Italian metallers MESMERIZE have issued the following update:

"We are extremely happy to announce that we have just shot our first video clip for the song 'King Of Terror'!

The video, just as the song, originally featured on the Off The Beaten Path album and now re-arranged and re-recorded for the occasion, is dedicated to Diabolik, one of the most famous and long-lived Italian comic characters, of which Folco is a great fan and collector.

This was made possible by the collaboration with Astorina publishing house and Creative Comics studio, and the funding from the town of Vercelli (VC, Italy) where the action takes place: during a Mesmerize gig, Diabolik's girlfriend Eva Kant sneaks backstage to steal a mysterious object, then flees back to their Jaguar where he's waiting for her and her precious loot...

If you look closely at Diabolik's eyes in this picture you may be able to guess who played him... Folco himself!

The videoclip will be presented at the Vercelli Fra Le Nuvole comics festival, whose theme this year is "Music and Comics", and will play continuously for all the festival duration from October 4th to 12th 2008 in the Salone Dugentesco hall; the limited-edition DVD will be given for free on October 12th to the first 150 visitors.

Video clip credits: screenplay by Mario Gomboli (Astorina's director and Diabolik's historical mastermind) - directed by Alessia Di Giovanni (writer and director) and Daniele Statella (comics writer and illustrator) - video shooting and editing by Davide Celoria - photography by Michele Trecate.

After the festival, the video will be made available through Mesmerize website and YouTube... in the meantime you can see some photos from the set in the pics

section!"