UNTO THE AGES
UNTO THE AGES Unveil “Never Fade” Video and Official T-Shirt
Some songs arrive as statements. Others arrive as quiet memorials.
“Never Fade,” the latest release from Middle England metal band UNTO the AGES, belongs firmly to the latter.
The band have now unveiled the official music video for the track, offering a visual companion to one of the most personal and emotionally resonant songs in their catalogue to date.
Written in memory of vocalist Xen Angeli’s brother, Anj Avraam, who passed away in 2021 following a battle with pancreatic cancer, “Never Fade” is not framed as spectacle or drama. Instead, it exists as a meditation on loss, connection, and the way love continues to echo long after someone is gone.
From a live debut to a lasting moment
The song was first performed publicly at Angel Of Rage Festival in Worcester last year, where UNTO the AGES appeared as main support to metal legend Blaze Bayley in front of a sold-out audience.
There was no way to predict how it would be received. Songs of this nature often take on a life of their own once they leave the rehearsal room. But something distinct occurred that night, a shared stillness, a collective recognition, the kind of unspoken connection that cannot be rehearsed or engineered. It only emerges when an audience truly connects with both the music and the meaning carried beneath it.
Since its release, “Never Fade” has also served a wider purpose beyond the band, with 50% of all proceeds donated to
Pancreatic Cancer UK, tying personal grief to a broader act of remembrance and support.
A video shaped from within the band
True to the group’s independent spirit, the music video was created in-house.
Filmed and edited by bassist Mark Brown, operating under his visual work banner Mark Brown Photo, the video reflects the same restraint and sincerity that defines the song itself. Brown, a long-standing presence within the Midlands music scene as both a musician, photographer and filmmaker, avoids theatrical excess in favour of something quieter and more grounded.
The result is not a dramatization of grief, but a space to sit with it.
There is something fitting in the song’s visual identity being shaped by one of its own creators, a continuation of the band’s long-standing DIY ethos.
The People Behind the Music
The band’s lineup consists of:
Xen Angeli – vocals
Mark Brown – bass
Matt Charman – guitars
Kris Rolfe – drums
Positioning themselves as metal from Middle England, UNTO the AGES draw from post-grunge, metalcore, thrash, and hardcore influences, grounded in a sound shaped by determination, persistence, and lived experience.
“Never Fade” was produced with Ben Rhys Thomas of
Sylosis, whose involvement lends both sonic weight and a subtle connection to the wider UK metal landscape, without compromising the song’s raw emotional core.
Where to hear it. Where to wear it.
“Never Fade” is available now across all major streaming platforms, with the official music video streaming on YouTube.
Alongside the launch of the Never Fade video,
Ninth Planet T-Shirts is proud to now announce that we are now stocking the official
UNTO the AGES “Never Fade” T-shirt, available through the store in limited quantities.
The design draws directly from the atmosphere of the track and its themes of memory, endurance, and connection, extending the story of Never Fade beyond the screen and into something tangible. For a band built on independence and authenticity, it feels fitting that this moment is marked not only with music and visuals, but with something fans can carry with them.
For UNTO the AGES, the release represents more than a new chapter in their catalogue. It stands as a tribute, a record of grief transformed into sound, and a reminder that some songs exist not simply to be heard — but to be carried forward.
Watch the official music video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVYbP3lBBpw&list=RDqVYbP3lBBpw&start_radio=1
