The video for Divine Heresy's "Failed Creation" probably won't make you throw up -- even if you really, really hate it -- but while it was being made, practically everyone involved in the shoot lost their lunches.
Footage of drummer Tim Yeung (ex-Hate Eternal, Vital Remains) and bassist Joe Payne (ex-Nile) even had to be cut because they both suffered bouts of tummy trouble. "At one point, you see Joe walking off-camera, and the camera follows him, and he just starts throwing up," guitarist Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory) tells MTVnews.com's Metal File. "And then Tim, he's playing, and you see him stand up from the drum kit, and he starts throwing up."
The problem wasn't bad oysters, too much drinking or stomach flu, it was the horrid stench of the shoot location. Director Christoffer "Salzy" Salzgeber (Soulfly, Damageplan) chose the Salton Sea, which is an inland saline lake in California's Colorado Desert, but he was unaware that the area has been contaminated with industrial waste that has killed countless numbers of fish (the sand around the lake is actually composed of crushed fish skeletons).
"During the '50s, it used to be a tourist spot," says Cazares. "You'd go there, park your camper and go swimming in the lake."
A lot has changed in 50 years. "Now, the smell is horrible," Cazares says," adding that most of the locals have long since left. Even so, the area is still home to a bunch of what Cazares calls, "Weird people, like 'The Hills Have Eyes'-weird."
While the abundant vomit footage is currently in a locked vault, Cazares says he hopes to dig it out for use in future Divine Heresy DVD. We'll be clutching out stomach's in anticipation.
For the rest of the interview with Divine Heresy, and more metal than you can pick up with a giant magnet, check out this week's Metal File. And now, the video that caused all the nausea:
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