Dead Icarus (ex Atreyu, Enterprise Earth) share single "1 Million Days" and official music video

Dead Icarus, a new project featuring Alex Varkatzas (ex-Atreyu), Gabe Mangold (Enterprise Earth) and Brandon Zackey, have shared a third new single, "1 Million Days". The track is featured on the band's debut full length, Zealot, available October 31st via MNRK Heavy. The band's official music video was created by David Brodsky.

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Varkatzas shared the following:

'1 Million Days' is as close as Dead Icarus gets to a power ballad on ZEALOT. When I first started writing the lyrics, I thought it was about failing someone else and seeking their forgiveness. As I finished the lyrics, it became more first person and about letting one's self down and forgiving one's self for mistakes made. Sometimes, the weight we bear is placed upon our own shoulders by ourselves and only we can remove it.

The video is sort of a tongue-in-cheek homage to late '80s horror, filmed inside a haunted house that is housed inside a haunted building from the 1800s.

Mangold added:

Musically, '1 Million Days came from the intention of creating an epic, powerful, catchy, and emotional metalcore 'power ballad,' as Alex stated. I'm a sucker for all guitar things from the '80s, so naturally a catchy, singable, harmonized lead in the chorus was the first thing written and it set the tone for the rest of the composition. Don't let the word 'ballad' fool you, though. This song has some unexpected twists and turns as well that aren't a part of your conventional emotional rock song.