Shadows Fall Unleash 'Bark at the Moon' Video
The deluxe version of Shadows Fall's most recent album Retribution included some classic metal cover tunes, including a commendable take on Ozzy Osbourne's beloved '80s single Bark at the Moon... but the band definitely took their affection for the original to all-new heights with the accompanying video, which recently made its online debut. Watching it is like deja vu all over again – with the added bonus of the screen's first heavy-metal werewolf with dreadlocks. We've got the entire video below the fold – so dive in, check it out and let us know what you think!
In case you were living under a rock when Ozzy's original promo video came out back in '83 (and missed a quarter-century of Headbanger's Ball episodes since then), it's basically a comic-book-style mashup of the Jekyll & Hyde and Wolfman scenarios which climaxes with the puffy-shirted Ozz being chased down dark gothic corridors by his fanged, fuzz-faced alter-ego. Those images are duplicated nearly shot-for-shot in the Shadows Fall version, with frontman Brian Fair in the lycanthropic lead (albeit with his trademark mile-long dreadlocks, even in lupine form!) and even manages to cast similar-looking supporting actors, costumes and props.
The band is rolling out the video on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball Monday night, but it's available for online viewing right now... and here it is!
