ENSLAVED. NEW VIDEO. FUCKING EPIC.
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 10:05am by Vince NeilsteinIn my ongoing attempt at journalistic integrity (haha!), I’ve been re-listening to the albums on my 2008 year-end short list to determine how on earth I’m going to whittle down so many awesome metal albums to just 10. During yesterday’s subway ride to and from Manhattan, my iPod pumped the sweet, sweet sounds of Enslaved’s latest opus of psychadelic blackness into my eardrums, and man… Vertebrae is one fucking solid album! (and apparently Axl agrees)
In perhaps a subtle hint from the metal Gods that Vertebrae should end up higher on the list than it otherwise might have, the band of leather-clad Norwegians dropped a new video today for the song “The Watcher;” and this shit is fucking epic. Look, it’s damn near impossible in this day and age to completely avoid some level of cliche in a metal music video, but director Patric Ullaeus has done a pretty fine job. Except for the lame-o dude in the chains.
-VN
FUCK. That is a good video for a good song. Fantastic album, too.
I’m picking up this CD because of the reviews you guys are giving it. It better be awesome!
Gojira, Texture, Intronaut and now Enslaved. It’s been a great year for metal videos.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Enslaved. But, do were really need music videos anymore? Seeing these dudes scream in some epic landscape seems more “real-life Metalocalypse” than cool, or for that matter, necessary. It’s hard to not keep in mind that this is really just some director telling them to “really feel it” in front of a green screen and then all the “epic” is computered in later.
They should just save the money and put it towards continuing to be a band. Videos are becoming obsolete.
But hey, at least this isn’t anything having to do with Brokencyde.
I love this video as of their last 3 videos, some of the best in all metal. Top 5 of the year for me. I love these guys!!!
i don’t know about that not being cliche but whatever…it was good.
The vocals sound so out of place in the instrumentation I can’t get too into it. It’s still fantastic though, I just couldn’t see myself buying the record.
awesome
Amazing