BRUTE!'S first excursion into animation began in 1987 with its 'ROCKY!' ident for MTV. It was, at the time, the most expensive animation ever commissioned by the music channel and received heavy rotation over the following years. In 1993 KMFDM hired BRUTE! to create a music video for 'Drug Against War'. With H-Gun Studios in Chicago providing the cel-frame and computer animators, the film went on to become a firm favourite on several stations that year. It was also the first time Aidan had worked with Behemoth, the film makers who were to collaborate on two more BRUTE! animations, ZPC - No Flesh Shall Be Spared and the second KMFDM video, 'Son of a Gun'.

BRUTE! also worked with ZOMBIE Virtual Reality Entertainment to create ZPC (Zero Population Count), a 3D shooter released in November, 1996 to much critical acclaim and corresponding holiday sales.

The game's black humor and over-the-top apocalyptic story line helped create an anticipation that one critic referred to as its "pre-release cult," but one of the main reasons for that "cult" was the game's graphic design. ZPC owes its look more to Lynd Ward and Franz Masereel than to Robotech or X-Men. For many game players, it was about time an action game came out that didn't look like a painting airbrushed on the side of a van, circa 1978.

To see some of the animated movies from the game, select one of the thumbnails to the right.

Future projects include: 'Jerusalem' (based on the William Blake hymn) and 'ZPC' (full-length animated feature).

The first three videos use quicktime. For the rest you will need the free RealPlayer to view these videos.