Behold the bizarro heavy metal band from Australia, Barbariön!
Heavy metal band Barbariön hails from Melbourne, Australia and have been serving up their special brand of WTF since 2007. To me if you add one part Twisted Sister, shake in a little vintage Manowar (because loincloths) and a heavy heaping of GWAR with a side of Lordi, then you’ve pretty much got Barbariön.
With a catalog full of songs with manly sounding titles such as “Bare Knuckle, Bare Chest,” ‘Cocaine Maiden,” and “Touch the Devil” it’s kind of hard to knock a band that are inspired by fire, pyrotechnics, medieval costumes, meat, and lots of facial hair. The video for the subject of this post comes from the band’s three song EP from 2011, My Rock and it’s nothing short of insane heavy metal teenage fever dream. Though it’s clearly influenced by many videos from the past such as Twisted Sister’s 1984 screw you anthem, “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” Dio’s “Holy Diver” and pretty much any video by GWAR, it’s utterly fantastic to behold and makes me miss the days when bands made videos that resembled mini B-movies.
If you happen to reside in or near Adelaide you can catch Barbariön at the aptly titled Fringe Festival on February 13th.
Barbariön’s epic video from 2011 for their single, ‘My Rock.’
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Delightful photos of heavy metal fans, captured in mid-headbang
This Bud’s for you, headbangers: Ronnie James Dio’s 1983 Budweiser ad