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VIDEOS - 'VISIONS FROM BEYOND' MAIN MENU
KELLS band- France
www.myspace.com/kellsgaia
“La Sphčre”- video
The place that they took the video is like from the mansion from the mainstream W. Temptation., ahehe. The vox is circled around with girls wearing mask and the entire gothic look that one can expect. It’s like the band just entered this mansion and they are checking the vicinity of the place. Oh well, the music is pretty much what I can expect from a band with this kind of music. Nice voice, but may I suggest to stop the part were the vox tries to growl which is quite.. no comment ( if you know what I mean). But music like wise, some might like it or hate them badly.. - Fonda
DEBORAH band- Mexico
www.myspace.com/deborahband
“Soteria” video
I like the beginning of the video. It’s like you are entering the realm of Deborah! bwhahah. A little girl is staring at the glass, then opened the door of the miniature castle. That’s where you will zoom inside to see Deborah. It’s like in a ruin castle, and the band themselves is standing in a pentagram symbol. The duo of the two femme vox is great. The front killer vox is very impressive in giving the black screeching voice, as I believe the other female who’s doing the operatic one is only a guest performer. Great collaboration I must say. It depicts a story that some can only understand if you’re not into the whole ritual thing. Total DIY, not much of those hi-fi effects, and most importantly, the song is great. - Fonda
THE AGONIST – (Montreal, Quebec, Canada
www.myspace.com/theagonist
“Business Suits and Combat Boots” video
Well, no one can’t help but stare at Alissa’s cherry pierced lips at the beginning of the video! Lips near the mic and ready to blast your brains off. The setting was in the gas tunnel place of a building, and at the same time showing some various clips of people.. There’s this clip that I like when a rich bastard in a suite stealing a few bucks from a drunk man at the park, hehe. The camera shot is pretty fast, can’t even see their faces clearly esp. the femme vox at first. The venue keeps on changing from outside location, and so forth. I think 3x change of outfit.. hmm.. But basically, the vid is ok, you wouldn’t just say it’s a total DIY, made a lot of effort on it. The band itself is pretty good, though you can picture it being shown in big time broadcast music channel. Anyways, I still like The Agonist! - Fonda
RESSURECTURIS band – (Italy)
www.myspace.com/resurrecturis
“The Fracture” Video
I love the simplicity of this video! I don’t mean that in a negative way, what I mean is the concept of it. It shows this great band playing in a run-out house, blasting their heavy death music with a bit of a thrash mode into it. In another scene, I think it was Carlo having a lunacy break. He’s looking himself in a mirror, and the paint of black & white went crawling in both of his arms. It’s like a symbol of good and evil if you ask me. He started wiping it on his head, then the best part is when he smash the mirror, took a piece of the glass, and started slicing his face to separate the black from white color.. love it… bleed more! As he later stares at you straight up with a scar on his face after cutting himself. Wicked! I saw the making of this video from their DVD, and it’s nice to see a few hard-working people enjoyed in creating this vid. And the photographer is amazing. Music wise? Just check out my review on their “Non Voglio Morire” album and “The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell” cd! - Fonda
3RD ROOM- Italy
www.myspace.com/enterinmyroom
“In my Room” video
This video is actually included also in their EP release once you get a copy. This video is being done by Enrico of Where Clouds Part Production. Here you will see them in a small room with a small bulb dangling below them (its not a dark room video if that’s what you are thinking). There’s this two dead doll-like girls roaming across the room and hallway. What captivates me is the guy who is playing the violin, because he is such a mystique with his mask on while playing!
And you can sense that the band itself is having a blast performing, and I do like the fact that the vocalist Khay didn’t put much of a make-up, which even shows her inner beauty and strength. And from the last part, the green field view was great as she walks to eternity ( I've seen a picture with this kind of shot, I cant remember where).
To sum it up, the DIY video is simple yet alluring to watch! – Fonda
AFFLICTION BAND – (Turkey)
“Raven” video
It’s great to see a quality UG video, and I think this is the first of this band before their “www” vid.
It start of in looking to the eyes of this man, making a fast-pace REM. As it shows later on the band in a dark place, with bulbs on top of them letting you see their faces. This reminds me of a movie again that I cant fucking remb. the title again (I think I had enough beer for a day).
