Death Is The Answer is the 1st single by Brooklyn, NY's Early Man

Early Man (band)

Early Man is a heavy metal band from Brooklyn, New York, now based in Los Angeles, California. Guitarist and vocalist Mike Conte began performing under the name "Early Man" in the early 2000s, and when drummer Adam Bennati moved to New York in 2003, the two formed the nucleus for the current line-up...

. The song starts off in a very Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

-like manner: slow and heavy. Yet as the song progresses, it steps up tremendously into a speed metal

Speed metal

Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music....

 song, complete with multiple solos. Near the song's conclusion, it returns to the original tempos and riffs.

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for "Death is The Answer" is very straightforward: it mainly shows Adam Bennati

Adam Bennati

Adam Bennati is a musician who was born in Columbus, OH. He has played punk music from a young age. Though he has performed with many different types of groups, he is most known for being the drummer for New York/Los Angeles based heavy metal band, Early Man. Bennati joined up with Mike Conte in...

 and Mike Conte

Mike Conte

Mike Conte is an artist and musician, most well known as the lead singer and founding member of the heavy metal band Early Man . He is 36 years old and is known by many in the music scene as "Early Mike". He began working on what would become Early Man songs in the late 90's using a drum machine...

 playing the song. At parts the video shows a Demolition Derby. There is also a car with the band's name on it, which participated in the Derby. It found moderate rotation on MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

's Headbanger's Ball, which airs every Saturday night at 11:00 PM.

The song is featured in the opening montage in the first episode ("Chapter 1") in the HBO Series Eastbound & Down, which premiered February 15, 2009.