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END YOUR DAY WITH THE NEW BOO VIDEO

 Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 at 5:00pm by

Even if our relationship with Born of Osiris is a little, uh, strained, that doesn’t mean I can’t dig their music. So here’s their new, David Brodsky-directed video, for “Now Arise.”

My first thought when I saw this was “Oh, great performance footage” – whatever else you wanna say about BOO, you can’t accuse them of being unable to play their instruments – “but I don’t understand the concept behind the animation.” Luckily, I don’t have to, because Tim Kellen, who did the animation for the video, released a statement on the subject!

“The illustrations that materialize in the video show symbols we see everywhere; in advertising, corporate branding, and on legal tender.  Many of these are ancient, sacred symbols used to empower the individual.However, according to some scholars, these symbols have been subverted by those wishing to destroy and dominate the rest of the population.  Some would argue that the eagle is representative of Scorpio, a symbol of money and power;  that the 2 headed eagle is a popular symbol among the Bavarian Illuminati;  The many skulls are symbols revered by brotherhoods of death; and that the all seeing eye represents surveillance.”

Well, alrighty then! Keep all that mind when watching the video…

“Now Arise” comes off of BOO’s latest, A Higher Place, which is out now on Sumerian.

-AR

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  • Ziltoid

    More crabcore garbage. That bassist needs to get bigger loops for his ears.

    Also, that “rap” thing at the end of the song is simply atrocious (Brokencyde-level atrociousness).

    • http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/ Alkahest

      How the hell is this crabcore? I don’t recall any techno, autotune, or squats.

      • http://unusualpath.wordpress.com phale

        maybe its not really techno, but its ‘techno-influenced’. outro begins at -0’55.

    • Kevin

      Yeah they should have just let the song play out…
      This band still sucks.

    • Mike Arose

      Well I saw these guys play live. That being said I was glad the ticket cost me nothing chugging in a different time signature is not inventive nor fun to watch, listen to, or think of listening to. Experimental no, technical huh yeah if you think brokencyde is the shit and the apex of music. I wish bands like these guys could be expunged from the face of the earth

      • Geekbeater

        CRABCORE? You are a fucking moron buddy. BOO are real real good. I listened to “A Higher Place” for weeks this summer when it came out. They have some very good chops and put on a good live show.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mathew-James-Saunders/1153389571 Mathew James Saunders

          I see where you’re coming from with your comment Zilty, but this album is garbage. The New Reign is actually pretty decent, but I understand why you’d label them as crabcore; regardless of some pretty nice chops on their newest album, just they didn’t seem to flow very well

    • Sewer

      If by calling them crabcore you mean to invite a comparison to Attack Attack, you’re mistaken. This band and Attack Attack are both pretty shitty, but I’d argue that Born of Osiris fits into the deathcore genre with some technical death metal influences (I blame Necrophagist for most of this). Can’t stand those boring single-note chug riffs. Attack Attack fits into the screamo/post-hardcore mold with electronic/dance influences (generic Eurobeat).

    • SonOF

      Crabcore? Zilty, you aren’t even insulting bands correctly anymore.

  • Sean Wright

    IT’S A CONSPIRACY WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

  • Zeraninator

    The drummer was wearing that same Dying Fetus shirt when I saw them play.

  • Bicro

    This band is quite awful.

  • Ryd1ZZ

    I like BOO. The video is pretty cool but generic.

    I hope they find a secondary guitarist that can actually play. I saw them last year and the temp guy was pretty shitty. Too bad the kid from Animals as Leaders didn’t stick around.

    • Nick

      I saw them last Saturday and they announced that they had a new guitarist in the band who obviously played with them that night. It was a great show even with the drums blaring through the mix and drowning everything a bit :/

    • pariah

      i read somewhere that chris storey’s replacement in all shall perish quit to join BOO? no idea if it’s true or not…

    • http://unusualpath.wordpress.com phale

      video may be generic, but the sketch art is amazing.

  • familyghost

    gay band is gay!!fuck this breEeEEeEeEeeE shit!!Mmmmmmmmmmmm Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    • Facebook User

      i didnt hear one BREE during the entire song, moron

  • Alex_P

    This is the one band I like while still understanding all the hate for.

  • Joseph Strombladder

    These guys are still my favorite Sumeriancore band. They write great fuckin hooks.

    Still, this video was clearly made in like 1 day of shooting, and the animation didn’t seem to pull together in ANY way.

    Oh, and for all those hating on the spoken word/hip-hop outro: at least they’re doing SOMETHING arguably unique.

