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Band members Anton Patzner, violin, who has also recorded with East Bay bands Poor Bailey and Audrye Sessions but is better know for his work in the indie-rock great Bright Eyes, plays with a well-balanced match, his brother, Lewis Patzner, on cello, and Jon Bush on drums.

An experimental take on darker classical sound, Judgment Day has an unmistakable pure metal vibe through use of effects petals on the cello and violin. The band says some of their influences include music such as Refused, Mars Volta, Shostakovich and Bartok but their sound has a surprising blend you most likely haven’t caught before. The first obvious difference is the absence of guitars. Instead Anton takes the role of lead guitar with his violin while Lewis seems to be fitting the roll of rhythm guitar.

The video for “Out of the Abyss” is destined to leak out of the coffee house basement from where it was shot. Director Travis Jones and assistant director, special effects and editing by Adam Rygiol, have created a feast of flesh for the zombies as the band becomes their unlucky meal.

Look forward to a an undead bride and groom backed by music that any Night of the Living Dead movie is lacking. But you will have to wait until the end of November when the music video comes out on You Tube.

From the darkened corners of a quite basement the sight of ever-nearing zombies, creeping towards the members of Oakland based band Judgment Day, lingered in the air like a cold and dreary prison

This is a scene from their latest video shoot for
the song “Out of the Abyss,” off the bands first album, “Dark Opus” which they released back in 2004.

“Right now it's (Out of the Abyss) a bonus track when you buy the album online, like on itunes or rhapsody,” said Anton.