Just over a year ago, I contacted local Asheville band, All Hell, about making a music video. We got together, came up with a concept, and got to work. The song was called “Graveyard Dust,” taken from their album, The Red Sect. We entered it in a local music video competition, but ultimately didn’t make it past the first round (the founder of that competition has since told me that she was unaware that Asheville had a punk and metal scene and that she received a lot of flack for not including videos outside of her knowledge base). Strangely, the “past winners” section has been taken off of their website, but I assure you that all of the nominees and winners had a lot in common with each other. There wasn’t a whole lot of musical diversity going on unless you count various forms of bland as diverse. I’m not going to cry foul too loudly, but, we’ll see what happens this year. Check out the video for All Hell’s “Graveyard Dust” and let me know what you think.
Anyway, that brings me to the topic of this article. All Hell has a new album, The Grave Alchemist, coming out in April of 2017, so we decided we needed to do another video. This one is a bit different than the last one. “Laid to Unrest” tells the story of a man who is about to be buried alive for crimes against the village he resides in. The townsfolk believe him to be evil, and intend on making him pay.
We had a lot of fun shooting this one. The members of All Hell–Jacob, Kurt, and Erik–were all a blast to work with again. Thanks, guys! I’d also like to thank Cody, Arnold, and Rhiannon, without whose help this wouldn’t have been possible. All told it was a great day, and I appreciate everyone involved for choosing me to make this video for them.
Keep your eyes peeled to The Daily Orca for the finished product, and for the new All Hell record, which is bound to be killer.
James is a writer, skateboarder, record collector, wrestling nerd, and tabletop gamer living with his family in Asheville, North Carolina. He is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association, the North Carolina Film Critics Association, and contributes to The Daily Orca, Razorcake Magazine, Mountain Xpress, and Asheville Movies.