After months of anticipation, Miami, Florida-based hard rock band
BLACK TIDE has finally unveiled the video for its blazing single
"Shockwave". The
Travis Kopach-directed (
BUCKCHERRY,
PANIC! AT THE DISCO) directed clip finds the group turning a non-descript suburban home into a frenzy of moshing fans and skateboarders pulling tricks on a half-pipe! The motocross bad boys of the
Metal Mulisha also make an appearance making this video a throwback to the glory days of '80s metal!
Watch the clip at
MTV.com.
BLACK TIDE is streaming its entire debut album,
"Light from Above", on the group's
imeem page (free registration required to hear full tracks). The CD, which was released today (March 18) via
Interscope Records, was recorded with producer
Johnny K, who has previously worked with
DISTURBED,
MACHINE HEAD and
SOIL, among others.
BLACK TIDE burst onto the metal scene with a month-long stint opening up the main stage of
Ozzfest. According to a press release, the band "not only embrace the charisma, character and unwavering attitude of those who shredded before them, but they do so in a manner that would make the virtuosos that inspired them proud. The results are a renegade metallic assault that America hasn't encountered since
METALLICA killed 'em all in '83.
BLACK TIDE are not only bringing music back from the dead, but they're returning the power to metal. The meltdown is long overdue…"