OOOH MY F@@@ING GOOOOD
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Fox Mulder
The Truth Is Out There
ProjectHamsterdam
God of Emptiness
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMzWysnhr5c&feature=fvst[/ame]
That's a metal video that doesn't suck, is not overly infantile, has no nudity or violence, but is still pretty badass. That's how I like my metal videos.
The Behemoth video. . . pretty meh I would say. For the record, I didn't see anything so over the top that it would inspire so many comments. Don't know about the budget, but it looks a bit cheap too. Also for the record, I would hit the angel or the brunette, whoever wins the proximity battle. Good song though.
Behemoth
That's a metal video that doesn't suck, is not overly infantile, has no nudity or violence, but is still pretty badass. That's how I like my metal videos.
The Behemoth video. . . pretty meh I would say. For the record, I didn't see anything so over the top that it would inspire so many comments. Don't know about the budget, but it looks a bit cheap too. Also for the record, I would hit the angel or the brunette, whoever wins the proximity battle. Good song though.
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SocialNumb
Damn Christians!
ProjectHamsterdam
God of Emptiness
LeSedna
Mat or Mateo
I f-ing love samael. That video is really awesome, that's one of my standards in those studio videos type of videoclips
HeadCrusher
Member
Are you talking about this video? (Beware of subdrops blowing your speakers.Its just hard when you know that metal vids can't be topped since SYL - Love? took the best movie ever and turned it into a filmclip
) Which movie are you talking about? I don't get it. 
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Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
Back on topic...
Obviously, Behemoth's marketing machine is out-of-control awesome. Look at how many views this thread is getting. The video is working, and they realize that since most of us metalheads aren't going to be offended by Satanism, they might as well gross us out with fat chicks, etc. The video is guaranteed to bother almost everyone in some way(s).
It helps that the album is great, but seriously, whoever is behind the marketing of Behemoth these days is incredible. Tons of positive press, a new signature guitar for Nergal that looks totally killer, etc.
Obviously, Behemoth's marketing machine is out-of-control awesome. Look at how many views this thread is getting. The video is working, and they realize that since most of us metalheads aren't going to be offended by Satanism, they might as well gross us out with fat chicks, etc. The video is guaranteed to bother almost everyone in some way(s).
It helps that the album is great, but seriously, whoever is behind the marketing of Behemoth these days is incredible. Tons of positive press, a new signature guitar for Nergal that looks totally killer, etc.
KeithTidd
Robot Penis.
I fucking love behemoth. This video and the Left hand of god video are awesome. Not shocking to me in any way. That one video someone posted a while back where the fat guy jerks off on a dead chick, now that was disturbing. This is just theatrics and visual expression of what the songs are saying.
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The markteing strategy in this band is awesome.
Compared to other extrem metal bands they are well known, play big concerts and have a huge fanbase.
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darthjujuu
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MarkG
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Man, I really don't get some of you guys...
First of all, HOW CAN ANYONE SAY THE PRODUCTION ON THIS ALBUM IS BAD?
Also, I think you can take as much from this video as you want. In contrast to MOST music videos, especially metal oriented, to say the production of this is below standard is just wrong. You can debate camerawork and "looks", but I doubt you could point to a video that has MORE of a slick and polished feel.
Also, where one person can say it's cheesy or whatever, I think you could make the case of it actually being well thought out under the surface and above the cliches. But, again, it's all subjective. I think the idea of a music video itself flies in the face of conventional metal "wisdom", but I think this video is actually pretty killer...So, my overanalytical analysis...I think the band shots are almost a necessity in the metal world, but even then I think you can justify the concept of playing in a barren desert.
