“Black Tide” is a group of old school metal heads, most of which are still in school, as their ages range from as old as 19 to as young as 15. Despite their age, these kid shred like the swarthiest, beardiest, 40 year old Dio cover band you’ve ever seen.
This is because the band was grown in test tubes by Interscope scientists, using the combined DNA of a tour bus full of Iron Maiden fans that crashed in 1983. The genetic protoplasm that would eventually become Black Tide was continually exposed to the 2CD “Monsters of Rock” collection (as seen on TV!) every waking moment of their incubation process (and also in the sleeping moments, too).
Black Tide kickin’ it in Hell, being all like “whatever!”
Behind the scenes of their totally metal new video
By Jeremy Azevedo
Despite the lot of them being under 20 years of age, Black Tide shreds like the 80s metal bands of yesteryear that many of us fondly remember headbanging to back in the day.
While most kids their age are playing guitar hero like a bunch of pansy ass nerds, these dudes are playing rapid-fire salvos of face melting thrash like it’s as easy as turning on a goddamn light switch. Although none of these kids are officially related, it is theorized that they were all secretly fathered by the soul and messenger of the Other Gods from Outside, the crawling chaos, Nyarlathotep. Who is also the half-brother of King Diamond, coincidently!
Anyway, we’ve got an exclusive behind the scenes clip from Black Tide’s video shoot for their first single, “Shockwave”. It reminds me a little of a mix between Twisted Sister’s video for “We’re Not Gonna Take It”, the Beastie Boys video for “Fight For Your Right To Party” and a little bit of “House Party” thrown in for good measure. Check it out!
