Insidious Disease Get their Snuff On for 'Boundless'
Earlier this summer, extreme-metal supergroup Insidious Disease posted a disturbing teaser which expanded on the serial killer-themed album art from their new release Shadowcast. Now the band has taken those twisted visuals to the next grotesque level in the video for Boundless, the new single from that recently-released record. It's gritty, bloody and sick, so you know we had to show you, right? Watch the NSFW clip after the jump, and learn more about the band's horrific real-life inspiration for the main character...
Insidious Disease – whose lineup includes guitarist Silenoz from Dimmu Borgir, Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury and Necrophagia vocalist Killjoy, as well as alumni from Morgoth, Nile and Old Man's Child – made its studio debut in July with Shadowcast, which stirred up censorship trouble instantly thanks to the album art by Kjell Ivar Lund, which depicts a clean-cut serial killer looking satisfied with his trunk-load of bloody trophies. (According to the band, several record-pressing plants flat-out refused to print the cover.)
The killer, portrayed in the photo and the Boundless video by Roar Hoch-Nielsen, is based on a real-life Austrian killer who maintained a veneer of normal family life while pursuing a grisly after-hours hobby. “He made everyone believe that he was a loving and caring father,” said frontman Marc Grewe, “but that clearly wasn't the case.” The character in the video pursues his own nocturnal pastime under the watchful eye of a gonzo filmmaker (played by Grewe himself). It's sort of a riff on French mockumentary Man Bites Dog, but the band also cites Hitchcock and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as inspirations.
“Something like this could happen right now,” Grewe added. “Maybe it's your neighbor who seems to be the nicest person around, but behind closed doors the
dark abyss of abnormality is the total reality.” According to Silenoz, it's this theme that permeates the album: “The basic idea behind Shadowcast,” he explains, “is an attempt to describe the 'misfits' in this world... the misunderstood, mentally defect and depraved individuals that walk among us... It could be your neighbor, you just never know. Or, it could be YOU!”
That's the setup. Ready for the clip? Again, probably not too work-safe, as you might imagine...
