Hot on the heels of the release of their sophomore full-length "Atlas" last Friday, May 27, Swedish forest rockers Besvärjelsen have launched a new driven and steaming video for the track "The Cardinal Ride".
Besvärjelsen have previously commented on "The Cardinal Ride": "First time I heard the riff for this song I knew I wanted to go punk and messy with the melodies and lyrics", singer Lea Amling Alazam wrote. "I had been reading The Seven Deadly Sins by Karin Boye and the book was lying on the table as I was listening to the track.The first line that came to mind was 'a rollercoaster of the seven deadly sins.' Life is a fucked-up rollercoaster and you never know how the path will turn next, so I wanted to celebrate the ugly parts of life. We live in a glass house society, in which people want to portray themselves as if they have their shit together and be on the right side of life, while most of us are messed up, confused, horny bastards with no self control. It's okay to be a fuck-up. It's okay to run through life not knowing where the hell the road is going. But if you are the type of person, who always gets super drunk and cries at parties, maybe it's time to go and see a shrink. Because chaos is fun, but taking mental health serious is even much cooler. See ya'll in hell!"
Erik Bäckwall added: "Well, "Cardinal Ride" was the only song on the album that started as a jam and evolved from there", the drummer continued. "It was faster at first and had the working name "Sendrag", which means 'Cramp' due to the effect it had on my right leg. The track went through several iterations before Johan finally nailed the arrangement and Lea came up with the perfect vocal melody and lyrics for it." From: https://www.metalkaoz.com/metal-news/27776-besvarjelsen-release-the-cardinal-ride-music-video
