METZ - Mr Plague

What this video is

Released April 2018 during the height of renewed global environmental activism and mass-consumer anxiety, 'Mr Plague' channels noise-rock's tradition of social provocation through fully animated form. METZ, signed to Sub Pop Records, occupied a rare position as a critically acclaimed noise-punk act with mainstream independent reach. The animated format — unusual for the genre — allowed director Shayne Ehman to…

Why it matters

Represents a rare instance of fully animated music video production within the noise-rock/post-hardcore canon, where performance-based or live-footage videos dominate. The work expands the genre's visual vocabulary by deploying surrealist animation as a vehicle for the same confrontational social…

The director

Shayne Ehman is a Canadian director, artist, animator, and musician born in Alberta, Canada. He studied at art universities in Canada and Holland and pursued further study in mythology, folklore botany, environmental preservation, and anthropology. He is…