Colony of Birchmen
I'm one of the, like, three people that don't love Mastodon's Blood Mountain. I don't hate it, and in fact I find parts of it quite interesting. But it just doesn't move me - too much art, not enough rock. I'm more of a "March of the Fire Ants" type of guy.
However, a good video can help a song go down better. That's the case with "Colony of Birchmen," which otherwise does little for me. The video is basically a stoner fantasy. Fireball flying through trees? Check. Sasquatch? Check. Band playing in a cave in front of a freakin' waterfall? Check. Doesn't anyone else think Troy Sanders' singing is a lot like Tommy Victor's?
I love anything "behind the scenes," so I was delighted to find the raw animation by Dan O'Connor for a segment in the video. Here it is, done "green screen" style for backgrounds to be added later.
Here's the full video. The animation in question begins around 3:29.
Finally, here's a kid lip-synching the song while wearing a glove on his chin. It's not as surreal as the kids dancing to Sepultura, but it's still bizarre. I don't know what drives children to put themselves on camera and physically react to metal, but I can't say I'm against it.
However, a good video can help a song go down better. That's the case with "Colony of Birchmen," which otherwise does little for me. The video is basically a stoner fantasy. Fireball flying through trees? Check. Sasquatch? Check. Band playing in a cave in front of a freakin' waterfall? Check. Doesn't anyone else think Troy Sanders' singing is a lot like Tommy Victor's?
I love anything "behind the scenes," so I was delighted to find the raw animation by Dan O'Connor for a segment in the video. Here it is, done "green screen" style for backgrounds to be added later.
Here's the full video. The animation in question begins around 3:29.
Finally, here's a kid lip-synching the song while wearing a glove on his chin. It's not as surreal as the kids dancing to Sepultura, but it's still bizarre. I don't know what drives children to put themselves on camera and physically react to metal, but I can't say I'm against it.
Labels: clee, features, prog metal, usa, videos
3 Comments:
Solidarity on Blood Mountain. I think it's okay, and some parts just blow me away, but for the life of me I can't get past the vocals.
Mastodon will always be victims of having given me one of my favorite extreme metal albums of all time with Leviathan.
Unfortunately, and much to my dismay, this album just doesn't do it for me.
It's unfair, but I just can't accept anything not related to moby dick from these guys.
Whoa, basically the exact time you left that comment, I was reading the Decibel feature from '05 on Mastodon about Leviathan.
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