Raptorbaby confront humanity’s dependence on AI in “The Omnificent”

The South African progressive metal band turn their attention to artificial intelligence on a nine-minute track examining our growing trust in machines and the realities they invent.

Raptorbaby have released “The Omnificent”, a new nine-minute progressive metal track accompanied by an official music video.

The song examines humanity’s growing dependence on artificial intelligence and the danger of treating machine-generated information as truth.

Speaking about the track, Raptorbaby described it as their “latest nine-minute prog-djent epic: a song that explores the fears and pitfalls of humanity’s burgeoning dependence on the hallucinations of machines, as we emerge and merge into the grand new age of artificial intelligence.”

The video for “The Omnificent” was directed by Vincent van Niekerk, with videography and photography by Kyle Calder. Sean Gaisford and Van Niekerk handled the editing.

Watch “The Omnificent” below.

Joel Costa
Joel Costahttps://africa.rocks
Joel Costa is a music and gear editor with over two decades of experience. He has written for and led titles such as Metal Hammer Portugal, Terrorizer, Ultraje, BassEmpi.re and Guitarrista. He has also worked in music PR and led record labels. Across those magazines, he helped publish interviews and features with artists ranging from Metallica, Zakk Wylde, Ghost, Judas Priest, and Mastodon to Pat Smear (Nirvana), Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains), Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Mohini Dey, and KMFDM. He is the author of books on Kurt Cobain and The Beatles.

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