He’s one of death metal’s pioneers and has penned songs with titles like “Feasting on the Blood of the Insane,” “Impulse to Disembowel” and “Bled to Death.” So, we figured that when we approached Six Feet Under frontman Chris Barnes for a “Bang of the Week” entry he’d either go with something by Aborted, Pig Destroyer or Cattle Decapitation or simply grunt, impale us on a stake and remove our organs while we begged to die.
Surprisingly, neither happened. Barnes chose the latest video by Swedish Viking death metal band Amon Amarth, who are plenty into bloodletting, but only in the cause of Oden, Valhalla and all the stuff Manowar introduced us to many frosty winters ago.
The video of choice for Barnes was “Cry of the Black Birds,” the title of which sounds more like a Mother Goose rhyme than a death metal ditty. But the song and video both rock balls. The clip was directed by William C . Schacht.
Amon Amarth’s last album, With Oden on Our Side, came out in October 2006. The band will tour this summer with the Sounds of the Underground tour, which launches July 6 in Dallas and runs through August 11 in Louisville, Kentucky. Six Feet Under’s new one, Commandment, came out April 17.
Now that we’ve wasted 30 more seconds of your time than we should have, here’s “Cry of the Black Birds”:
