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Obituary Release Horror-Fueled Animated “Violence” Video
Death metal badasses Obituary have released an official music video for their track “Violence”, which comes from their latest album Inked In Blood. The video, which was animated and directed by Balázs Gróf, shows the band driving to a gig and encountering all sorts of terrible events, including a dragon, zombies, and Godzilla.
The band states:
We had a blast creating the idea for the video and to watch Balázs animate us was a very cool experience. In the world of modern technology it is easy to shoot a music video with a camera crew and high-tech video equipment but we wanted something different. Something we hope the fans enjoy and understand that Obituary, though we are the godfathers of Florida death metal, don’t take themselves too seriously and enjoy having fun. This cartoon is a perfect example of what kind of people we are. Not afraid to kick ass on stage but also not afraid to laugh at ourselves.
We know that music is created for fans to enjoy and get away in their mind from the real world for just a few moments at a time and this video we hope makes them smile and laugh with us and at us.
Director Balázs Gróf adds:
I made a video for the Hungarian band Blind Myself which went on Headbangers Ball’s best videos of 2008 chart and it was seen by John Tardy, who became interested in having an animated video for OBITUARY. Eventually the long awaited new studio album Inked In Blood provided the reason for making one.
I’ve been a fan of OBITUARY since 1990, I have seen all their gigs in Budapest during the years, so I got extremely happy when we made a deal. First I made a 18 second-long animation for a snippet of the first single Visions In My head which was quite brutal and gory, just to illustrate my concept on an OBITUARY video. The Tardy brothers dug it, however they came up with the idea of a fun video for Violence drawn in classic cartoon style. They made up the whole storyline. As most of the important elements, that was also their idea to make the band’s van as a reference to probably the most famous van in American cartoon history – and which I won’t name now not to spoil anyone’s entertainment… I only added a few special characters to the story. Finally it was about 6 months in the making. It’s been a blast and the guys were super cool throughout the process. It was big fun meeting them in person at their killer show in Budapest.
I am very honored that OBITUARY hired me to do this video. It would be so funny to go back in time to tell the 16 year-old me that this is going to happen. Obviously the poor fellow would pass out immediately!
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Jun 20 Clisson, FR Hellfest 2015
Jul 03 Antwerp, BE Antwerp Metal Fest
Jul 04 Trier, DE Death Shall Rise Festival
July 05 Flugplatz Roitzschjora, DE With Full Force Festival
July 09 Trutnov, CZ Obscene Extreme Festival
August 1 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air
August 7 Oulu, FI Jalometalli Festival
August 8 Oldehoosterkerkhof, NL Into The Grave Festival
August 9 Rome, Italy Agglutination Metal Festival
Sep 4 Loos-En-Gohelle, FR Gohelle Fest
Sep 11 Cave in Rock, IL Full Terror Assault Festival
Oct 11 Tokyo, JP LoudPark Festival
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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