After first sharing the sonically devastating sounds of their "Dawkins Christ," Swedish hardcore group Refused have now unveiled some cult-inspired sights in a new video for the Freedom single.
The video blends together vintage visuals from various movies and nature films, including a cliff-jumping sacrifice, cult rituals, the sight of a lady with a spider in her mouth, a quick pan across a Hieronymus Bosch painting and the undulating ripple of volcanic magma.
This is scored, of course, with Refused's metal-spiked shards of hardcore and belief system-questioning screams.
Drummer David Sandström released the following statement about the piece: "The title refers to the famous biologist whose atheist theology has inspired a semi-cult who in turn sees him as a messianic figure, an irony that partly inspired the lyrics. The music draws from the film scores of Hans Zimmer and Ennio Morricone as well as pre-Reign in blood Slayer."
As previously reported, Freedom is Refused's first album since 1998's landmark The Shape of Punk to Come. It hits stores June 30 through Epitaph.
The video blends together vintage visuals from various movies and nature films, including a cliff-jumping sacrifice, cult rituals, the sight of a lady with a spider in her mouth, a quick pan across a Hieronymus Bosch painting and the undulating ripple of volcanic magma.
This is scored, of course, with Refused's metal-spiked shards of hardcore and belief system-questioning screams.
Drummer David Sandström released the following statement about the piece: "The title refers to the famous biologist whose atheist theology has inspired a semi-cult who in turn sees him as a messianic figure, an irony that partly inspired the lyrics. The music draws from the film scores of Hans Zimmer and Ennio Morricone as well as pre-Reign in blood Slayer."
As previously reported, Freedom is Refused's first album since 1998's landmark The Shape of Punk to Come. It hits stores June 30 through Epitaph.