Sometimes English music fans seem to be ahead of the curve. They discovered grunge before Americans knew what was going on in Seattle, introduced groundbreakers like My Bloody Valentine, Blur and Ride while the U.S. was looking to Alanis Morisette for salvation and brought the world techno revolutionaries such as The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy. Okay, they kind of struck out with Funeral For a friend and Lostprophets. But maybe we should suspend our disbelief for a moment and give British metalcore sensations Bring Me the Horizon an honest chance.
We recently put the band behind the cameras and asked them to explain their value and popularity. Click "more" to watch the clips. Read more...
Check out "Headbangers Ball" this Saturday night for the debut of Slipknot's "Sulfur" video. The clip was shot in Los Angeles in February and directed by band percussionist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) and P.R. Brown. The video depicts the nine members rocking out in groups of three and submerged in water one at a time. The video concept was modeled after a video installation by Bill Viola called "Ascension" that's currently on display at the Des Moines Arts Center. Click "more" to watch a preview of the video. Read more...
Later this month, God Forbid will release a video for the song "War of Attrition," from their new album Earthsblood. Click "more" to watch a teaser of the clip: Read more...
In the last of our week long string of Queensryche interview posts, vocalist Geoff Tate talks about the band's new video for the song "If I Were King." The track is on the group's new album American Soldier, out March 31. Click "more" to watch the video and hear Tate's comments. Read more...
The new video by German thrash legends Kreator for the track "Hordes of Chaos (A Necrologue For the Elite)" will premiere here on HeadbangersBlog.com in the days ahead. But for now, we've got a bunch of exclusive stills from the video not available on the band's MySpace.
The video was shot November 2 in Berlin, Germany with director Jörn Heitmann, who filmed Kreator's "Enemy of God" and who has also worked with Rammstein. The clip depicts the band performing on a hill of bodies while "Gladiator"-style battles rage around them. Click more to see shots from the video and read commentary by frontman Mille Petrozza. Read more...
Here's a clip from the upcoming Misery Index video for the title track from their new album Traitors. The video was shot October 19 in Philadelphia and directed by Dave Brodsky (Bleeding Through, The Black Dahlia Murder). The live segments were filmed at the club Johnny Brendas and the rest was shot in a basement in South Philadelphia. "Traitors" will premiere in full on HeadbangersBlog.com next week and will receive its on-air debut on "Headbangers Ball" the same weekend. Click "more" to see the preview. Read more...
The second video from Slipknot's All Hope is Gone, "Dead Memories," will premiere on HeadbangersBlog.com and MTV2 on October 25. The clip was co-directed by Paul Brown and percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan.
"It's actually a short film," Crahan says. "This is a very expensive video and most people thought we were going to bite off way too much, and we did, but that's the way we like it."
We'll hear more from Crahan when we post the video. For now, click more to see the teaser. Read more...