But, the "plot" to me was the idea of some girl's future to bear the child through some kind of "immaculate conception", only to serve evil instead of good (possibly prophesied through the drawing of the cards?). The landscape surrounding the girl prior to her suicide (and subsequent "rebirth" through her pregnancy and new role as mother to this being with a higher purpose), is barren, much like her hope (I'm supposing here). In an effort to end the pain through a means that is considered ultimate sin by Judeo-CHristian standards, she comes to bear the child of a demon or Satan or whatever - a perfect metaphor or allegory, IMO. Now, cut to the den of this demon and on display you see the decline of man, and displays of some of the 7 sins (that of gluttony seems to be the one bothering people the most)...In this, they have captured purity and devour it, all in an effort to void the purity from the world to make way for evil, which I'm lead to believe will be in the name of this new born child. Now, getting back to the band, if you think of their performance as telling the story, their landscape could be all that's left after evil grabs hold, so the barren desert motif doesn't seem out of place - to me at least...It could easily symbolize "the void" mentioned in the title. Also, the blood spilling from the mother as she walks among the "doomed" or damned I suppose is a perfect parallel to biblical references where blood was used to spare young sons from murder, this blood - spilled on them, from the birth of THE son - is a form of guarantee of what is to come and their doomed existence, diametrically opposed to what biblical references of such actions point to.
I'm the first to jump on the "corpse paint is lame" failboat, but meh, I've grown to really like this band on this album (the only Behemoth CD I own).
Feel free to tear my uber-geek assessment to pieces, but I think in this context, this video "works"
First of all, HOW CAN ANYONE SAY THE PRODUCTION ON THIS ALBUM IS BAD?
Also, I think you can take as much from this video as you want. In contrast to MOST music videos, especially metal oriented, to say the production of this is below standard is just wrong. You can debate camerawork and "looks", but I doubt you could point to a video that has MORE of a slick and polished feel.
Also, where one person can say it's cheesy or whatever, I think you could make the case of it actually being well thought out under the surface and above the cliches. But, again, it's all subjective. I think the idea of a music video itself flies in the face of conventional metal "wisdom", but I think this video is actually pretty killer...So, my overanalytical analysis...I think the band shots are almost a necessity in the metal world, but even then I think you can justify the concept of playing in a barren desert.
But, the "plot" to me was the idea of some girl's future to bear the child through some kind of "immaculate conception", only to serve evil instead of good (possibly prophesied through the drawing of the cards?). The landscape surrounding the girl prior to her suicide (and subsequent "rebirth" through her pregnancy and new role as mother to this being with a higher purpose), is barren, much like her hope (I'm supposing here). In an effort to end the pain through a means that is considered ultimate sin by Judeo-CHristian standards, she comes to bear the child of a demon or Satan or whatever - a perfect metaphor or allegory, IMO. Now, cut to the den of this demon and on display you see the decline of man, and displays of some of the 7 sins (that of gluttony seems to be the one bothering people the most)...In this, they have captured purity and devour it, all in an effort to void the purity from the world to make way for evil, which I'm lead to believe will be in the name of this new born child. Now, getting back to the band, if you think of their performance as telling the story, their landscape could be all that's left after evil grabs hold, so the barren desert motif doesn't seem out of place - to me at least...It could easily symbolize "the void" mentioned in the title. Also, the blood spilling from the mother as she walks among the "doomed" or damned I suppose is a perfect parallel to biblical references where blood was used to spare young sons from murder, this blood - spilled on them, from the birth of THE son - is a form of guarantee of what is to come and their doomed existence, diametrically opposed to what biblical references of such actions point to.
I'm the first to jump on the "corpse paint is lame" failboat, but meh, I've grown to really like this band on this album (the only Behemoth CD I own).
Feel free to tear my uber-geek assessment to pieces, but I think in this context, this video "works"
deanbailey
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I don't necessarily think it's bad, It is (imo) quite the opposite :/. My main problem was;
1) Colin re-amped the Hertz guys guitars and hard work, which in his defense probably didn't work with his mix, but it's still another (good) engineers job.
2) The mixes he's done are great, but unfortunately have been done again and again on some dated/seasoned metal bands which will be forgotten in the next 10 years and might;
2.1) Destroy the "one-of-a-kind" vision of how Nergal intended this album to be (as he said in his studio diary)
2.2) Turn Behemoth into this "sell-out" band because as great as the production is, it just doesn't suit behemoth. I've been hearing/reading people calling behemoth "mall-core" already.
I've 'borrowed' the album from a friend to see what the fuss was about...And I'll be honest, I have no intention of buying it (or continuing to listen to it).
It's just disappointing having something so highly anticipated to turn out (imo) in the way that it has.
P-E
Munchkin
IMHO if the guitars were a bit less thin and the bass had a tiny bit more presence in to the mix, it would be a great mix.
