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# Make Dark ascend with live video for sprawling epic 'The Summit (Pt. 1)'
- URL: https://www.emptyspaces.co.nz/make-dark-the-summit/
- Published: 2025-06-11T02:44:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-10T02:46:57.000Z
- Author: Empty Spaces
- Tags: Music

Wellington-based progressive metal outfit **Make Dark** are building momentum with the release of a **live performance video for their latest single ‘The Summit (Pt. 1)’**—a brooding, slow-burning journey that showcases the band’s command of atmosphere, tension, and release. **Filmed live at the Underworld Tavern in Wellington**, the video captures Make Dark in their element: unfiltered, immersive, and locked in as a unit.

This release follows their **debut EP *Badlands***, a record that balances post-metal textures with progressive metal intricacy—drawing on influences like **Opeth**, **Katatonia**, **Jakob**, **Gazpacho**, and **Leprous** without ever losing their own identity. ‘The Summit’ extends that vision further—less a standalone single and more the opening scene of something larger and looming.

There’s a sense that Make Dark are only just beginning their climb. With *Badlands* laying the groundwork and *The Summit* pointing toward higher ground, the band are fast becoming a vital voice in Aotearoa’s heavy music landscape.

**Watch ‘The Summit (Part 1)’ live now**, and keep Make Dark on your radar—especially if your taste skews toward the cinematic, the cerebral, and the crushing.