SLEEPER CELL SHOULD GO BACK TO SLEEP
Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 11:00am by Vince NeilsteinThis is not a test. This is a real music video. The year is not 1999. I could list the ways in which this band is terrible, but it’d just be too easy. I feel bad for Director George Burton who had to pretend to like this band and hide his laughs to get his payday. Looks like the guy actually had a decent production budget to work with, too.
This band apparently has a record deal that’s somehow connected to Universal. My head is spinning.
-VN
“dlux”
0:20
Nu Crab-core.
the best part of this video is that nu crab-core, the affliction Tshirt and Biggie Smalls spinning records…
I wouldn’t even listen to this shit if it was 1999
I hope Universal have the rights to ‘Get Off’ by Prince, actually I hope they haven’t.
Wow… I had a flashback to 2001. Crazy.
Yeah so crazy huh. Look at me I identify with you so much. Like me. Please. I couldn’t bare it if you didn’t like me.
Is it a pain in the ass having to change your user name every time you want to post a comment? THat would bug the shit out of me.
But its the little things that keep the relationship fresh right. Why are you ignoring me? Why won’t you talk to me? I miss the way you stroke my hair and look into my eyes when you tell me you love me!
It’s that new shampoo that you’ve been using. It smells funny.
Nu metal ist krieg
They’d be better with a breakdown. And more DJ scribbles.
They’d be a lot better if it was only DJ scribbles.
Wow. This shit would’ve been horrible in 1999 too.
lol yes it would have been its like puddle of mudd trying to be hardcore but even shittier
i had the opportunity to go see them in the city i live in but turned it down….guess i didn’t miss much
hahahaha hard as nails
How the fuck did these guys get a record deal? This shit isn’t even trendy right now.
i don’t think they have a record deal. if they did they probably wouldn’t be “headlining” shows in deshler ohio. look it up on mapquest. it’s a metropolis! hahaha
Damnit! I paused Graveland’s Carpathian Wolves to hear 10 seconds of this idiot garbage. Although it is funny that they’re heavier than the metalcore/deathcore/screamocore bands!
Graveland is great.
A thrash metal revival is being successful so naturally, nu metal would be too…right?
The difference is that in retrospect, thrash was awesome. Nu metal was crap.
Lol…. this made my day.
You got to be fucking kidding me. FML.
Wow…. I didn’t know music like this still existed…. I’m serious…!
sadly it does. in ohio, dbags in their mid to late 30s still dig this shit. makes me puke. listen to how bad the guitars sound. 20 dollar recording budget 1000 dollar video budget. 20 dollar affliction shirt budget.
you hit the nail on the head when it comes to ohio. this is about 99% of the shit trying to pass itself off as metal here these days. fucksticks like this were still playing hair metal by the time nu metal became trendy with the kids, so it don’t really surprise me they think this kind of shit will land them a record deal now. oh well, at least the punk scene here has a little more sense.
Skeletonwitch makes up for all the Chimaria/Mushroomhead/Attack Attack/Sleeper Cells that this state of buckeyes churns out.
True, there are good metal bands here – Skeletonwitch, Mouth of the Architect, Keelhaul, Harlots (RIP), and possibly a few more. But in general – the metal scene in Ohio is anything but healthy.
has the music industry really run out of ideas? a nu metal revival? really? I can’t wait for the day we have a crabcore revival.
it would have to go away first. :)
Thanks for ruining my life!!! :((((
Blegh. I’m currently marketing record with a band who has a DJ.
hahaha finally this got posted!!!!! i think they’re “record deal” is actually a joke. if you read their one blog they boast about being the “first” ohio band to have their video on tv. anyone seen this on tv yet? didn’t think so. well done metal sucks!
LMAO! i guess they forgot about Nine Inch Nails. Cleveland, baby!
I LIKE “nu-metal” and I still think this is literally the shittiest song I’ve ever heard. You could have come up to me listening to Korn in ‘99 and introduced me to these guys and I would have told you to go drown yourself. Fuck this band.
And no, they aren’t the first Ohio band to have a video. Hawthorne Heights anyone?
Sleeper Cell for the lose.
there’s literally a hundred ohio bands that have had videos. dunno what they were thinking. wish there was 1 less ohio band that had a video…
And the pity is, there’s decent OH bands that get no love (Five Horse Johnson, Cloudkicker).
bleh, Cloudkicker is more of a one-man project than an actual band.
i guess when it comes to originality, some labels think bands like Sleeper Cell have it, but i bet they’re feeling pity on themselves for doing it. and i can just picture the A&R of the label bowing his head in shame thinking “what the fuck did i just do” lmao.
All the best bands come from other countries.
75% of American metal bands suck balls.
I actually like nu metal, but this is fucking terrible.
And um aren’t Chimaira and NIN from Ohio? Just to mention a couple…
Yeah, Cleveland… so are Mushroomhead and Marilyn Manson, originally.
One outta four ain’t bad, I suppose.
Skeletonwitch is Ohio metal.
yes indeed they are! athens, ohio metal to be precise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Htjqz0KPY&feature=related
enough said
I think their drummer has Down Syndrome… http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/32535753/This+Romantic+Tragedy+TRT_3428v1_resize.jpg
lmao.. i thought so too
it sounds like two shitty songs playing at once. i thought i had two videos opened up. horrible.
