Chicago-based dark synth and industrial artist TATV GRAL (Allen Addington) has released a video for the single “Treachery,” which explores themes of betrayal, desire, and occult symbolism. Inspired by Hellenistic astrology, the track examines Saturn and Mars as malefic forces historically associated with treachery in ancient Greek texts. Addington draws conceptual influence from Kenneth Anger’s occult cinema, Coil’s ritual electronics, and the archetypal psychology of James Hillman and Richard Tarnas. The video incorporates imagery of bondage, geometry, divination, and restraint, viewed through a queer male perspective influenced by William Friedkin’s film aesthetics. Musically, “Treachery” blends cold electrical textures, minimal synth, and industrial EBM elements, featuring hushed vocals and shifting between sparse arrangements and more danceable passages. Lyrically, the song addresses obsession and restraint, with repeated invocations of the title functioning as both accusation and summoning, positioning desire within structures of containment and transgression.
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