It’s hard to believe that the greatest video in both internet and heavy metal history has already turned 10. Back in 2013, a little-known Texas metalcore band called Live Without uploaded a clip called “The Denny’s Grand Slam” to YouTube. And now they are forever etched into our genre’s history because of it.
The legendary footage, viewable in its full glory below, shows the four-piece bringing some particularly rowdy metalcore to a disused branch of Denny’s. It’s been stripped of all its chairs and tables by the looks of it, leaving space for the crowd in attendance to go rabid – which they do instantly. For the entire four-minute clip, Live Without rage like they’re headlining Download Festival, and their audience does all the animated hardcore dancing any band of their niche would ever hope to see.
