With Standarte, Damien Cain raises his banner between darkness and light. The album marks
his most personal and self-reflective work to date — a deeply human record shaped by
decades of experience, carried on a cloud of melancholy, and grounded in emotional
honesty rather than genre convention.
Blending gothic roots with modern alternative rock, melodic metal and cinematic
atmosphere, Standarte unites vulnerability and defiance into a sound unmistakably Cain's
own.

“Standarte” continues the story Damien Cain first began in the early 1990s with the song "Wallenstein" — blending gothic rock, cinematic alt-rock and modern post-wave melancholy. A dark, atmospheric anthem shaped by soaring melodies, poetic tension and the emotional depth that defines Cain’s musical universe. Caught inside an AI-crafted music video that echoes the surreal dreamscapes of Salvador Dalí. For fans of Editors, IAMX, Then Comes Silence, Drab Majesty, White Lies, She Wants Revenge, Twin Tribes, Clan of Xymox, The Mission, and all who love brooding, cinematic, epic and melancholic rock. “Standarte” is one of the key tracks of Damien Cain’s new era: a song about rebellion, identity and carrying a personal banner across decades of life and sound. It merges organic guitars with gothic shadows, spacious synth atmospheres and a spiritual, almost ritualistic intensity. The result: a piece that feels both nostalgically 80s and distinctly modern, bridging the past and the future in one haunting moment.