Chelsea Grin - Blind Kings

What this video is

Released November 13, 2020, 'Blind Kings' arrived during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period of creative isolation that pushed many metal bands toward self-funded, independently produced visuals. Chelsea Grin — a Salt Lake City deathcore band formed in 2007 — had undergone a significant lineup change in 2018, replacing vocalist Alex Koehler with former Lorna Shore vocalist Tom Barber, effectively beginning a second…

Why it matters

As a deathcore music video, 'Blind Kings' is significant for its genre-defying visual approach: rather than the typical dark warehouse, gore-heavy, or performance-in-void aesthetic common to deathcore, it deploys a full Western narrative — an unprecedented genre mashup in the deathcore space. This…

The director

Tim Burton is a filmmaker, animator, and writer whose distinctive gothic-fantasy aesthetic has defined Hollywood dark cinema for four decades. Known for Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Burton has also…