Japanese art-metal band Dir En Grey have already proven their immense visual creativity with striking videos for "Saku," "The Final" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots." The band's new clip for "Dozing Green" continues the tradition with footage from Kazuo Umezu's horror manga "The Drifting Classroom."
"Being one of the most renown in its genre, the manga depicts cruel imagery of a battle for survival by a group of elementary school children," says guitarist Kaoru. "The story was also adopted into a Japanese drama series with a more modern twist. We are actually fans of Mr. Umezu’s works and simply wanted to use his manga in our video. The play in the video shows puppets in an imaginary world created using 'fumie,' or the 'step-on stone.' 'Fumie' are originally stones with carvings of Christ or the Virgin Mary used in the Edo period by officials of the Japanese government to reveal practicing Catholics and sympathizers." Click "more" for additionally commentary and the video, which will debut on air on Saturday's "Headbangers Ball," which airs from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. on MTV2. Read more...
