REV3RENT Bring Deathcore Brutality and Cinematic Horror to New 'Eyes Wide Shut' Music Video
Southern California's rising deathcore outfit unleashes a disturbing new visual alongside their debut album, She Let the World Run Rampant.
By Seth Metoyer | Metal Crawlspace
Every once in a while, a music video comes along that grabs my attention for reasons beyond the music itself. REV3RENT's new video for “Eyes Wide Shut” happens to hit two of my favorite things: punishing extreme metal and horror cinema.
And this one is a banger.
The Southern California deathcore outfit has just released the official video for “Eyes Wide Shut,” a track from their debut full-length album, She Let the World Run Rampant, which arrived October 30 through Deep Love Recordings, an imprint of Atlantic Records.
Musically, REV3RENT delivers the kind of relentless aggression that helped establish deathcore as a force in extreme music. Savage vocals, crushing breakdowns, and a healthy dose of early-2000s deathcore DNA give the track its teeth. There's an unmistakable connection to the era when bands were making names for themselves through MySpace, underground shows, and music that sounded determined to demolish whatever speakers happened to be unfortunate enough to play it.
The video, however, takes things somewhere even more interesting.
A Little Deathcore, a Little Horror Movie
What immediately caught my attention was the video's creepy, stalker-in-the-woods atmosphere. There's something wonderfully unsettling about that particular brand of horror, where the trees become part of the threat and the feeling that someone might be watching starts doing most of the psychological heavy lifting.
It's the sort of visual territory I tend to gravitate toward, and REV3RENT makes good use of that atmosphere. Adding to the video's cinematic atmosphere is Aubrey, who also appears on the cover artwork for REV3RENT's new album, She Let the World Run Rampant. She's the figure running through the woods in “Eyes Wide Shut,” helping bring that unsettling, "horror chase" aesthetic to life. It's a great visual connection between the album's artwork and the music video, and one of the things that immediately caught my attention.
The production has a polished, cinematic quality that feels closer to a horror short film than a conventional performance video. The imagery gives the song an additional layer of menace, and the combination works particularly well with the band's abrasive sound.
There's also some interesting talent involved behind the scenes. Salem Vex, known for his involvement with Bloodbather and Crucifiction, handled editing and color grading for the video, bringing another connection to the modern extreme metal underground.
As someone who spends a fair amount of time immersed in both the metal and horror worlds, I love seeing bands take the visual side of their music seriously. A well-executed music video can create an entire atmosphere around a song, and “Eyes Wide Shut” certainly understands the assignment.
Meet REV3RENT
For anyone just discovering REV3RENT, the band emerged from Southern California's underground heavy music scene, drawing inspiration from the formative years of deathcore while bringing their own youthful intensity to the genre.
The group has been building momentum through underground releases and live performances, including their earlier EPs Last Trace (2024) and Decimate (2025).
Their sound embraces the fundamentals that made deathcore such a disruptive force in the first place: punishing riffs, guttural vocals, technical aggression, and breakdowns designed to turn a crowded room into absolute chaos.
There's a sense of enthusiasm running through the band's approach that makes their music particularly interesting. They're part of a generation discovering and reinterpreting the sounds that helped define extreme metal two decades ago.
And judging by the material they've released so far, they're doing a pretty convincing job of carrying that tradition forward.
She Let the World Run Rampant: A Ferocious Full-Length Debut
REV3RENT's debut full-length album, She Let the World Run Rampant, features 13 tracks exploring themes of grief, heartbreak, loss, and the darker corners of human experience.
The record features production from Grammy-nominated producer Drew Fulk, also known as WZRD BLD, whose previous credits include Knocked Loose and Motionless in White. Buster Odeholm, another familiar name in modern extreme metal production, handled the mixing.
Alongside “Eyes Wide Shut,” the album includes previously released songs such as “Last One Here,” “Lacerations and the Feeling of Dying,” and the title track.
Vocalist Josh Bailey Guard has also expressed a surprisingly grounded ambition for the band's music: he wants it to help listeners escape their everyday struggles, have fun, and get out of their own heads.
It's a sentiment that probably resonates with anyone who has ever found a strange sort of comfort in music that sounds like the world collapsing around them.
The band's momentum continues into November, when REV3RENT joins Slaughter to Prevail for a run of North American dates.
A Perfect Halloween Discovery
There's something fitting about discovering REV3RENT's “Eyes Wide Shut” during Halloween week. The music is vicious, the video is creepy, and the whole presentation has the kind of atmosphere that makes me want to revisit it.
I'm also genuinely impressed by the cinematic approach. The visual storytelling feels ambitious, and I'd love to see the band continue exploring this side of their creativity.
For fans of deathcore, extreme metal, and horror-inspired imagery, REV3RENT deserves a spot on your radar.
Check out the official “Eyes Wide Shut” music video below, and give She Let the World Run Rampant a spin. The album is available now through Deep Love Recordings.
Listen to the album: She Let the World Run Rampant