Watch from :30 to :35. Notice the drummer does a fill without bringing his arms down. Sheer talent.
reminds me of pro pain
yeah, i agree with the heading, Sleeper Cell needs to go back to sleep. the band is f*ckin terrible. i saw the video online a month ago, and i also feel sorry for the producer having to put up with this “metal wannabe’ band, but the theatricals the signer portrays just got me rolling on the floor laughing my ass off at how over dramatic he was and how pathetic he looked doing it. this band definitely puts shame tot he rock and metal world.
pure. shit.
Crabcore must cause some nasty skid marks.
guitarists shirt randomly will vanish… this is too freaky for me
What a shitty drummer
system of a down syndrome.
Best comment!!!!
Something about skinny Morgan Rose lookalikes in Affliction t-shirts…oh wait, that’s the first one I’ve seen.
This is fucking terrible. Seriously. Who thought it was a good idea to sign these guys?!
Affliction = 2009’s version of No Fear + a bunch of tools wear Affliction shirts so Affliction < cool
why wont the drummer stop staring at the camera? why is the disturbed-guitarist clone guitar player taking off his shirt every other scene. why is the singer taking a shit? is that black man in the band, and if not does he realize how bad this is
these guys party like it’s 1998. i’m sure all the MMA-loving douchebags that hang out at the local bar they play must think their shit’s fuckin’ tight, bro.
You guys all suck. This band is my favorite. I’ve been waiting an entire lifetime for Nu-Metal to come back so I can travel to the Nu-Metal Mecca, Ohio, and listen to really mediocre musicianship with a turntable thrown in as a desperate pleading for relevance.
Wait actually these guys suck. This whole idea is full of suck.
these guys are worse:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&friendID=380737129&n=380737129
goddamn this “music scene” in ohio.
I would like to take the hugest, steamiest, rankest dump on these fucks.
hahahahaha
These guys suck, they’re from the Toledo-ish area where I live. The popular heavy music here is goth/industrial and this crap.
They acted like pricks when they got their deal, too.
BG?
(I’m from Toledo.)
i’m from toledo too. please don’t associate these douchebags with toledo. they’re from findlay.
they were always pricks. i don’t understand why they think they have a “deal’ primoris records has Screech from saved by the bell on their roster for christ’s sakes. all primoris does is get them on itunes and stuff. any asshole with a computer could do that. not like they’re getting any good shows or getting on tours. the place cleared out before they went on when i had the unfortune of being at a show they were on.
lol at the fat black dj
Well after I heard this song, I thought that overall, it wasn’t all that bad, but it sounded like a nu-metal version of Onyx’s “Slam” whenever that DJ played that same scratch in the chorus, and if you ask me, if they got rid of the DJ, they would have potential. I’m not just gonna say that this band sucks, but it would sound better without the DJ.
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Egad… found this description of the band…
“Based out of Ohio, Sleeper Cell is an old school metal band with a modern twist.”
Old school? Nu metal is not old school metal. Good lord.
This is why Linkin Park changed their style…they don’t want to become this corny bullshit.
LMAO everything about this is terrible
Correction, everything about this is boring…
This has got to be the best band I have every heard. Step aside, Pig Destroyer, there are new sheriffs in town.
every heard. haha
And the award for most generic guitar riff of the year goes to…. Sleeper Cell, with Black.
The only way this band’s style could be more outdated is if the singer wore a backwards Yankees cap and the rest of the band was wearing NWO/Austin 3:16 t-shirts.
want an extra chuckle? go to their myspace and listen to “mama said knock you out” hahahaha i was in tears.
Haha cool I’m 14 again. Time to dig out the first Tony Hawks game and reattach a 2 foot chain to my wallet.
Sounds like linkin park meets a very bad imitation of David Draiman…
VERY bad.
This gives heavy/rock music a bad name.
I feel a little less white after listening to this.
This somehow reminded me of Linkin Park. shudders…
That drummer is mesmeric. It’s like Grima Wormtongue escaped from middle earth.
thanks for the post, i laughed hysterically for the entire 4 or so minutes!
Haha, I half expected him to start walking sideways
more crabcore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfbcNugJ4E
dudes are also from ohio. something in the water here, i swear.
This band sucks…seriously. I think I just died a little inside.
GAY!
I swear this dude is the brother of Scott Stapp (from Creed). They sound alike they look alike they both share a passion fro making shitty music! Twins i tell ya twins!!!!!
If you dont believe me check out this picture i threw together!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/Whitefordloser/sleepercreed.jpg
also around 3:00 – 3:03 it looks like hes sucking himself off in a cage! wtf
nice white contacts, asshole
This band looks and sounds like the shitty bands that used to open for touring bands in the late 90s. I dont understand how any band like this is still around and thinks that this music is any good at all.
Also, that drummer looks like he is about to cry.
I was born and raised in findlay, I swear these guys did not take the hint and become a cover band like the rest of the washed up acts that tried to arise from here… Oh wait
“Mama said knock you out”
…Just to add insult to injury
A few months ago a co-worker of mine recommended Sleeper Cell to me, saying that they “rock”. I checked out their Myspace page and was less than impressed. Supposedly a few weeks ago, my cousins’ band ( http://www.myspace.com/deathtoitstoll ) and my brother ( http://www.myspace.com/blazealb ) were hanging out in the Meijer parking lot goofing around, as we in the BG area often do, when Sleeper Cell’s tour bus pulled up, and someone asked if they were a band and if they could open for them that night. SLEEPER CELL WAS SO DESPERATE FOR AN OPENING BAND THAT THEY WERE ASKING GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN STORE PARKING LOTS.
there is NO way those dudes have a tour bus.