Polyphia - Ego Death feat. Steve Vai

What this video is

Released September 28, 2022 as a lead single from Polyphia's fourth studio album Remember That You Will Die (Rise Records, October 28, 2022), Ego Death represents a landmark intergenerational guitar collaboration — pairing Polyphia's Tim Henson and Scott LePage, icons of the internet-era fingerstyle progressive scene, with Steve Vai, a Grammy Award-winning shred legend associated with Frank Zappa, Motörhead, and…

Why it matters

Ego Death is a defining artifact of the 2020s progressive instrumental guitar renaissance, representing the convergence of djent-influenced rhythmic complexity, fingerstyle technique, trap-influenced production, and classic shred guitar. The track and video cemented Polyphia's status as a bridge…

The director

Caleb Young is Creative Director of Hand Crank Films, a video production company based in Bellingham, Washington. He has prior roles at C. Young Creative and Lines and Blood Productions. His feature film Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes? was an…