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Knifeplay release “Toil (Reprise)” from upcoming album
Philadelphia band Knifeplay have released “Toil (Reprise)” as a preview of their upcoming album, What Is Truth?.
The track comes later on the album and revisits its opening song, “Toil.”
It builds from hazy drone-like guitars into a heavier blackgaze sound over more than six minutes.
Frontman Tj Strohmer directed a graphic video to accompany the track.
He describes the video as a retelling of the 1989 silent horror film Begotten, using its story to explore suffering and the relationship between humanity, the planet and God.
What Is Truth?
is due out in January on Double Double Whammy, and is expected to run for nearly 80 minutes.
Knifeplay released “Toil (Reprise),” a new track from its upcoming album What Is Truth?.
The reprise revisits the album’s opening song, “Toil,” and builds from gauzy drone-riffs to thundering blackgaze over six minutes.
The track is accompanied by a graphic video directed by frontman Tj Strohmer.
Strohmer said the video retells the 1989 silent horror film Begotten and explores a cycle of suffering.
What Is Truth? is scheduled for release on January 22 through Double Double Whammy.
- Who
- Philadelphia band Knifeplay released the track.
- What
- The band shared “Toil (Reprise),” a song from its upcoming album What Is Truth?.
- When
- The track was released on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Not stated
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What Is Truth? is scheduled for release through Double Double Whammy.
Knifeplay released “Toil (Reprise)” and its accompanying video.
- Track
- Toil (Reprise)
- Album
- What Is Truth?
- Album release date
- January 22
- Label
- Double Double Whammy
- Video director
- Tj Strohmer
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What people are saying
This video is a remake or retelling of Elias Merhige’s 1989 silent horror film Begotten, which, in my interpretation, tells the story of the cycle of suffering that has befallen humanity via the metaphorical (or literal?) death of God and subsequent torture and death of "Mother Earth.
Given that the song is primarily instrumental and lyrically simple, it felt like the perfect canvas to tell this story, whose themes are relevant across the whole album.