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HIMSA's 'Sleezevil' Video To Debut On MTV2 This Weekend

February 17, 2006

HIMSA's brand new music video for "Sleezevil", from the Prosthetic Records release "Hail Horror", will make its television debut this Saturday, Feb. 18, on a 60-minute edition of MTV2's "Headbangers Ball". Directed by Derek Dale, who also handled the "Rain To The Sound of Panic" video from HIMSA's critically-acclaimed "Courting Tragedy And Disaster" album, the "Sleezevil" footage was shot over Halloween weekend in downtown Los Angeles and promises to show fans and newcomers alike another side of the band, reflecting HIMSA's dark sense of humor. Mixing scantily clad nurses, mad doctors, and mosh pits, the "Sleezevil" video recalls the glory days of tongue-in-cheek '80s metal videos, while combining modern-day heavy metal intensity and credibility. Photos from the shoot can be seen at this location.

"It was fun," guitarist Sammi Curr says of the video shoot. "We just came off the DANZIG tour, so we were really tired, but Derek [Dale] is an awesome guy. He offers really good input, he pretty much saw what we were talking about for an idea, and talked about treatment for it. There were no translation problems between the idea and the result....it even came out better."

"I originally came up with the idea during 'Courting Tragedy & Disaster', but it was too funny at the time, not serious enough," Curr continued. "It got vetoed back in the day, but when we were talking about an idea for new video, Derek [Harn, bassist] suggested the old video idea. The band has changed so much, that we don't have to do the dramatic stuff with girls and everything...we dont care about that shit anymore."

Currently headlining club shows, HIMSA will meet up with Prosthetic labelmates THE ACACIA STRAIN to be part of DARKEST HOUR's "Undoing Ruin 2006" tour beginning Feb. 17 in New York. Never a band to stay off the road, HIMSA will also return to Europe in April and May shortly after completing its current round of U.S. dates.

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