SLAYER’s video for the song “Eyes of the Insane” has been posted online exclusively at this address.
Directed by Iranian filmmaker Tony Petrossian, “Eyes of the Insane” is a first-person narrative about the horrors leading up to the final moments of a solder at war.
The entire video is a close-up of the soldier’s eye with clearly reflected images of para trooping into enemy territory, gunfire, helicopters and tanks, explosions, poignant flashbacks of his wife and child and home, and the images of his death. Two endings were filmed — one where the soldier dies from his combat injuries, and the other where he commits suicide.
The lyrics for “Eyes of the Insane” were written by Tom Araya and the song was inspired by a magazine article entitled “Casualty of War”. The article told the story about a highly-decorated U.S. soldier in Iraq who, a mere four days away from going home, had a mental breakdown that and took his own life.
Meanwhile, it transpired that SLAYER will visit the Spangdahlem U.S. Air Force Base in Germany on November 8. The show is a part of their European Unholy Alliance Tour.They will head back to the USA just before Thanksgiving and start a US tour shortly after.