Dead In The Manger Releases "II" Video Clip

The wrath of "Cessation," the debut full-length from sinister black/grind metal quartet Dead In The Manger, will scar humanity in less than two weeks through the Black Hand at 20 Buck Spin, and with it rapidly advancing, Decibel Magazine has unloaded the band's first official video as a harbinger of the album's severe fury. Check it out below.

Dead In The Manger, which purveys full anonymity in identity and content, similarly keeps the titles of these brazen audio attacks incredibly stripped down, with the movements on "Cessation" simply bearing the titles "I" through "VI."

Directed by David Hall of Handshake Inc. (Today Is The Day, Fuck The Facts, Maryland Deathfest The Movie), the "II" video is corrosive and epilepsy-inducing in its creator's patented style, and through an obfuscated but obviously occult driven plot for the belittling sermon, imposes more of an unsettling feeling rather than a clear cut storyline.

"This is probably the first time I've made a video for a band without talking to any of the members," offers Hall on being approached to create Dead In The Manger's "II" video. "I sort of just got an email one day from the label that asked if I'd be interested in making a video for a black/grind metal band. I listened to the track and really dug what I heard so I agreed. The only real info and guidance I was given was the name of the song, 'II', the album title, and the album's artwork. From listening to the track and taking the cover artwork as inspiration, I decided to try and create a depressing and degraded, impressionistic, moving version of the cover, and use some found footage, stuff that I shot, and mix it together to make a scratchy, black-toned void that hopefully assaults the eyes as nicely as the music assaults the ears. After a few botched attempts, I arrived at the version you see now."