HeathenStorm

  • Never Mind The Molochs
  • The Divine Completion
  • For the Magic of Metal
  • Midsummer comes around

With over three decades of experience in the music industry, and film-making credits on both sides of the Atlantic. HeathenStorm Productions is your guide to getting seen.

Previous clients include Darkher, Nervo Chaos, Mentors, Violentor, Crank, Witches Brew and many more. We offer a range of services including:

  • Video Production
  • Artwork
  • Gig Promotion
  • Online Presence
  • Band and Tour Management
  • Transport
  • etc.

Get in touch with your budget and needs, and we’ll talk.

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Testimonials

Whether through good instincts or a strong understanding of the music and themes, Daryl hit the mark visually, and did so quickly. I would certainly trust Daryl to handle future film work for me, knowing that he strives to produce videos which complement the music faithfully.

DAN CAPP
Wolcensmen

Daryl is a consummate professional, utterly dedicated and a lifelong underground mainstay. Not only that, but he has a sense of humour and indecency to rival the lad Loki himself.

DAN EYRE
A Forest of Stars

When Witches Brew showed interest in releasing a music video for Canticle, Daryl was the first person who came to mind. He knew our music, we loved the previous clips he produced, and because of his knowledge in music, literature and arts.

He was capable of entering our world, and understanding it.

