Alchemy Vividly Channels The Underground In “No Clip”
Originality has always been an act of rebellion. Where the status quo only sees a number within a sweeping statistic, it reclaims a name, a presence that can’t be erased or overlooked. That defiance feels more urgent than ever today, as viral trends and recycled imitations dominate our attention spans, making cultivating a distinct voice both a rare art and an audacious act. For a band like Alchemy, that vision is key, guiding their titular transmutation of familiar genres into something singular and compelling, an approach vividly realized in the music video for “No Clip.”
Filmed and edited by Jacob Skammer & Jonathan Wright, the video tracks the band through the daily scramble of underground life, moving from the open air of a skate park to the echoing dark beneath a bridge, where the crowd blurs from curious onlookers to a consuming force. The band is rabid and riveting in each setting, injecting the palpitating rhythm with plenty of thrilling vocal roars and piercing guitar lines. “Hold on tight to me,” frontman Dev Gajan shouts, swirling in the chaos of the music and trying to distinguish the intangible enemy within from the tangible threats around. The vocals alternate between punchy assertions, hazy observations, and screeching takedowns while the music twists tightly around each turn, the tone and rhythm amplifying the song’s capricious energy.
“No Clip” is the second single from Alchemy’s debut EP, MILLENIUM:ELECTRIC, following the music video of “Closure” released at the end of 2024. Both songs showcase the EP’s crafty spin on modern nu metal: a darker hip-hop edge and more frenetic hardcore backbone fortifying the shifty menace. Self-branded as “y2kcore,” Alchemy’s sound draws on a variety of genres from metalcore and beatdown to trap and even EDM. With a genre tag steeped in dotcom lore, there’s an undercurrent of nostalgia, but the band seems less concerned with haphazard rehashes and more intent on reaching forward with a wide grasp, an ethos best captured in their own words: “party nu metal meets slamming metalcore.”
MILLENIUM:ELECTRIC capped off a busy run for the band following a string of single releases in 2024 that began with “Patience” and ended with “Closure,” the EP’s closing track. The band members have carried that momentum into 2025, with guitarist and vocalist Alice Crow releasing the eclectic singles “Eyes Wide Shut” and “Gray,” while Dev Gajan shared the emo-tinged single “you’re like a little bean sprout and i’m just poison ivy dying to give you an itch” and appeared on tracks with Jon Marrs, Śalvi, and PÖPPYSYRING3. With their creative engines firing on all cylinders and a steadily expanding fanbase drawn to their genre-blurring intensity, Alchemy shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
You can watch the video for “No Clip” below, and be sure to follow Alchemy on all of their social media channels to stay up to date on new music, show announcements, and behind-the-scenes content like the footage they shared from this very video!
