CODEX LOVELACE share second-chance message in ‘Queen’ video

Written by EOS Editorial Team

November 10, 2026

The new CODEX LOVELACE video for ‘Queen’ accompanies a song about second chances, using chessboard imagery to frame power struggles and the possibility of moving beyond an assigned role. The track appears on the duo’s debut full-length, Galvanized Heart.

Joan Avant produced ‘Queen,’ with footage of Holly Royle filmed by Tom Lloyd Media at Framework Studio, Manchester. Avant describes the song’s premise: ‘Queen is song of second chances. Despite the world you were born into a pawn can become Queen.’

The song addresses empowerment through resistance to social norms and systems. Its chess imagery places opponents in a contest of carefully considered moves, reflecting the struggle to achieve personal potential.

Led by Avant and Royle of DISCONNECTED SOULS, CODEX LOVELACE combine dark EDM and metal with orchestral arrangements and electronic textures. Their shared interests include Victoriana, fantasy, history and cyberpunk, alongside an admiration for women whose lives have often been overlooked.

The project’s name refers directly to Ada Lovelace, whose story is among those explored in the music and lyrics of Galvanized Heart. What began as a single planned collaboration between Texas-based Avant and Chester, UK-based Royle expanded into a full-length album. Both members spearheaded compositions, drawing on influences ranging from EDM to djent guitars and combining dance rhythms and accessible songwriting with layered textures and emotive soundscapes.

Galvanized Heart is out now, following its announced September 4, 2026 release date.

Both members are multi-instrumentalists, vocalists, composers and lyricists. Avant’s album credits include guitar, bass, violin, drums, synth programming, vocals, composition and lyrics. Royle contributed guitar, synth programming, vocals, composition and lyrics.

Avant produced and mixed the album, with mastering by Andy Fernihough. Marisol Maerz created the cover artwork, and photography is credited to Tom Lloyd Media and Avant.