FED
Canticle

Video Work

HeathenStorm Productions, in association with Dawn of Elysium, presents ORPHAN. A fast-paced journey into the cyberpunk future of another time, ORPHAN tells the story of Jane Doe, played by actress Aida Knight in her screen debut. Isolated and wandering the urban dystopia, haunted by a lonely childhood, she is drawn towards a glossy corporate clinic. Specialists in ‘Temporal Therapy’, they promise to rewind her memory to the moment before her parents died, so she may relive life a different way… … but everything has a cost. CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY Daryl Parson HeathenStorm Productions ORPHAN Aida Knight PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Senil Smith Helen Richardson Alex Constantinescu LED WALL OPERATOR Brian Leach MUSIC BY Dawn Of Elysium @DawnOfElysium LYRICS Alec Marlow VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PROGRAMMING Alec Marlow GUITAR, VOCALS Nige Mason BASS GUITAR, VOCALS Emma Marlow KEYBOARDS Charles Shelley DRUMS Gordon Wilkinson Mixed by Kurt Wood at Cornerhouse Studio Mastered by Gordon Young Filmed at Jam On Top Studios, Keighley and on location at Allen Brickworks, Shipley Glen, and Production Park Shot on IPhone Pro Max with SmallRig All-In-One Video Kit Edited in DaVinci Resolve Studio Additional footage from Adobe Stock, Pexels, Pixabay Cinestocks And Footage Island No Generative AI was knowingly used in the final production of this video HeathenStorm Productions https://production.heathenstorm.com Dawn of Elysium https://dawnofelysium.co.uk
DAWN OF ELYSIUM – Orphan
Back in March, the entire second year of the Academy's Live Event Production course were assessed together across all disciplines. Tasked to put their fledgling talents to the test by collaborating on a video, lighting, and audio production with a live band. In this case, York-based melodic Metallers THESEUS. With song "As Above So Below" allocated for my Visual Design assessment, I helped design their video wall layout, additionally creating content and running the media server as they played. Full writeup and tech breakdown: https://heathenstorm.com/2026/06/08/never-mind-the-molochs/ All music written and performed by THESEUS https://linktr.ee/theseusuk Featured on debut album “It’s Never Too Broken”, available from: https://theseusofficial.bandcamp.com https://instagram.com/theseus.band.uk https://open.spotify.com/artist/2bTt7ooeZPHKjTBPolYhzB Visual Design: Daryl Parson Lighting: Oliver Hunt Audio Mix: Lily Sharp ATEM and Camera Operation: All Level 5 LEP Students on Visuals Module LEP5119 Final editing and release: HeathenStorm Productions https://production.heathenstorm.com Filmed on Monday March 9th 2026 Studio 006 The Academy of Live Technology Production Park https://academyoflivetechnology.co.uk/
THESEUS – As Above So Below
A demonstration of professional grade pyrotechnics and other stage effects. 15th April 2026, Studio 001, Production Park. Full write-up: https://heathenstorm.com/2026/04/27/the-day-the-sfx-circus-came/ Kit supplied and demonstrated by: BPM SFX https://www.bpm-sfx.com Music: Rusalka (Carpenter Cut) by Trismegistus Hex Filmed and Edited by HeathenStorm Productions https://production.heathenstorm.com
BPM SFX Demonstration Day – Academy of Live Technology
An experimental short film improvised over one weekend in February 2026 with the Academy of Live Technology's Postgraduate cohort, at the behest of visiting Multimedia Artist Diana Scarborough. (https://dianascarborough.co.uk/) A meditation on water, flowing around a spoken word performance by student Dami Olagbegi. Soundscape and Foley were recorded by underwater contact mics and hydrophone, with visuals created by filming a tray of pigmented water through an old-style desk projector. My part was to blend these elements together, along with separately supplied stock footage and a little alchemical flavour. Layering down a simple synth soundtrack to mix the recordings into form, and editing the video against an unyielding deadline. https://heathenstorm.com/2026/03/27/fluidity/
FLUIDITY (Experimental Short)
Around Midsummer 2023, I shoot some impromptu footage in Arnhem with my dancer friend Dayenne Neroli. Shelved for many years, it was later repurposed as promo reels for her performance at Occulture 2025 with the Esoteric Order of Ouroboros. Although originally shot in landscape, the switch to a phone-friendly portrait aspect didn't work out too bad. https://heathenstorm.com/2025/06/11/midsummer-comes-around/
Dayenne Neroli Clip Showcase
A fragment of an electrifying performance by PANTHEÏST. The final song of their set, captured at Aatma, Manchester. July 8th 2024. In support of Abysmal Grief on the Compulsive Necrophilia tour. https://heathenstorm.com/2024/02/28/compulsive-necrophilia-in-the-uk/ "Kings Must Die" EP available from Melancholic Realm Productions.
PANTHEÏST – Kings Must Die (excerpt)
Cult Italian Horror Metal! The Grim Bell tolls thrice in July, as the coldest of funeral ceremonies offer contrast to Summer’s grace. Conspiring with Killtown Bookings, alongside Subterranean Promotions and Paralytic Promotions, HeathenStorm Productions do their part to bring forth cult Italian Doom Metal veterans ABYSMAL GRIEF to the UK. Tour support is provided by PANTHEÏST, with local doom acts filling the roster around the country. Violet shades abound, for three nights beyond the grave. Sunday 7th July – Exchange, Bristol (with Gnasch) Monday 8th July – AATMA, Manchester (with Warlockhunt) Tuesday 9th July – The Green Door Store, Brighton (with Halveksia) More information at: https://heathenstorm.com/2024/02/28/compulsive-necrophilia-in-the-uk/
Abysmal Grief – Compulsive Necrophilia UK Tour
Mentors - Free Fix Filmed at Ye Olde Salutation Inn, Nottingham. January 9th 2024. The last night of their UK tour. https://heathenstorm.com/mentors-uk
MENTORS – Free Fix (Live)
The first Propaganda Transmission of many to come. Short clips to introduce projects, give production updates, and feature other artists. - HeathenStorm Productions, in association with Tumba Produções and Etrurian Legion Promotion, are proud to bring Brazilian Death Metal veterans NERVOCHAOS back to the UK this Summer. One of the top five South American Death Metal bands, with eleventh album “Cthonic Wrath” just released. Their relentless brutality shows no sign of stalling, and a week of blistering aggression is promised. Tour support comes from Italian stalwarts VIOLENTOR, fetching their raw and fast Punk Thrash to these shores. The defiant rage of 2022 album “Manifesto di Odio” is certain to demand unbridled chaos from the pit. Tuesday 25th July - The Black Heart, London Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/903796757524912 Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/nervo-chaos-violentor/the-black-heart/2627693 Wednesday 26th July - The Gryphon, Bristol Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1646128759156288 Tickets: https://fatso.ma/XHoV Thursday 27th July - Aatma, Mancherster Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/691846235963868 Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/sct/fW3dbfh46M Friday 28th July - Underground, Plymouth Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1365194434276693 Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/violentor-nervochaos-guest Saturday 29th July - Vortex, Wakefield Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/979131986582710 Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/nervochaos-violentor-reign-of-erebus/the-vortex-bar-and-nightclub/2627718 Sunday 30th May - Reaper Fest, Derby Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/855751268666278 Tickets: https://reaperagencyuk.bigcartel.com/ Latest updates at: https://heathenstorm.com/cthonic-odio-uk
PROPAGANDA TRANSMISSION 1: Cthonic Odio UK Tour – NervoChaos / Violentor
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HeathenStorm Productions, in association with Dawn of Elysium, presents ORPHAN. A fast-paced journey into the cyberpunk future of another time, ORPHAN tells the story of Jane Doe, played by actress Aida Knight in her screen debut. Isolated and wandering the urban dystopia, haunted by a lonely childhood, she is drawn towards a glossy corporate clinic. Specialists in ‘Temporal Therapy’, they promise to rewind her memory to the moment before her parents died, so she may relive life a different way… … but everything has a cost. CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY Daryl Parson HeathenStorm Productions ORPHAN Aida Knight PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Senil Smith Helen Richardson Alex Constantinescu LED WALL OPERATOR Brian Leach MUSIC BY Dawn Of Elysium @DawnOfElysium LYRICS Alec Marlow VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PROGRAMMING Alec Marlow GUITAR, VOCALS Nige Mason BASS GUITAR, VOCALS Emma Marlow KEYBOARDS Charles Shelley DRUMS Gordon Wilkinson Mixed by Kurt Wood at Cornerhouse Studio Mastered by Gordon Young Filmed at Jam On Top Studios, Keighley and on location at Allen Brickworks, Shipley Glen, and Production Park Shot on IPhone Pro Max with SmallRig All-In-One Video Kit Edited in DaVinci Resolve Studio Additional footage from Adobe Stock, Pexels, Pixabay Cinestocks And Footage Island No Generative AI was knowingly used in the final production of this video HeathenStorm Productions https://production.heathenstorm.com Dawn of Elysium https://dawnofelysium.co.uk
DAWN OF ELYSIUM – Orphan
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  • Orphan is Out!

