Infected Mushroom - Smashing the Opponent

What this video is

Released in 2009 as the lead single from 'Legend of the Black Shawarma,' this video captures Infected Mushroom at the apex of their genre-fusion ambition—bridging the Israeli psytrance underground with the emerging US festival mega-culture. Shot partly at Electric Daisy Carnival Los Angeles (90,000+ attendees), the video documents the early mainstreaming of large-scale electronic music festivals in the United…

Why it matters

Represents a pivotal moment in psytrance's attempted mainstream crossover, pairing one of the world's top-ranked psy-trance acts (DJMag Top 100 #9 in 2007) with a nu-metal icon. The video is a primary artifact of the late-2000s electronic-rock fusion movement that prefigured the EDM explosion and…

The director

Petro is a Los Angeles-based music video director active in the late 2000s–2010s, known for directing visually kinetic videos across the electronic and pop landscape. Documented credits include Avicii's 'Levels' (2011), Zedd's 'Spectrum' (2012), and multiple…