OH, JUST BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS (PART 1)
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 10:53am by Axl RosenbergAfter the jump you can watch the video for a song called – I shit you fucking not – “Death Dies Hard.” But first, some contextualization.
I saw the video on that blog no one can believe still exists, which even my RSS reader seemed surprised to learn had a new update. The video was accompanied by a piece of text written by someone named Whiplasher Bernadotte. At least I think that Whiplasher Bernadotte is this person’s name; the name appears in the headline, but the way it was written – “Whiplasher Bernadotte talks about Night Electric Night” – I just thought that the band’s name was Whiplash and that the writer’s name was Bernadotte. Because the article provides no byline, no mention of the band’s name, no tags, no link to a web site or MySpace page or whatever. Y’know, none of the information someone might use to easily track down the band. Luckily, the video will also run on that show no one can believe still exists the next time it airs at 2 a.m. ‘Cause MTV has gotten that good at promoting metal. (Turns out that the band is called Deathstars, by the way. I know ’cause I did a search on the song title.)
So anyway, I’m fairly certain Whiplasher Bernadotte is a dude dressed as a woman, or otherwise just the single fucking ugliest chick I have seen this year (And I live in New York. We got a lot of beautiful women here, but let’s be real, not everyone can make summer clothes work.). Here’s an excerpt from said text:
I mean, of corpse, we make Hell look like f*cking sex-add. I have grown to understand that. We are Ms Rocktober in Satan’s favourite porno-mag, and if I may say I think Mother Mary get’s off to us as well. (I guess that’s why girls call us the Backstreet Boys from Hell. Or is it just our perfect features?)
Already, so I have no idea what the fuck Bernadotte is talking about, but keep reading anyway ’cause here’s the best part:
Our personal problems, weaknesses and narcissism combined with our fascination for 80’s pop as well as very dark heavy rock resulted in this little piece of music. As an example: The first song I loved was Kylie Minogue “The Locomotion”, and that in contrast to what I’ve been really into while growing up, which is rock of all kinds and black metal of course, was a pretty good formula for what we call Deathglam. Combine the ivory loins of pop with the metallic***k of rock. It’s a sensual mixture, somewhat depraved and utterly destructive in its dark aspects – but never the less – sensual. At least I think.
Deathglam, folks. Now, I think we can all agree that this is worse than deathcore. And I say that as someone who enjoys death and glam.
Okay, here’s the video. Keep in mind that what you are about to see is not Marilyn Manson, is not The Murderdolls, is not that weird version of Faster Pussycat where the double “s” in “Pussycat” was written as an SS logo, and is not Orgy. In fact, it makes fucking Orgy look like Metallica. When Cliff Burton was still alive.
I thought Deathstars were really popular?
Anyway, never been a fan of them. The music is fine, but I can’t stand that industrial moan thing that bands like this and Deadstar Assembly do.
It will never cease to amaze me that a lot of this band used to be in Dissection.
I read about this cunt in a British music mag a few months ago and barfed in my own face. He really thinks talking about sex every 4 seconds is shocking.
Weird. I was just thinking about Faster Pussycat on my way to work this morning. I liked those guys. Granted, I was in like 6th grade, but still.
“Wake Me When It’s Over” was a good album.
what… the… fuck… deathglam? they are fucking faggots who try to make pop music rhyme with “black” metal (and they suck at it…) seriously…
MTV can suck my cock, thank you very much
One of these fuckers was related to the guy from Dissection who blew his head off. I can’t remember if it was the drummer or the frontman.
Neither, it’s the guitar player. He and the drummer were also both in Dissection
Hahah yeah that’s what I thought. I saw these guys open for Dissection’s last concert. Really, really bad. Dissection was awesome though. Lucifer was in that hockey arena
I really sincerly hope that this band isn’t the inspiration behind my favorite guitar tone on GP5 “Darkstar”
I dry heaved a little when the vocals started.
btw just noticed that my comment made it to the headline of Metalsucks! Hurray mediocre accomplishment of ther day!
Deathstars have been going for a while now… Maybe they just received more media attention in the UK…
That reminds me, how can this be the United States of America… and have barely any metal magazines… I swear to god, in the UK, they’re fucking everywhere… granted some are shit, but at least there’s a range with some choice…
best. Metalsucks intro. ever.
Video rocks. song… notsomuch…
This will probably be huge in Japan.
I swear to god, I saw that guy outside a tranny bar in the West Village. I was kind of freaked out, I thought they were having Nazi night.
