Carl Addy directs a gorgeously vibrant and textural promo, combining performance with intriguing visual effects, for metal behomoths Bullet For My Valentine. Beneath a series of warped animated layers, the video for Rainbow Veins intermixes glitchy performances with character vignettes - beautifully shot by Thomas English and graded by Jax Harney - blending together in a nightmarish hallucination. The distorted VFX heighten the surreal aesthetic, whilst contrasting colour palettes lend an otherworldly style to the concept.

Blinkink director, metalhead and massive Iron Maiden fan Nicos Livesey fulfills a personal dream by directing the video for the legendary heavy metal band's new single. The result is a blockbusting epic six-minute 2D and 3D animated video that imagines Belshazzar's Feast... aka The End of the World.From the moment a mysterious gowned Samaritan tends to the last moments of a dying man in a parched desert, we are unmistakeably placed in a dystopian world ravaged by pollution and drought. Then the elite class begin to arrive for their exclusive party in the desert - including a fat, bloated US President and a bunch of faceless, bowler-hatted British civil servants...But their dastardly rule of the Earth is about to come to an end. The gowned figure is none other than legendary Maiden mascot Eddie, who summons the Four Bikers of the Apocalypse to destroy the vampire who is feeding off the souls of the young, perpetuating the rule of the elite...Derived from an original storyline from Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, and storyboards by veteran Pixar artist Mark Andrews, Livesey and Blinkink then pulled out all the stops to bring the production to life - and this was eight months in the making.The combination of 2D and 3D animation involved around sixty crew members, working across the globe in the UK, France, Spain, Norway, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Greece, USA, and Canada.It's an epic take on Armageddon - which becomes the basis of a new beginning...

A woman goes on a desperate search for medical supplies in John Bradburn's lo-fi post-apocalyptic narrative for metal outfit Throes.Employing a gritty, distressed look on black and white film, Bradburn says: "The aim was to create a tense, unnerving and gripping narrative over the length of the song. As a director I was attracted to the mix of brutality and beauty within the music and this is what I hoped to reflect in the imagery."

Neck your pint. Snap your pool cue. Are you seeing red yet? Then you’re ready to watch Will Hooper’s furious fever dream for Slaves.One More Day Won’t Hurt is the punk duo’s missive on a very specific kind of geezer — a “small town thug” banging his chest and necking lines outside your local. In the violent visual, Will Hooper skewers toxic masculinity with a bloody broadside of images: skin, nails, collisions, slops and viscera.This represents a brave and abrupt shift of gear for Will Hooper, he of domestic wit and charming homemade props. The young director is the current darling of slacker rock. In his frequently hilarious videos for Idles, Marika Hackman, Our Girl and APRE, Hooper settles on a distinctly millennial sense of apathy and malaise. But in his latest video, the anger is uncomfortably tangible. It’s as if Slaves, Hooper and you, the viewer, are all thinking of the same person.The video aims to evoke the chaos of a violent nightmare.The video was shot by Jamie Harding on Super-16mm, Mini DV and a variety of “silly and wonderful” cameras including an Infrared Cam — in moments, you are literally seeing red. Sam Allen’s gonzo edit is a highlight, building to a climax so fervid they needed to add a leisurely credits sequence, if only to allow the ringing in your ears to subside."The vid aims to evoke the chaos of a violent nightmare," Hooper explains. "A feverish vision of toxic masculinity that feels like metal pins through flesh whilst necking a pint of Red Bull."Job done.