St. October Drops Haunting New Song “White Goddess”

The Quad Cities local music scene continues to grow with talent making music, and making some awesome music videos as well.  The latest comes from our friends at St. October with "White Goddess".

Dustin, guitarist/vocalist, for St. October told I-Rock 93.5 all about the song and video which you can watch below.

So this song was tracked at home and vocals were tracked with Aaron Issackson, then mixed and mastered by Jack Kosto of Sevenspires & Threads of Fate.

The video was recorded after much persistence at Shock House Rock Island. Kristopher Swinburn was very kind in letting us use his establishment and borrowing his extras before the October 29th shift at the Rock Island Expo Center.

Emille Lacsa and Ben Schmidt of "Color me in Media" Shot the video for us in about 3 hours. We had a blast filming in a bunch of separate themed rooms including a neon skull sanctuary, a morgue with a suggestive mannequin, an Evil Dead style, homely living room, & a spinning, nausea-inducing neon room. The place was super cool because we got to use a seance room, a demented kitchen, horrific bedroom, Monica even got her hands on a chainsaw.

So with us dudes jamming out in separate rooms, Monica was chasing the extras (The scare experts at Shock House) in a role of "hunted becomes the hunter".  So as each room progressed more and more people were running from her. It fits the song because "White Goddess" is kind of the successor to our song "Grave Walker"- in which a morbid vixen is trampling over others that hate her for her vanity but can't help to love her for their affinity for the macabre. So in "White Goddess" all the creatures are running from her, the woman who is used to always getting what she wants and has become even a bigger monster than they are- due to fear of falling for this ghostly white succubus specter.

In 2022 it shouldn't have to be explained but the title "White Goddess" has nothing to do with race, just simply the pale complexion that is generally associated with the supernatural/ghostly aesthetic.

So in a nutshell White Goddess is just one piece of the puzzle to our upcoming "Whatever Darkness" album that doesn't necessarily have a direct continuity in theme but instead touches on multiple subjects such as: Self Inflection, Suicide, Vanity, Depression, Revenge, Hate, & Guilt. Each one of these topics are prevalent in different songs such as: "With Open Eyes", "Vengeance Prayer", "Decide PT. II", "The Ashen One", etc, etc.

You can see St. October 4/16 @ Rascals Moline, & 5/8 @ Wildwood BBQ & Saloon and can follow them on Facebook for more updates.

White Goddess Lyrics:

Give your heart to me
Relinquish truly
This darkness you see
Malicious beauty
Just a little taste

Will bring you to this place

(full of heresy)

Look into my eyes

And you will see

Just how dark I can really be

Darlin’ don’t refrain

Don’t take your life in vain

(self audacity)

You are mine to keep my precious play thing

Nothing more to me

Simply enduring

Lost into this black

You’re never coming back

(praying for release)

When I’m through with you

Not much you can do

Only worship me

White goddess your queen

Every single night

You scream my name in fright

(suffer unto me)

 

Lustful we grow

Sinful it shows

We need this bad

Take us below

 

You are mine to keep my precious play thing

Nothing more to me

Simply enduring

Lost into this black

You’re never coming back

(praying for release)

When I’m through with you

Not much you can do

Only worship me

White goddess your queen

Every single night

You scream my name in fright

(suffer unto me)

 

Terror for life

I am your queen

Endless pursuit of happiness

Treasure only my approval

Laid to rest with all your regrets

 

Lustful we grow

Sinful it shows

We need this bad

Take us below