Friday, 19 June 2015

Mastodon continues the fine tradition of metalhead love for cats

Post from http://www.danieluk.net

When the new Mastodon video hit, a colleague immediately pinged me — there are few things I love more than cats and metal. And it turns out I’m not alone.


There’s a long, proud metal tradition of cat-loving — and I’m not just talking about Danzig wearing a Danzig t-shirt while buying kitty litter. Slayer recently rescued a lost kitten. In fact, cats are so proudly metal, there’s even a book devoted to metal dudes posing with their cats (warning: both the dudes and the cats are adorable).


And so in that sense, the video for “Asleep in the Deep” — a slightly darker version of the trippy Friskies “Adventureland” ad campaign — is not entirely unexpected. A lovely tabby leaves her human to have a hero’s journey in a bizarre night land, by…


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