Videos of the unholy trinity of Czech black metal

Sadly, if you were to mention "Czech black metal videos," what comes to mind first would likely be Maniac Butcher's "Co Dobré Pro Mne, Dobrým Jest," or perhaps that Trollech video where the members start off playing guitar calf-deep in a creek.  Something akin to the atrocious "Call of the Wintermoon" video and its much deserved parodies--budgetless stuff full of silly in-the-forest posturing.  But long before Barbarud and Vlad Blasphemer were headbanging in the great outdoors or storming bridges with woodcutting implements in jerky slow motion, there were Czech black metal videos.

In fact, all three pioneering Czechoslovakian black metal bands had professional videoclips made roughly around the times of their debut albums.  Think about that--at a time when most of the infamous Norwegian black metal musicians were still playing death metal, these bands had REAL VIDEOS.  Although it wasn't uncommon for old East-European heavy metal bands to have videos, with the exception of Venom, these are probably the earliest black metal production videos ever made.

Yes, yes, I know the black mass-themed video for "Geniové" is better known.  That clip is a fine one too, but there's something I like about this video better.  The seizure-inducing speed of the cuts during the playback parts?  The dramatic hand movements?  Franta and co.'s struggle with the bars of the gate reminding me of the "Breaking the Law" video?

This is the most professional of the three videos.  I'm curious where the interspersed footage is from--I've seen claims that it's from the 1969 eponymous film Kladivo Na Čarodějnice (alternate title: Don't Steal the Communion Wafer, You Old Fucking Hag), which is incorrect, as firstly, that was a black and white movie, and secondly, there's way too much action in the footage here.

We finish with what may well be the greatest extreme metal vid ever made.  I don't mean that in a smug or belittling way, either.  This could have been a disastrously silly video if made under other conditions.  CONDITIONS THAT DON'T INCLUDE BIG BOSS.  The man is a legend, but that doesn't mean we can't be honest about his unconventional age and look, even back then--his slightly maniacal, child molester-esque demeanor lends a genuinely creepy feel to the proceedings here, which is perfect for the theme.