Actor Who Played Vecna on Stranger Things Releases Dark Rock Song

Jamie Campbell Bower, the actor from Stranger Issues 4 who — spoiler artwork — performs the murderous creature Vecna and its human counterpart Henry Creel, can also be a musician. On Friday (Aug. 12), he launched his newest darkish and folky rock quantity, “I Am.”

Nevertheless it’s not his music debut. Bower has labored on music for years, releasing Prologue (Reside From the Alter) in 2020. He adopted that with the singles “Run On” and “Satan in Me” earlier this yr. Earlier than that, the English entertainer led the band COUNTERFEIT.

Take heed to “I Am” close to the underside of this submit.

The fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Issues, which premiered this spring, culminated in July with a Metallica tune inclusion that boosted the metallic band’s recognition. On the present, character Eddie Munson performs the act’s “Grasp of Puppets” in a pivotal scene. Metallica subsequently welcomed new followers earlier than some seemingly tried to “cancel” the group after studying extra about their previous.

Under, learn a description of Bower’s “I Am” music video and see the clip. The tune’s out there to stream. Metallica are wrapping up their summer time 2022 tour dates and can play the International Citizen Competition in September. Get Metallica tickets right here.

The ‘I Am’ music video finds Jamie enjoying two alternate roles — a preacher on the pulpit, delivering an impassioned liturgy, and a wayward congregant who stumbles into the chapel. Jamie’s preacher self is within the midst of an earnest chant, which incorporates the lyrics ‘I am the angel / I am the satan / And I am coming inside.’ On the very finish of the video, each of Jamie’s selves meet collectively within the aisle of the church. It is a haunting show of being confronted by your innerself.