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High on Fire Post “The Black Plot” Video

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High on Fire just keep killing it. To the point that it’s almost moot to say so. I mean, of course they’re killing it. That’s what they do. They find it, they kill it. They’ve got a tour coming up alongside Sweden’s Meshuggah, and from where I sit the pairing couldn’t be more appropriate even though the two bands don’t have much in common sonically beyond basic onslaught of volume. They’re both among the most important metal bands of their generation, and they’ve both cast a net of influence that ranges years and knows no borders. They’ll invariably draw different crowds. Will the djent types get the raw force with which High on Fire present themselves on stage? Will the beer-guzzlers be able to keep up with Meshuggah‘s algorithmic patterns? At the end of the night, it won’t matter. Every room will be flattened.

To the issue at hand: High on Fire have a new video for “The Black Plot,” which comes from their 2015 album, Luminiferous (review here). That record was arguably the band’s most furious yet, but also found them delving into a more melodic approach and expanding on what they do in a few key ways, building on the foundation of intensity that has only come to sustain them more and more. Well, “The Black Plot” is less about that than straight-up pummel, but fortunately, that’s also a pretty excellent representation of what the band is all about. And as to the clip itself, it’s by Skinner and Hey Beautiful Jerk and it’s suitably insane. You can watch it for yourself and see if you can keep up. I’m not sure I can.

Tour dates and comment via the PR wire follow the video below. Enjoy:

High on Fire, “The Black Plot” official video

HIGH ON FIRE Unleashes “The Black Plot” Animated Video

Power Trio’s Critically Acclaimed Albums ‘Snakes for the Divine’, ‘De Vermis Mysteriis’ and ‘Luminiferous’ See Limited Edition Cassette Release

World-renowned heavy metal power trio HIGH ON FIRE has premiered a new music video for the song “The Black Plot”. Created by Skinner and Hey Beautiful Jerk, “The Black Plot” video, which made its broadcast debut on Adult Swim, is an animated tour de force and a wild psychedelic fantasy epic. “The Black Plot” is taken from HIGH ON FIRE’s latest album, Luminiferous.

“I wanted to make an animated short film with Hey Beautiful Jerk, I just didn’t know how completely crazy it would get,” says Skinner. “At first I thought we should do a real simple story with action fights to wear down the timing a little bit. But then I thought, fuck it, here’s a super complicated story with a million characters and it’s off the wall crazy and shit. Wanna do it?”

“This has definitely been the most challenging and the most rewarding project in the history of Hey Beautiful Jerk,” adds the team of Mark Szumski and Gina Niespodziani. “Creatively, we did not make many concessions and we really pushed ourselves to see how far we could take this thing. It worked.”

Additionally, HIGH ON FIRE’s celebrated albums Snakes for the Divine, De Vermis Mysteriis and the aforementioned Luminiferous, are available on cassette for the very first time via eOne. The cassettes, released as a limited edition bundle pack, can be purchased now, at this location.

HIGH ON FIRE will tour North America this fall as direct support to Sweden’s Meshuggah. The titanic team-up will kick off on October 11 in Atlanta, GA, running through November 6 in Silver Spring, MD.

HIGH ON FIRE tour dates:
September 25 San Francisco, CA Stinky’s al Fresco
(w / Meshuggah)
October 11 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
October 12 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
October 13 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works
October 14 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
October 15 New Orleans, LA Tipitina’s (* HIGH ON FIRE only)
October 16 Houston, TX House of Blues
October 17 Dallas, TX House of Blues
October 19 Los Angeles, CA The Novo
October 24 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
October 25 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
October 26 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
October 27 Rock Island, IL Rock Island Brewing Company (* HIGH ON FIRE only)
October 28 Chicago, IL House of Blues
October 29 Detroit, MI The Majestic
October 30 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
October 31 Montreal, QC Metropolis
November 1 Ottawa, ON Mavericks (* HIGH ON FIRE only)
November 2 Boston, MA House of Blues
November 3 New York, NY PlayStation Theatre
November 4 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
November 5 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
November 6 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore

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One Response to “High on Fire Post “The Black Plot” Video”

  1. goat destroyer says:

    holy fuck that was awesome

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