I thought I'd share the dark, bloody, and fascinating video from Trent Reznor's new band with his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS. Not only do I love the music, I'm haunted by the video as I try to piece together the story of what happened. (To see the video for all its intriguing detail, watch it on a bigger window at Pitchfork TV or on YouTube.
I'm curious to hear what you think took place in the video. To enter the contest, just post a comment with your thoughts, even if it's just to say that you loved/hated the video.
PRIZES
1st Prize: (Two winners) a signed copy of Black Dust Mambo or a signed set of A Rush of Wings, In the Blood, and Beneath the Skin (winner’s choice)
2nd Prize: a signed copy of A Rush of Wings or In the Blood or Beneath the Skin (winner’s choice)
3rd Prize: a $15 e-gift certificate to Amazon.com or BN.com (winner’s choice)
4th Prize: a nightkind coffee mug
CONTEST ENDS JUNE 15TH
That was a really amazing video. I also thought that the couple sitting on the couch and chair murdered the couple that was lying on the floor. It seems like it is a hotel room, also. Mariqueen has a lovely voice. =)
Strike that remark about believing it’s in a hotel room…Kind of lacking sleep and forgot it showed in the beginning of the video through the showing of the door with the key card locking mechanism that it is a hotel room.
Loved the video and song! I have no idea what the storyline is but that’s okay. Her voice is amazing! I’m gonna go watch it again!!!!!! Thanks for the great contest!
Wow, brilliant imagery-some kind of otherworldly hit imho…It is nice to see how much TR has progressed since Head like a Hole…bravo, and that’s a release I’ll be sure to purchase…
Very different. I have not heard of this artist before. Very haunting voice and video. Thank you for sharing.
The music was very good but i found that tapping sound in the background was too loud and took away from the music.
Hey Adrian! Loved the video! Thoughts on what may have happened: Murder-suicide. She looks like a fairly decent girl who was conned into dating some charming guy. It looks like it went well for a while but there was unspoken probles and alot of strife on her side, she may have tried to figure out what was going on with him and what he was using the relationship for until one day/night she was fed up with it and exploded on him in an angry, confused and stressed induced manner. The girl on the phone maybe a friend calling parents or authorities to report what happen or, since the other woman is stil alive, trying to get help to save the lasting life in the other room. After seeing that the she had killed her lover who was probably conning her (woman in the room) she went into a hysterical rage and decided to commit suicide but the suicide is slow because she chose to bleed to death and the song is her last words, she maybe telling everyone what happened or just wants to get worde out or maybe there is a hidden message in the song, some wish, desire or previous regret before all of what may have happened, happened.
Those are my toughts, maybe very mundane, and love the video and song! I can see why your haunted by it, I would be too.
The video was a little creepy but I guess that is what they were going for. I thought it fit the music great. I think the couple in the hotel was having an affair and a jealous lover caught them and killed them. I am not sure what to think about the two people in the lobby unless it is some symbolism about people caught up in their own stuff and not paying attention to what is happening around them. I can’t wait to hear more from them.
I thought it was really cool. It looked to me like it was showing all the differant episodes that happened in that room over time.
Wow, I just watched the video and I loved the dark theme. The slow melodic tone of the song makes it haunting to listen to, and Mariqueen does indeed have a beautiful voice.
The video, though very intriguing, didn’t seem, to me, to have a definable meaning.
What I saw in the video was, a man and a woman came back to their hotel suite on the night of their wedding, they were accosted by a man (the man smoking in the chair) who, for his own enjoyment, killed the couple, and watched them slowly die together. (I’m not sure the reason for the young woman being there, she seems unaffected by the things surrounding her, and seems to only care about talking on the phone to, I presume, her friend.((Perhaps a reference to the youth of today, so caught up in themselves and technology?))) The tears on the dead wife’s face indicate to me, that she begged for her life and that of her husbands.
I think the fire, is perhaps the most symbolic thing of all, consuming everything and eventually turning everything to ash.
(I watched the video a number of times to try to understand it better and eventually had to mute the sound to concentrate on what was going on. It made me think a lot.)
I really enjoyed the song, and the song combined with the video reminded me a little of some older NIN stuff. *g*
WOW! Very dark video! It looks to me like the wide got caught having a heroin enhanced affair and hubby catches and kills them. But then I can’t figure out the blonde?
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Looks like the HCK (Honeymoon Couple Killer. FBI think it’s only one person but it’s actually a couple who kill couples on their honeymoons. So it should be the Honeymoon Couple Killers) struck again. Andy and Marleen (the dead couple) have just had the most amazing wedding, it was Marleens dream wedding to be wed in Vegas. Untill they got to their room that is. The HCK had been waiting in their room for hours biding their time while the female of the couple racked up the phone charges becoming friendly with the next target. Andy and Marleen arrived in their room shocked to see the two they thought were a nice couple they had met earlier near the poker table downstairs. The room itself was darkend except a candle they had set up near the head of the bed, the female of the killer duo was sitting on the couch watching as the male confronted the recently wed couple. The Male then preceded to walk to the two to the foot of the bed where he stabbed the husband and laid him to rest. The wife he had saved for last. He handed her a cup and poured her a glass of wine as a celebration of her wedding. He had her sit on the bed and told her everything was going to be ok. He lied. He lept upon her suprising her making her spill the wine onto the bed and breaking the glass during the suprise attack and knocking the candle near the head over the flame just a hairs breath from the fabric of the pillow. He plunged the knife into her belly slicing through vital organs. The man stood dropping the blood stained knife onto the floor. Marleen slid to the floor her blood and wine mixing together on the bed pooling into a congealed mess. She sat there tears streaming down her face trying to reason in her head how such a wonderful day came to a end with this. The Female looked on with a smile and laughed. She picked up the phone and preceded to find their next victims. The male took out a pack of his Lucky Strikes and preceded to light up a cigirette. He sat back down to finish watching the Motorcross show that he had playing on the TV. Just loud enough to keep any unslightly noises from reaching any prying ears.
I didn’t know what they were trying to say in the video and if I knew the lyrics I could probably tell you more. So I made up my own story to go with it. From what I did understand of the lyrics it goes along with marleen trying to piece together what exactly has just happend to her and her beloved. Totally guessing though. Loved the music and am def going to look up more by Trents new project.
Do I need to put my email in the post as well to be enterd in the contest? My email is spiral1358 at yahoo dot com
No worries, Spiralpanda. You’re entered in the contest! 😉
Wow, that really was haunting. I think its about not knowing what goes on behind closed doors, and people being ignorant of what they actually hear. Like, if you hear your neighbor beat up his wife, you just turn the volume up so you can’t hear whats happening. I think the dead woman is wondering why nobody helped her (or them), when they’re in a hotel and probably would have had people in the rooms either side of theirs.
That’s my thoughts….
I really liked the music and video, too.
Have you announced a winner yet? (fingers crossed) 🙂
Not yet, I’ve been super busy with a deadline. I’ll get to it soon. I really appreciate your patience! 🙂
Hi Adrian!
I hate to bother you but you still haven’t announced a winner for this contest. 🙂 Any idea when you will post that? Thanks!!!!!!!!