BURY TOMORROW - An Honourable Reign

What this video is

Released in May 2012 as the third single from Bury Tomorrow's second album 'The Union of Crowns' (Nuclear Blast, July 2012), this video arrived at a pivotal moment for British metalcore's international credibility. The band had recently signed to Nuclear Blast Records — the world's largest heavy metal label — signalling a significant commercial and geographic expansion for the Southampton-born act. The video's…

Why it matters

Represents a canonical example of early-2010s British melodic metalcore music video production: naturalistic location photography, rapid performance editing, and muted high-contrast grading used to amplify live-energy intensity. The video documents Bury Tomorrow's artistic identity at the moment…

The director

Ben Thornley and Paul Burrows are the co-directing duo behind Sitcom Soldiers Ltd, a Manchester-based music video and commercial production company active since at least 2010. Thornley is described as a cinematographer and director working worldwide since…