Wailin Storms Release Haunting New Video for “It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be”
Posted on July 22, 2026
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Wailin Storms are catching fire with noisy and bluesy explosions of Southern Gothic Rock. Like moths to a flame, critics are mesmerized by the Durham, North Carolina band’s new album, The Arsonist.
“Wailin Storms is in the midst of a fiery return”, Treble proclaims about The Arsonist. “The culmination of their efforts results in the band’s strongest record to date”.
“There are bands that flirt with darkness, and then there are bands like Wailin Storms, who sound like they were born somewhere in the smoke between the burned-down church, the bad stretch of highway and the house at the end of the street nobody walks past after sunset”, Decibel writes regarding the album.
“Arson may be a crime”, Angry Metal Guy warns, “but missing out on The Arsonist – whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer to Wailin Storms – would be the real crime”.
As the band prepare to burn rubber on their upcoming U.S. East Coast Tour for The Arsonist, today, Wailin Storms are releasing a new video for the album’s chilling closer. Filmed in one take and recorded live with no editing inside an old church, the gothic ballad “It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be” will haunt you to the grave.
”’It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be” is about coming to terms with the realization that death comes for us all”, Wailin Storms vocalist and guitarist Justin Storms says. “I started writing this song when I was in Belgium, after I saw an old church that looked like a skull. It’s the last song on The Arsonist and is very spare and sad, but there’s also a sliver of hope. Life is temporary and that’s where its beauty lies”.
Watch the music video for “It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
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Starting next week, Wailin Storms are igniting the stage with a headline tour of the U.S. East Coast. The band will perform songs off The Arsonist for the first time, along with crowd favorites from across their critically-acclaimed discography.
Wailin Storms 2026 The Arsonist U.S. Tour
July 29 – Johnson City, TN @ The Hideaway [TICKETS]
July 30 – Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar [TICKETS]
July 31 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light [TICKETS]
August 1 – Cincinnati, OH @ Motr [TICKETS]
August 2 – Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl [TICKETS]
August 3 – Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees [TICKETS]
August 4 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Government Center [TICKETS]
August 5 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery [TICKETS]
August 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Gutter [TICKETS]
August 7 – New Hope, PA @ John and Peter’s [TICKETS]
August 8 – Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana [TICKETS]
In September, Wailin Storms will join Messa in Asheville, North Carolina to kick off the official after party for the Acid Bath, Neurosis, Melvins and Kylesa show at Hellbender.
The Official Acid Bath After Party with Wailin Storms and Messa
Saturday, September 5 – Asheville, North Carolina @ Eulogy [FREE SHOW]
The video for “It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be” was filmed at Eno House in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
More praise for The Arsonist
“full-on Southern Gothic” – Brooklyn Vegan
“[…] moves between raw blues punk, gothic rock and folk-leaning melancholy, with an intentionally human and unpolished sound” – Distorted Sound
“The Arsonist is a towering achievement” – Outlaws of the Sun
“very cool” – Heavy Metal Philosophy (Dealer’s Choice)
“[…] eerie, haunting and maybe just a tad evil as well” – Rock And Roll Fables
“Sit with it after dark – that’s the room this record was built for” – The Metal List
“The Arsonist is a stunningly good album…It feels simultaneously very real and slightly surreal” – Wonderbox Metal
“[…] a very unique and cinematic release that is highly engaging and exciting. If you are looking for something different, something dark and full of raw emotion, look no further and get a copy of The Arsonist” – Infernal Masquerade
“The Arsonist is exactly the record the band’s critical trajectory has been pointing toward” – Flight of Pegasus
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