Listening to the misanthropic metal of The Body you’d expect that any visual representations from the band would have to be of the most extreme variety, so their new video for “An Altar Or A Grave“, with it’s snuff film feel, shouldn’t really come as a shock. Right off the bat, with majestic tones of gritty doom, we’re plunged into a watery grave as the camera seems to drag beneath the surface of a dark lake. Grainy detritus floats in the black water, and our first images of color come in the form of tangled and ominous plant life as our perspective jerks and floats about. Soon the hull of rusty boat can be made out from our submerged vantage, but it’s not until Chip King‘s deranged vocals kick in with a drum bang that we see a bound and hooded body drop like a stone into the murky water . Director Richard Rankin has really created a horror masterpiece here! Not only does the underwater imagery fit perfectly with The Body’s slow motion doom on this track, it creates within the viewer the unconscious urge to hold ones’ breath, thus heightening the music and video’s claustrophobic feel! Look for The Body’s new LP Christs, Redeemers to come out October 15th via Thrill Jockey. In addition, the duo will head out for a US tour starting in October, so check out the dates below…
The Body US Tour Fall 2013:
Tue Oct 15 San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside
Wed Oct 16 Arcata, CA – Mex n’ Wow
Thu Oct 17 Portland, OR – The Know w/ Braveyoung, The New Trust
Sat Oct 19 Seattle, WA – The Highline
Wed Oct 23 Minneapolis, MN – Hexagon w/ False
Thu Oct 24 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle w/ Oozing Wound
Fri Oct 25 Milwaukee, WI – Riverwest Free Space
Sat Oct 26 Columbus, OH – The Summit
Sun Oct 27 Pittsburgh, PA – The Shop
Tue Oct 29 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie w/ Pissgrave, Krieg, Drums Like Machine Guns
Wed Oct 30 Providence, RI – Machines With Magnets
Thu Oct 31 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
Sun Nov 3 New Orleans, LA – The Mushroom
Mon Nov 4 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
Tue Nov 5 Little Rock, AR – Whitewater Tavern
Sun Nov 10 Phoenix, AZ – Wall St.
Tue Nov 12 San Diego, CA – The Soda Bar w/ Author and Punisher, Diamond Lakes
Wed Nov 13 Santa Monica, CA – Almost Heaven
Sat Nov 23 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater w/ Neurosis, Tragedy, Atriarch