    • http://www.noisecreep.com Jay

      Considering it was just performance shots in one location, it probably took a few hours of actual filming.

      Either way, what does the length of production have to do with quality?

  • http://dmxrr15@hotmail.com IsntaTOTALdouchebag10

    I like these guys a lot. The progression from The New Reign to a Higher Place was cool to listen to. Young band and they write some cool riffs. Trendy band to hate on

  • Grymmbear

    My question is this:

    Who is Glen Danzig? ;)

  • FongChung

    lol @ this band. yeah crabcore does suck.

  • GOJoe

    Lees LACS is fucking GORGEOUS <3

  • Strapping Young Lad

    goood stuff! love this song, if you think the ending sounds like rapping, you might be a bit off…

  • http://www.myspace.com/thedaisyanthesis Martin

    Is it just me, or did this band stop sucking? I haven’t heard the whole new album, but this is way better than what I remember. I checked them out when they got on summer slaughter a few years back and was pretty dissapointed.

    • Strapping Young Lad

      i think their new album is 100 times better than the first. they just tightened up a bunch and actually write songs now, and not just a collection of ideas.

  • Rodt

    That was 8 songs in one and none of them finished!

  • Mike2

    Any metal band with a keyboard player in it won’t have my full respect. Correct me if there are exceptions.

    • DemonicLemming

      Nightwish. Regardless of whether you like power metal or not, the fact that they are extremely good as a band isn’t debatable.

    • Sewer

      painful generalization here. you’re most likely retarded. (correct me if you aren’t). then again, you probably like Lamb of God (that isn’t a good thing)

    • mike

      Like a shitload of quality European MDM bands? Dark Tranquillity, Kalmah, Skyfire, Mercenary etc..

    • IamracistbutiloveOceano

      Children of Bodom

    • SonOF

      Emperor, Children of Bodom, some Dimmu Borgir

    • ThisIsNecessary

      Type O Negative, fuckface. (maybe Dream Theater too)

  • DemonicLemming

    Generic and boring as fuck. Let me know when Sumerian has a band that doesn’t suck.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Wilmot/1177765489 Ian Wilmot

      the faceless

    • The Overmatt

      Definitely The Faceless.

    • DemonicLemming

      The Faceless is meh at best. There’s no variance in the vocals….sounds like the same thing stuck on repeat throughout each song.

    • Jonathan

      Blackguard is pretty amazing, I have to say. Bought these guys’ new album without doing much research of them specifically, and it isn’t too bad, but it’s like… half the album is good… and the other half, while still good, isn’t coherent. They’re better than Atreyu or something like that though.

      Enfold Darkness is another Sumerian band that, while their vocalist sounds so generic, they do have good music.

    • \m/

      After The Burial ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/RIchard-Kulba/514264422 RIchard Kulba

    Awesome song, awesome video

    • Facebook User

      AGREED! fucking amazing! ROSECRUCIANS!

  • thedynasty

    Is the “strained” relationship between B.O.O. and this site because of the whole “Who’s Glen Danzig” dealio?

    • http://www.myspace.com/darkstarmusic666 Darkstar124

      I really am curious lol. I have no idea whats going down with that.

  • Andy Synn

    Their first album was alright.

    The latest one is… sub-par.

    No real feeling of mood or overall concept to their writing.

    It’s funny, I quite like a lot of the bands on Sumerian, but as of yet I don’t think they’ve had a single release that I would say is particularly amazing of definitive.

    And i’m growing bored of “djent” already.

  • http://www.myspace.com/darkstarmusic666 Darkstar124

    Both albums are damn decent. Holding A higher place up against The new reign is for the same people that hold Organic Hallucinosis against Nihlity. Crabcore is a JOKE, so cut the shit- these kids aint joking.

  • The Overmatt

    Decent song, but the singer had to kill the outro by being something of an attention whore.

  • Vince

    “The composure of my soul is harmonized by the sounds that travel into me.” Fuck these genre haters. I admit breakdowns can get boring, but bands like this who can still sweep pick, pick hella fast and sync each single note into a progression, have talent in my boo-k. And great Sumerian bands, and perhaps some of the best bands out there, are The Faceless and Conducting from the Grave. Hate on core bands such as white chapel, august burns red, as i lay dying, etc because the lead guitar is not nearly as complex (nor can be in their respective cases) than the rhythm. thats my beef with core bands. i look at talent, as should you. blindly disliking all bands with some core elements and rejecting their talent is just dumb. i bet all the people talking shit could not shred as hard All Shall Perish, Faceless, Conducting, or BOOs guitarists, or drum accordingly. all music types at some point use some pretty simple rhythms, get over it. even necrophagist will have a couple of simple chords in between the face melting.

