Music videos are the visual equivalent of short stories
These ones are for all those carnival lovers that want a playlist of music videos featuring carnivals, clowns, freaks, and circuses, as well as great music.
The following ten music videos all have carnival-based themes.
Enjoy.
Motionless in White is an American heavy metal band.
America is the third single on Motionless in White’s second album Infamous, released in 2012. The music video was directed by M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan of Slipknot.
Ice Nine Kills is a horror-themed American heavy metal band.
It is the End is based on the horror movie/book It by Stephen King. It’s the thirteenth song on Ice Nine Kills’ fifth album The Silver Scream, released in 2018.
This video clip is relatively long at 14:17 because it forms part 5 of a storyline running through a number of music videos in which Spencer Charnas, INK frontman, is suspected of killing people
In the Trench is an American rock/metal band.
Haunted is a single released in 2021 and the music video was released in 2022. This video has won a bunch of awards at film festivals.
Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band.
The Absurd Circus is the eponymous single on Labyrinth’s ninth album. The music video was released in November 2020 while the album was released in January 2021.
SPACEMAK3R is an American nu metal band.
Circus is the fourth song on SPACEMAK3R’s first album, released in 2010.
CADAVERIA is an Italian metal band.
Carnival of Doom was the first single released from CADAVERIA’s fifth album Silence, released in 2014.
Poets of the Fall is a Finnish rock band.
Carnival of Doom is the eponymous song from Poets of the Fall’s second album, released in 2006. This video was very popular in Finland and won a bunch of awards.
Raven Black is an American metal band.
Carnival is from Raven Black’s third album The Key, released in 2020.
Freak Kitchen is a Swedish rock band.
Freak of the Week is the second song on Freak Kitchen’s eighth album Cooking with Pagans, released in 2014. The money to make the music video was raised through Kickstarter.
Kiss is an American rock band.
Psycho Circus is the eponymous song on Kiss’s eighteenth album released in 1998.
Published: 4 November 2022
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