde Chylde Records)
There’s a particular kind of silence that settles in before a symphonic metal piece fully unfolds — not emptiness, but tension. “Delusions,” the latest release from Spirefall, exists inside that space. It doesn’t explain itself, and it refuses to soften what comes after awareness.
Premiering tonight on the AI Music Video Show (AIMVS), Delusions arrives as a duet shaped as much by restraint as by intensity. The song acknowledges a volatile bond that feeds on its own extremes — anger and devotion, collapse and desire — without apologizing for the damage that accrues when nothing changes.
To better understand the intent behind the piece without unraveling its turning point, I spoke with Dawn M., CEO of Wylde Chylde Records, and Erica M., CTO of Wylde Chylde Records. Their perspective frames the project around consequence rather than confession — what it means to recognize a cycle and still remain inside it.
Letting the Song Carry the Weight
From the outset, Delusions was never meant to romanticize instability — even if it understands its pull. According to Dawn, the song lives in the uncomfortable (but not uncommon) space where awareness doesn’t automatically lead to change.
“This is about people who know they’re dysfunctional,” Dawn M., CEO of Wylde Chylde Records, says. “They recognize the cycle, they even call it by name, but they’re addicted to it. The rollercoaster of chaos, the intensity, the passion and the pain. And they don’t apologize for staying.”
That awareness is key. Delusions doesn’t frame its central relationship as ignorant or naïve. It frames it as conscious — and that makes the consequences harder to ignore.
“Calling it a shared delusion isn’t denial,” Dawn adds. “It’s an agreement. They’re choosing the same lie because the truth would require change.”
A Visual That Refuses to Explain — But Refuses to Look Away
While the video for Delusions avoids spelling out plot or backstory, it is unflinching about outcome. Erica notes that the visuals were built to confront the audience with consequence — not as spectacle, but as inevitability.
“We were careful not to spoon‑feed motive or mechanics,” Erica M., CTO of Wylde Chylde Records, explains. “What matters isn’t the exact sequence of events in the music video — it’s the emotional truth of having your eyes closed and recklessly racing forward that leads there.”
Rather than dramatizing a specific single moment, the video emphasizes accumulation: the toll of volatility normalized over time.
“When dysfunction becomes a familiar ride, people tend to stop asking how to get off the train,” Erica continues. “The video lets viewers sit with that discomfort and decide for themselves what crossed the line — and when the line was crossed.”
The Power of the Duet
The duet structure reinforces that instability. Two voices share the same emotional space — sometimes beautifully aligned, sometimes colliding — mirroring a relationship defined by volatility.
“They’re furious one moment and inseparable the next,” Dawn observes. “That whiplash is part of the addiction. It makes them feel alive — until it starts costing them everything.”
What makes Delusions unsettling is that it never pretends the connection between the two singing the song isn’t real.
“The passion is genuine,” Erica says. “That’s what makes their special flavor of darkness fascinating. If it were fake, the resultant damage wouldn’t hurt.”
The absence of a neat and tidy resolution underscores that truth.
“There’s no redemption arc here,” Erica adds. “The final line isn’t hope — it’s awareness. Here we are. And that’s the warning.”
When Lore Lives Elsewhere
Unlike some projects where backstory is foregrounded, Delusions keeps its mythology embedded rather than exposed.
“The lore lives in the music and the visuals,” Erica explains. “Print is great for context, but this particular piece needed space to breathe without being over-defined.”
Dawn agrees, noting that ambiguity can be a form of respect.
“We trust the audience,” Dawn says. “Everyone brings their own history into a song like this. Telling them exactly what it means would take something away.”
Sitting With the Unanswered
In the end, Delusions resists resolution. It leaves viewers with the weight of consequence — the understanding that awareness without change still carries a price.
“We didn’t want to moralize,” Dawn M., CEO of Wylde Chylde Records, reflects. “We wanted honesty. Sometimes people know exactly who they are together — and they stay anyway.”
The final moments don’t offer clarity or absolution. They offer a cold look at inevitability — the understanding that remaining inside extreme dysfunction usually leads to one of only a few possible ends.
As the song fades, what remains isn’t explanation, but consequence — and the uneasy understanding that ‘here we are’ can be both an admission and a warning.
“Delusions” is now airing via AIMVS and will release on YouTube and RadTV following its broadcast.
Update: 1/4/20205:
The new music video for “Delusions” is now available from YouTube!