Video: The Metal Shakespeare Company: "To Bleed or Not to Bleed" (Hamlet III.i)

Thanks to Ms Maniac Amanda Dobbs for me sending me a link to The Metal Shakespeare Company, a band that - you guessed it - uses Shakespeare text as the lyrics to their metal songs. They also dress like they're going to a Renaissance fair. Anyways, there is something kinda funny about this... but not the [...]

If you've not yet discovered Metal Shakespeare Company's bardcore, we'll be providing a primer in next Week's WW . But this video really tells you everything you need to know. The band—which includes ex-LocalCutter frontman Jason Simms, Junkface's Randy Bemrose and their band of merry/metal men—is loud, dressed-up and Ashland-approved. Here's the vid, which looks nice despite a budget that we assume is between zero and $20. The horse transformation special effect is pretty key. MSC releases new split 7-inch Saturday, July 18 at the Ash St. Saloon. [...]