Skin Flowers Unveils the Beautiful Agony Behind Their Gothic Metal Soundscapes
29th April 2025Crawling up from the depths of the underground scene, Skin Flowers crafts a distinctive sound born of heartbreak and endurance. This alternative gothic metal outfit drenches listeners in dark splendor and theatrical landscapes that haunt the mind.
When they play, celestial vocals crash against thunderous guitars while sorrowful strings weave throughout, creating something that cuts to the bone yet floats just beyond reach. Their musical realm dwells in ghostly passion, philosophical dread, and that peculiar solace found only in shadows—they’ve taken gothic metal’s foundations and built something that honors tradition while boldly pressing forward.
We recently caught up with Skin Flowers for an intimate, talk.
Hi and thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to speak with us today here at All About The Rock.
We saw you play an amazing set at the ‘Sophie’s Night’ event on Saturday 19th April at The Fool in Southport, with all proceeds going to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. What does this cause mean to you as a whole?
The Sophie’s Night gig in Southport was awesome; we dedicated our set to Sophie & Sylvia Lancaster. Such a wonderful evening surrounded by a community that really shows up and shows love for one another. The foundation is important to us because really, we’re a group of outcasts who are used to being judged for how we look and act and the ethos of SLF is really something we stand by – STAMP OUT PREJUDICE, HATRED & INTOLERANCE EVERYWHERE.
Let’s talk a little bit about your new version of ‘Weeping Eyes’, the music video. The energy comes across as intense on screen. What was the atmosphere like on the day of recording?
Adara – Thank you! I’m glad that it comes across as intense. It is an extremely personal song and it was important to convey the gravity of the words. As for the atmosphere on set, we’re always in good spirits and usually have a laugh, it’s very hard for us to be serious sometimes – productive yet silly.How did you prepare yourselves to deliver such a visually and sonically intense performance knowing it was being captured for posterity?
Jay – I think the knowledge that footage is being captured can be used as an effective motivational tool. Enforcing (rather strict) time restraints also helped, as we only had a few hours to set up and film so each take needed to be usable to some extent.
Adara – This was probably our easiest music video to make because there were only a few different types of shots that we needed. We usually prepare a moodboard, shot list, and have the location locked in a few weeks in advance.
The visuals in the video are striking. Can you talk a bit about the creative direction?
Jay – Our main hurdles when it comes to video production are usually relating to budget and time restraints. With both our music release and video release schedule running parallel to each other, I’m only given a few weeks between video releases to obtain footage, create assets, assemble footage and edit it according to feedback from the other guys. Our limitations can affect the creative direction of our videos, leading to them leaning heavily on the individuals in the footage or the location the video was filmed at and the scenery there.
The gothic and melancholic nature of our music often drives the aesthetics that feature in our videos. Whether that be the colour grading or atmosphere. For instance, Unknown, which was released back in January, was mostly filmed in a church and its surrounding areas to strengthen the song’s themes of uncertainty of what happens in the afterlife. Our recent video release, Weeping Eyes (Piano Version), had a soloist feel to it, so a heavy emphasis on Adara was necessary. The use of a variety of close-up shots and mid shots was also imperative to creating that intimate yet cinematic feel, even though sthe cenery doesn’t change throughout the video.
Adara – We were very lucky to be allowed into Kelly’s dispensary on Smithdown Road before it opened for the day and they have a beautiful upright piano right in front of the window so the natural light was perfect.
Are there any particular Gothic influences or inspirations that guided the visual choice?
Adara – The ‘Call Me when you’re sober’ by Evanescence music video was something we used for colour grading inspo and a few shots of the piano. I don’t have any particular inspirations for the video, I just kind of closed my eyes and saw how I wanted it to look, and Jay understood the assignment.
Were there any challenges you faced whilst recording?
Adara – Everything went pretty smoothly! I guess I sometimes struggle to connect with the camera, I get a bit shy but I guess it worked for what I wanted to go for, kind of closed off and distant.
Gothic metal is known for its emotional depth and often deals with themes of loss, darkness and beauty.
How do you see this video contributing to the narrative and message of your music?
Adara – I think this was one way to demonstrate that we’re a multi-faceted band, and visually, I think the video highlights the ‘moody’ & ‘sexy’ descriptors that we use.
We of course, like to lean into the gothic elements, but we also like to genre-ben,d and that will become more apparent in our upcoming releases.
Are there any specific moments or lyrics in the video that you feel particularly resonate with the overall theme of your band?
Adara – Hm, that’s interesting… I believe that the overall melancholia of the song/lyrics is definitely ‘on theme’. I like to phrase things poetically, but at the same time, be pretty clear about my feelings. Just the phrase ‘Weeping Eyes’ is pretty gloomy, and I’d say that’s on brand.
Now that the video has been released what’s been the reaction of your fanbase and the wider metal community?
We were pleasantly surprised by how the song was received, it’s been played on BBC introducing a few times and it performed just as well as our previous singles so it’s really encouraging to know that people are enjoying what we’re putting out.
What do you hope viewers take away from this video?
Adara – I hope that people can understand that you can turn pain into something beautiful.
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Thanks again for talking to us today!
