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Send us Fan MailPhoenix, Arizona-based alternative metal collective MEDIA unveils their simply astonishing new video for “Synapse,” which took nearly three years to film and complete. MEDIA was founded by Billy Tegethoff (guitar, bass, drums, synth) and Richard Wnuk (drums, synth). Following lineup shifts over the years, the band now includes Dominic Pedretti (bass) and Robbie Foley (guitar). Over several years, MEDIA issued a trilogy of releases under a joined concept of the Sixth Mass-Extinction. Their debut EP Influence (2022) led the way, the “Synapse” single (2023) served as the middle chapter, and the Output EP (2024) closed the concept series, with each part of the trilogy receiving praise from the likes of Revolver, MetalSucks, and many others along the way. In 2025 the band issued Media, a CD containing all three titles in one physical release. However, during this entire process, MEDIA was working on an incredibly ambitious project behind the scenes, which finally arrives with the incredible “Synapse” video. “Synapse” is an experimental psychedelic sci-fi journey through a dimension inhabited by beings systematically working to convert our world into a colorless desert, set to the song of the same title. The song itself is only about five minutes long, but the video took nearly three full years of work to complete. Apart from a few shots, this entire video was done entirely by Tegethoff and Wnuk. With no label or outside money funding the project, the band invested a vast amount of time and money to see this project come to fruition. It required over a dozen remote location shoots. Countless video effects were learned from scratch. Nearly every frame of the video required some element of manual animation, and the band even converted a camera to film infrared footage. Having invested over 3000 miles of driving – much of which was on high clearance 4×4 trails – and more than 1000 hours of editing, “Synapse” was an absolute labor of love getting this video over the finish line. The immense work put into its creation is apparent, and MEDIA now shares it with the world.🎙️ Discover The Barn Podcast Network 🎙️Where stories, sports, music, and more come to life!www.BetterHelp.com/TheBarnhttp://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnThis episode is sponsored by http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and brought to you as always by The Barn Media Group.   YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@TheBarnPodcastNetworkSPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/09neXeCS8I0U8OZJroUGd4?si=2f9b8dfa5d2c4504APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1625411141I HEART RADIO https://www.iheart.com/podcast/97160034/AMAZON https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7aff7d00-c41b-4154-94cf-221a808e3595/the-barn