Though their dedicated channels lost credibility years and years ago, music videos are as strong as ever online. Here’s an exceptional batch of recent videos from Secret Chiefs 3, Sepultura, Anna Calvi, Deltron 3030, and Beastwars. Secret Chiefs 3: Book of Souls: Folio A (Web of Mimicry, 11/26/13)
Pairing its unique sense of style and musical talent with the mastery of director/composer John Carpenter was a simple jump for the multi-dimensional Secret Chiefs 3. Check out its new, heavier version of the theme song for Halloween.
Sepultra: The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be The Heart (Nuclear Blast, 10/29/13)
Sepultra’s clip from its 13th studio album for “The Vatican” is predictably antagonistic (and awesome), depicting a priest losing his faith in the face of the corruption of the church.
Anna Calvi: One Breath (Domino, 10/8/13)The video for Anna Calvi’s blooming and epic “Suddenly” depicts the lead-up to the haunting cover photo for One Breath.
Deltron 3030: Event II (Bulk, 10/1/13)In an animated future devoid of color and ruled over by giant smiley…purple things…only the sweet beats and explosive graffiti of Deltron 3030 (f. Zack de la Rocha) can save us in a “Melding of the Minds.”
Beastwars: Blood Becomes Fire (Destroy, 4/23/13)The lives of two children in parallel “Realms” intersect in disturbing ways in the new video from New Zealand stoner-rockers Beastwars.