This is the worst video for an awesome song I have ever seen. Fuck yes, old school Death Metal RULES.
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Holy shit.
Here’s some totally awesome classic footage of Deicide (then known as Amon) performing “Sacrificial Suicide” on super shitty Florida public access television. And check the killer David Vincent cameo. This is pure Death Metal history, kiddies, and you should pay attention.
For your reference, here’s the album version of the song they’re playing from Deicide’s 1990 self-titled debut.
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Because, you know what? You NEED some death metal even if you didn’t know it yet. If you’re squeamish, be sure to give this one a very close watching.
While chatting with Carol today, I needed to find an example of the synchronized death metal hair swirl and this was the first band I thought of. And, lo and behold, they didn’t let me down at all. Within 15 seconds of starting it, I had my hair swirling. Then I let the video play and it was so fucking awesome I had to share it with you. The song comes off Tomb of the Mutilated, a Barnes-era Cannibal Corpse record, but I think Corpsegrinder does a fantastic job with it here.
And, why, you ask, did I need an example of the swirl? Well, I was commenting that Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” is the least metal song I’d ever heard about headbanging. She said it was hair whipping. And I said that it looked like the death metal swirl to me, so I found some proof. I’m not even going to link the Willow Smith song here. It’s vile. Enjoy the Cannibal Corpse instead.
Nergal has leukemia. LAME. But, because I believe in the power of darkness, I will send some good juju to Nergal by sharing some of his unbelievably evil music.
Get well soon, Nergal. I expect many more Behemoth records down the road.
Behemoth are back with another Grupa 13 produced video for a track from Evangelion. While I don’t think it quite lives up to the sheer evil awesomeness of “Ov Fire and The Void”, this video is still pretty bad ass. Mind that there are a couple of NSFW shots of a clergyman nailing a blonde chick. You’ve been warned.
Let’s examine the elements that make it awesome.
- Sewn-mouth kids water priests with blood.
- Nergal as Iron Indian Evil Dude.
- Faces writhing in some black goop which we come to realize at the end is actually the Hell living inside Nergal. Awesome.
- A chick cutting her own throat.
- Swarms of flies.
- The chick floating out of the slime.
- An awesome fucking song.
God damn it, Behemoth rule. These guys are just awesome. This video is not as well made as the last, but who cares? It still kicks the ass of about 99% of other metal videos out there by miles. And because The Black Laser is awesome, I am linking you to the uncensored video from Vimeo rather than the bullshit censored version from Youtube. Unfortunately, Metal Blade decided that I shouldn’t be able to embed it on this domain. SUPER LAME, METAL BLADE. It’s never very metal of you.
Yes, you’re welcome. Get well soon, Nergal!
In case you didn’t get enough Portal footage yesterday (not the game, Dingus), here’s footage from the show I saw at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. This band is so rad.
I haven’t listened to Gorguts since their 1991 release Considered Dead, but when my new buddy Vince Neilstein of MetalSucks suggested I check out the show I figured I might as well. If nothing else it would be a rocking good time and metal as fuck.
Apart from what I perceived to be a little bit of sloppiness on the lead singer’s part, the rest of Gorguts was INCREDIBLY fucking tight. And, really, when did it ever matter if Death Metal was super tight anyway? Have you heard the first Deicide record? Early Morbid Angel? Who gives a shit? The band slayed. It was really great and I would definitely go see them again. They played a couple of new songs which they referred to only as “Number 3″ followed by “Number 2″. I’m having a hard time deciding which of the two was my favorite, but I’m thinking that “Number 2″ for sheer intensity wins out by a narrow margin. Altogether incredible. I will definitely pick up the record Gorguts will be releasing in 2011.
The set was surprising to me because I remember Considered Dead being a run-of-the-mill kind of Death Metal record. I still have it somewhere from when I bought it in what must have been 1993. It was never high in the rotation, but bands age and change and get better or worse. It’s worth a relisten.
And then there’s Krallice. Or, then there’s wasn’t Krallice, which was real strange because at least one of their members, Colin Marsten, was there playing bass for Gorguts. Maybe I missed them? I arrived just as Bloody Panda finished which was an hour and half into when the show was scheduled to start. Too bad. I was pretty excited to check them out.
For me, the real stand out of last night was Portal. I’d heard their name bantered about on the metal blogs and whatever, but I’d never listened to them. Before I get into a description of their set, let me preface with a few videos, ok? I mean, that’s why you come to The Black Laser, right? Videos?
The first is a live performance from 2008.
The second two are part of their set from the night before I saw them.
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK. The lead singer (vocalist?) throws the claw the entire set. The set was so offensively awesome that I can barely contain myself. Not knowing anything about the band, I don’t have much to write except my undying praise for them. I am a now a die-hard Portal fan for life. I’m going to order all of their records from Amazon today. God damned amazing, man. I’ve never seen a bassist play as fast as this guy did last night. And I love the theatricality of the whole thing. It’s evil as fuck and silly and serious and awesome. The lead singer (vocalist?!) dressed a lot like I’ve always imagined the Space Pope to look like, except more of a community theatre version. The real Space Pope would never wear a strap to keep his mitre on.
But, seriously, check them out. They have to be one of the heaviest bands I’ve ever seen live. It’s a blistering wall of devastation and everyone should listen to them. Wow. Just wow.
Joe Shivers, you missed out.
One last note. It made me laugh to recognize that as I write about this br00tal, kult as fuck metal show I went to last night, I’m jamming out to Major Lazer & La Roux’s Lazerproof which was released yesterday. Hah! How contradictory can one person be? But isn’t that part of what makes life fun and interesting?