    Orphan is Out!

    HeathenStorm Productions, in association with Dawn of Elysium, presents ORPHAN. A fast-paced journey into the cyberpunk future of another time, ORPHAN tells the story of Jane Doe, played by actress Aida Knight in her screen debut. Isolated and wandering the urban dystopia, haunted by a lonely childhood, she is drawn towards a glossy corporate clinic.…

  • Chaos Reigns

    Chaos Reigns

    After over three years of planning, filming, rethinking, and especially learning, I am pleased to declare my micro-budget sci-fi short ORPHAN is complete! Doubling up as a music video, the premiere will be over on Dawn of Elysium‘s YouTube channel. The first showing is Tuesday 22nd September at 18:00 UK time, and then it will…

  • Scrapbook Challenge

    Scrapbook Challenge

    Given a surplus of spare time of late, I’ve taken a critical look at the long-stalled Orphan project. An ambitious amalgam of music video and sci-fi short that has languished too long in production hell. Although filming proceeded apace a few years ago, setback after setback hit the schedule, especially when trying to secure a…

  • Never Mind The Molochs

    Never Mind The Molochs

    Back in March, the entire second year of the Academy’s Live Event Production course were assessed together across all disciplines. Tasked to put their fledgling talents to the test by collaborating on a video, lighting, and audio production with a live band. Although my (wall of) sound mixing skills were later channelled for indie-rockers Tummyache,…

  • The Divine Completion

    The Divine Completion

    Very happy to finally finish my Level 1 Dante Certification on an apropos Good Friday evening. With training provided by Aussie AV techies Audinate, this means I’m now officially authorised to hook up any number of Dante-enabled Audio-Visual devices across a basic local network. Covering the fundamentals, the course itself was four-and-a-bit hours of standard video fare, which…

  • For the Magic of Metal

    For the Magic of Metal

    I never had “Backing Dancer for Arthur Brown” on my 2025 Bingo card… Metal Magic has always been one of my favourite festivals, having only missed out on a single accessible year since 2014. I’ve always found the chilled out ‘Garden Party’ atmosphere to be appealing, a reflection on the friendliness I’ve experienced in all…

  • Midsummer comes around

    Midsummer comes around

    Two years ago while en-route to the mountain, I scheduled a weekend layover for a gig and associated debauchery in Arnhem. Sharing the delightful company of dear friend, dancer, occultist, and erotic Priestess Dayenne Neroli. As way of repaying her hospitality and sating mutual creative compulsions, we indulged in an impromptu video shoot. Taking a…

  • Crowd Control

    Crowd Control

    The ORPHAN shoot continues with a trip to the Academy of Live Technology in Yorkshire. There we hosted an ‘Introduction to Film Making’ Workshop for the students’ Enrichment Week. The session opened with an introduction to the project and sneak preview of the storyboard, then covered inspirations and techniques to balance big ideas with a…

  • Infidels to the World

    Infidels to the World

    With everything else going on these past weeks, it’s quite possible some may have missed the BBC World Service “In the Studio” report on Tehran-formed Black Metal infidels TRIVAX. Reporter Sahar Zand deftly places the band’s emergence on the international stage in context with the Iranian “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. A people tyrannised by decades…

  • Meet the Orphan

    Meet the Orphan

    After many setbacks and scheduling conflicts, I am pleased to announce the start of live-action filming for my long-delayed sci-fi short / music video concept – ORPHAN. Initially approached by local band Dawn of Elysium for a simple lyric video, the scope of the project soon demanded greater ambition. A mini-movie invoking a grim future…

  • Trialed by Fire

    Trialed by Fire

    It’s taken a few days to wind down and recover from the madness that was the Deströyer 666 mini-tour. A collaboration between promoters in Scotland and England, and one which came under fire from the first announcement. With both the headliners and Solstice running afoul of cancellation attempts and weaponised grudges, it wasn’t long before…

  • Kings Must Die

    Kings Must Die

    Attendees to the Compulsive Necrophilia UK tour were treated to an utterly electrifying performance by Pantheïst. Although I could only capture a fragment of final epic opus “Kings Must Die”, these eight and a half minutes reflect the captivating energy of their Progressive Funeral Doom.