Shadows Fall Unleash ‘Bark at the Moon’ Music Video

The deluxe version of Shadows Fall’s most recent album Retribution included some classic metal cover tunes, including a commendable take on Ozzy Osbourne’s beloved ’80s single Bark at the Moon… but the band definitely took their affection for the original to all-new heights with the accompanying video, which recently made its online debut.

Watching it is like deja vu all over again – with the added bonus of the screen’s first heavy-metal werewolf with dreadlocks. We’ve got the entire video below the fold – so dive in, check it out and let us know what you think!

In case you were living under a rock when Ozzy’s original promo video came out back in ‘83 (and missed a quarter-century of Headbanger’s Ball episodes since then), it’s basically a comic-book-style mashup of the Jekyll & Hyde and Wolfman scenarios which climaxes with the puffy-shirted Ozz being chased down dark gothic corridors by his fanged, fuzz-faced alter-ego. Those images are duplicated nearly shot-for-shot in the Shadows Fall version, with frontman Brian Fair in the lycanthropic lead (albeit with his trademark mile-long dreadlocks, even in lupine form!) and even manages to cast similar-looking supporting actors, costumes and props. Read more …