The man starts chasing the raven from the rural area of the town with his backpack on. I think he should learn how to do free-running, hehe. By the end of his running journey, he ended opening that seems like a pandora’s box, with a hour glass inside it. He turned it down trying to change time I guess when he was a kid. Then, he threw it away. It’s like, he wants to change the bad childhood he had. We all know that raven is a symbolism of death. I guess it depicts that his dad died when he was young.
Anyways, their music itself is great. Just now I realize that Emrah’s hair was still long on this vid. >=) - Fonda
AFFLICTION BAND- (Turkey)
“WWW” video
Wicked video! At the start of it, you may think that you will watch a brutal killing movie by the looks of it! Kinda like Saw and this fucking old movie that I can’t remb. the title in a mental place. Damn, Let me go with the review.
It’s shows a run-down house.. and may I suggest for you to turn-up the volume coz you will fucking feel the heavy great pounding from the beginning of the movie.. I mean video. The quality likewise of the vid is great, and at the same time, its simplicity brought the angst to it; just the band performing and kicking things off gratefully. This death/thrash metal band is great. - Fonda
DARZAMAT- Poland
“Burning Times” video
www.myspace.com/darzamat
Let me just see if you wont start headbanging at the beginning of this video. The beginning of the vid is just a band singing, banging and having an effect of light approach and smoke. And the rest will be done by the camera man, hehe.
I always like the part where Nera seems to be narrating on the song. More like on this video, her presides like a judge, declaring that seems to be a darken court as a man seems to be electrocuted in his seat, though there was no wire though. A song about, as they, say torture, execution, and so. As it ends to a lady holding a crucifix as she looks in to the mirror and becoming bloody…
Well, the black and symphonic approach of their music is the reason you will get hooked-up on this video and like the band. - Fonda
DARZAMAT-Poland
“In Red Iris” video
www.myspace.com/darzamat
Creepy and weird ending; Words that I can describe this video. Man is being locked-in, as he goes crazy being trap. Then, what seems to be depict as a Queen on her throne, enjoying the man being tortured and beaten in front of her. She surely treated him like a scumbag, stepping on him or whatever. I like the sculptured man though. Yet, I don’t get the bloody concept of a psycho man getting the throne later on from the Queen. Did he poison him or what?? All of a sudden, he still acts like a lunatic trying to climb and sit on the throne, and then late on, shows her already dead below his feet. Fuck, whatever is the storyline, good thing the music made this video good.
This Poland black metal band is surely making their concept of music dark and eerie. - Fonda
INHUMATE [DVD]- France
c/o Fred Anton- 19 Rue Des
patureges 67310
Zeinheim France
www.inhumate.com / www.myspace.com/inhumate / inhumategrind@wanadoo.fr
"Since 1990 (at war with... 15 years
of soul grinding 1990)"
Hell yah, 100% pure UG grindcore band that will make you want to head-butt your mama! Haha!
The packaging was pro, I think it's not costly there to release a piece like this. But hell ya, this is an
Indie release by the band themselves. This is a live performance that you will see on this video, with people moshing and grinding in the pit. The whole camera angel and stage effect was great.
And seriously, do you know any other band who bangs the microphone on his head as he
bleeds, and yet, keeps on performing still?? Ahehe. I guess it's his ritual or something!
These guys have been around since the 80's, and up until now, they are still playing for the UG scene! I enjoy
seeing their old live performance when they were young, you can check that out also on this dvd. A legend in their own respectful way! Hell ya!
FAR BEYOND INNOCENCE - Austria
“Devil In your Fairyland” video
Wait.. am I watching a thriller movie here or a music video?? >=)
The freaky & mind-boggling music video kinda resembles the Little Red Riding Hood. The Big difference is that, you will run away from LRRH herself! Haha! This is a male though, a psycho-demon on the loose at the forest as an innocent girl wanders off.
The whole idea of not knowing there’s an evil entity lurking around and not seeing it is being pictured greatly here. Then, once the girl was able to see it, she started to run like a lunatic.. pathetic girl, bwhahaha!
But focusing on the band performance and music, this hardcore/ thrash metal band is not all words or mask get-up. I am very picky really in listening to hardcore bands, but this one is exemption to my rule.- Fonda
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