Intriguing music video Magma by The Vein paints an abstract geological terrain filled with swirling floods of color and smoothly embedded facial landscapes. Constructed and envisioned by Dvein (previously mentioned on EK here).

Montreal-based band Doldrums’ music video for LOST IN EVERYONE takes us on a wandering tour to a different planet, with every electrical spark / scratch in its step. Directed by Angus Borsos. Taken from their new album Lesser Evil. Check out more after the jump.

Even Death cannot stop the power of love, in Faroese singer / songwriter Eivør’s latest music video True Love. Directed by the imagination of Heiðrik á Heygum.

A father and son implement a heist gone wrong, both given a miraculous chance to fix their past mistakes. A very cool choreographed semi-still life music video for Joel Compass’ Back To Me. Envisioned and directed by Ian & Cooper.

Sometimes even God gets frustrated, in the minimally flavored animated music video Fight For Everyone. Tunes generated by The Leisure Society. Direction / production by Persistent Peril and Full Time Hobby. This darkly humorous MV takes its track from the Alone Aboard the Ark album.

Giallo-fueled music video Darkroom. Dark tunes by Antoni Maiovvi, along with the complementary directorial stylings of RS Haysom and TJ Lee. From the Stockholm Synthdrone EP. Check out more after the jump.

Photon, ushers in the season of birth and the season of death. Strung together by the visual / aural compositions of director / musician Oxyde Noir (Martin Koch).

UK dance-rock band Foals (their music previously sampled back in January of 2011 here) plays connect-the-dots in their latest music video for My Number, from the album Holy Fires. Designed and directed by Us.

Director / graphic designer Christophe Thockler knows what to do with thread, as seen in the latest music video Favorite Place by Black Books.

Grizzly Bear's music video for track Gun-Shy meshes the illuminating and syncopated visuals of science / nature. Creatively constructed and directed by Kris Moyes.

Forwards or backwards, the future / past has been predetermined, according to Clubfeet's latest music video entitled Everything You Wanted. Produced by Oh Yeah Wow, with direction / VFX by Josh Thomas.

Music band Animal Collective and filmmaker Gaspar Noé join forces to give us Applesauce. A music video best viewed with the lights turned off, with echoing references to his last feature film ENTER THE VOID and Paul Sharits' 1968 short film N:O:T:H:I:N:G. So you've been warned.

Talented Polish illustrator/animator Marcin Karolewski directed a monstrously cool video clip for Oszibarack's single Liquid Song.

Shugo Tokumaru's music video for Katachi is an awesome stop motion piece of work. Directed and animated by Katarzyna Kijek / Przemysław Adamski.

[Photo by: Lauren Treece] The beginning is, in fact, finally here. After shifting through exactly 1470 posts for the entire 2012 calendar year, a dozen pots of coffee made, several holes punched in the drywall during heated deliberations, and several concussions suffered from office supplies hurled at each others' heads, we proudly present the third annual EMPTY KINGDOM TOP 100 Artists of 2012!

Copenhagen-based studio Dark Matters consists of only a handful of multi-talented creatives constantly experimenting with the dual nature of light and shadow. Their endeavors share no analog or digital bias, but rather a mutual hybridization that has allowed them to generate spectacular videos and live visuals. Check out the exclusive Empty Kingdom interview with said studio after the jump!

Sometimes the paths to your goals lead to unexpected circumstances, as seen in the latest collaboration between French indie rock band Stuck in the Sound and animators Alexis Beaumont and Rémi Godin. Check out the full music video for Let's Go after the jump!

Cyriak's (other essentially intriguing work Putty Boy Strut) latest efforts in creating the visual tapestry for Bonobo's newest track Cirrus, unravels the zany mechanics behind the image.

The Loop Closes MV, musically and visually created by How To Destroy Angels (Mariqueen Maandig, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Rob Sheridan).

Director / animator Dan W. Jacobs utilizes paint blotches and brushstrokes to visualize the soothing mellow rhythms of Leeds-based band Fun Adults. The simple and soothing Sap Solid.