It seems like ages ago, but too-young-to-party dorks once had to rely on video clips to get a good look at hunky Metal bands. It still seems a bit weird to so enjoy four minutes of dudes pretending to rock out -- let alone the more ambitious clips that featured actors and story lines (of sorts). Bands not averse to a measure of cheese mastered the "loser-loner rocker vs. society" genre of Metal video to which W.A.S.P.'s "The Real Me" and "Killed By Death" by Motorhead belong; similar but slightly more dignified is Testament's killer video for "The Ballad" (above) from Practice What You Preach, which cemented my then-nascent devotion to Metal back when Headbanger's Ball was awesome (fuck Riki Rachtman). Awesome shit.
That was then, and sigh this is now, and now sucks but Testament still sets the bar for rad (if tardy) Metal clips for your face with this new effects-laden joint (below). Thanks Testament. To you five, there is truly "More Than Meets The Eye" what a segue!!
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