This just occurred to me… what were you doing at a tranny bar? :D
i think the more shocking news here is we have a commentor who was at a trannie bar
meh, it’s pop with growling… at least they admit it though
And they think this is new? Lol this has been done. It’s been around for about twenty years in Japan. It goes by the name of Visual Kei. And the some of the outputs of VK bands are very fruitful. That is only if you are very open-minded about music. Cause some the influences those VK bands combine would not work anywhere else.
Hmmm…I dunno if I’d call this visual kei. This is definitely a pretty typical industrial look if you ask me. Looking feminine doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ripping off X Japan’s style.
I didn’t say they ripped off of X Japan’s style. For one X Japan just pioneered the name. Visual shock. That was what it first went by. But even before them there were bands like BUCK-TICK and deadend who had similar visual flair. These were all influences on the first real generation of visual kei which would be known as Classical Visual kei or kotekote kei. But the VK scene has evolved from its roots and has spread out. There are now bands that are angura, nagoya, kote, and oshare kei, as well as a bit of a mix of angura and nagoya kei, eroguro (or erotic grosteque which also incorporates white face paint as well as black paint). What I had meant when I mentioned VK is that their look and supposed mixing of genre’s is not new. Their look strikes me as a mix of eroguro and the formality of nagoya kei mixed with industrial flair.And there sound hardly even incorporates the genre’s they say they are mixing. So there ends my long ass rant.
Ah ok, you are indeed correct then.
And I just chose X Japan cause they’re the most well known example of the whole scene.
I still don’t really get a visual kei feel from them really…but maybe that’s just because I’m being bias since I enjoy Japan’s music culture a lot more than this crap.
Amen.
eroguro? hahaha gotta love how us japanese are always coming up with new words
What….the…..fuck….. Its the new HIM?
I love death, I love glam (bands like T.Rex, Sweet, Mott The Hoople, Alice Cooper – not hair metal)…I don’t love deathglam
I hear neither glam nor death metal in this song…
“c’mon Barbie, let’s go party”
“Uh Uh Uh Uh!”
“Yeah!”
is Children of Bodom ‘deathglam’? cause they sound just like this.
FUCKING GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like hes gurgling baby cock as he sings.
they remind me of Ramstein’s retarded cousins’ band
this sounds like deadsy lol!! remember that band?? ….no?? me neither hahaha
HOLY FUCK they sucked. Back in my day I bought their CD because I thought the song ‘Key To Gramercy Park’ was decent and that was the only thing I had ever heard by them. What a fucking waste of money that was.
isn’t this just sisters of mercy?
Sounds like darkwave to me. To be more precise, they remind me of a 2nd-rate version of Moonspell. Also two of these guys were in Dissection? Man, and I thought it was bad when Donald Tardy started playing with Andrew WK.
why has nobody heard these guys before? theyve been around for ages.. nothing new.. i actually rather like em.
Androgeny has never looked or sounded quite so gay. The Swedes are exemplary in many ways…this is not a good example.
I’ve heard these guys before… they sound like a shitty ripoff of Rammstein, minus the German lyrics.
And maybe it’s just because I’m a tremendous nerd, but I would’ve titled the article ‘That’s no moon… It’s a space station.’
haha
its funny cuz hes a tranny.
Aw, I like Deathstars.
Ha, I have the Deathstars second album. The guy has a unique voice and they have some catchy songs, only problem is every song pretty much sounds like above.
It’s not really unique when Till Lindemann did it first.
Well in this day and age there is always someone who has done it first.
Deathstars seemed like a rather big band to me, so I am surprised to see them unrecognized by so many. Anyway, I love the band’s music, but even I can admit this is an awful video and collective image. I like their last album and the “gimmick” from that one a whole lot better. Still, though, I love the sound, love what I’ve heard and most likely will buy the album…..even if those interview excerpts make no sense at all.
This vid was up several months ago by Nuclear Blast, maybe around Jan.or Feb.
Some call this industrial rock/metal rather than deathglam.
Could you believe that even Hammer said this was one of the most anticipated albums of 2009? lol
This band is pretty big in Europe btw coz the views surged to…a large number…within one week after it was available on youtube.
HAHA well that was good for a laugh!
what a pile of shit.
I cannot believe no one has mentioned that this is the former lead singer from the Swedish cult death/black metal band Swordmaster. You would never know it though.
Yeah, the guitar player (also from Swordmaster) is Jon Nödtveidt from Dissection’s brother I think too.
hahahaha
that is all
I knew about this band for a while now. Heard a couple of songs, not terrible but decent. The lead singer sounds like the dude from Rammstein.
Deathglam pwns lol!!!