Silverstein - A Better Place

What this video is

Released October 16, 2013 as part of the promotional cycle for 'This Is How the Wind Shifts: Addendum,' the reissue of Silverstein's seventh studio album on Hopeless Records. The song addresses death, grief, and the concept of the afterlife — thematic territory the band described as among the album's most emotionally direct. The video arrived during the band's Tracing Back Roots Tour supporting We Came as Romans,…

Why it matters

Represents the mature mid-career phase of Canadian post-hardcore, where bands like Silverstein bridged Warped Tour-era screamo roots with concept-album ambition. The video's dark, rapid-cut aesthetic typifies the HD-era post-hardcore visual language: emotionally charged performance footage married…