  • Keepitwolf

    The images in this video are taken from secret societies and fraternal orders. The themes are

    Satanism
    Freemasonary
    The Illuminati
    Moloch or Bohemian Grove
    Skull and Bones

    If you aren’t familiar with it you should read about Conspiracy theories, the occult, and/or Symbolism in general. It’s interesting stuff.

    • ThisIsNecessary

      I am both a 32nd degree Freemason (credentials: Blue Lodge #810 Illinois and Scottish Rite Valley of Danville, IL) and a practicing esoteric occultist for some years. That being said I must inform you that this video is a laughable mix of hilariously unfounded conspiracy bullshit aimed at nothing more than this horrible band trying to seem creepy. Not only does the imagery have little to do with legitimate occultism or any actual “secret” societies whatsoever, but it also fails hard at making the music seem interesting on any level. BUT that last part is only my opinion.

      Bands like this piss me off more than anything you’d hear on mainstream radio stations and here’s why: Whether you like the band’s music or not, it is apparent that they have the chops and the potential to make some good metal songs…and yet they still manage to continue to create generic and disconnected music that has no cohesive flow whatsoever. The influence of ___-core is nothing more than a watered down version of music that has been done years ago by countless bands.

      Born Of Osiris is the perfect example of wasted talent if you ask me, and also a waste of all of our time. Especially considering the fact that there are plenty of other bands who do this style of metal MUCH better than they do, and even then that isn’t saying much about this shit.

      By the way I do not mean to sound condescending, Keepitwolf, I only wish to give you the opinion from someone from the inside.

      • Facebook User

        and im supposed to listen to you, why? go perform some sick ritual with little boys or something, you crazy bastard muahhahahaha

      • Vince

        Honestly could care less about your little secret society, im better than you, bullshit club. but your point about the waste of talent is relevant. honestly i would agree about the fact that they could constantly be doing the shredding, BUT you have to understand that physically that is nearly impossible. Obviously you recognize they are talented musicians from certain parts of all their songs, and I think that some breakdowns with a nasty lead can create a great atmosphere of complexity. i dunno, when both time signatures of the off tempo breakdown and the highly complex lead mix together, it really does something for me. once again, thisisnecessary, you couldnt shred as hard as these guys. dont hate them just because they cannot physically shred 100% of the time.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stanley-Shurtz/1430104854 Stanley Shurtz

        so im supposed to believe some bullshit u are saying? obviously for this video to get some reaction out of you, its must have done something right. its punk bitches like u who did buisiness with hitler back in the day. so tell me, when you become 33rd, do u have to drink cups childrens blood or have you already done that? which bloodline are you to make it that high as a scotish rite freemason? fucken bitch, i hope dudes like u expose themselves someday, i give props to every band/rapper/musician exposing how you mother fuckers really are. ill walk up in one of your little ceromonies and set that bitch on fire and dispense of all the evidence.

  • megaman

    linkin park core

    • Mike Arose

      Yeah I think you nailed it pretty clearly

    • Facebook User

      i dont see any similarity between linkin part and boo at all

      amazing, talented band. anyone who doesnt agree can continue to masterbate in their basement

  • Facebook User

    i was chilling with CHAD lol of Born of Osiris, burned a jew with the man in montreal

    he told me his original band name was “the Rosecrucians”

    if thats significant to anyone, cuz it sure it to me, and it totally makes sense of the direction the band has taken over the years

  • Lord Shay

    heh, I seem to be about the only person here that enjoyed the song. Haven’t heared the album yet so can’t really say anything, still pretty interesting stuff!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Max-Waldt/1371330194 Max Waldt

    Confused by the meaning of the video even after reading about it, I love the band I just will probably never understand a music video that is not just the band trashing around drunk or rocking face in a graveyard. I like my videos to be cliche band performance videos though so to each their own.

  • ITTOA666

    The ibanez is nice, the band is bad.

  • cwisdafur

    I find great joy in this band, good musicians (good drumming, decent lead guitar (I wish Tosin was lead and put some of his playing style into BOO), and alright vocals with great lyrics that I can make sense of. I understand that this is probably not the best band to compare vocals to other death metal legends, but I prefer my vocals not so…I don’t know. Like I can listen to Nile, Skeletonwitch (who I do like), and Dying Fetus and appreciate their music, but I don’t enjoy their vocalist range, so that’s why I won’t say I am a true death metal fan. I just enjoy bands who have some kind of incorporations of death metal.

    andddd I also think this CD is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy better then the New Reign.