Maq Brown
North Carolina-based melodic death metal group Blackwater Drowning has just dropped a new video for their track "The Caged" from their debut album Sonder // Satori, released through Blood Blast Distribution. Vocalist Morgan Riley shares that the song is about breaking free from the mundane and not wasting your time in a rat race.
The video, filmed by Garrett Barefoot, features fire dancers, vintage cars, and nods to Mad Max with its post-apocalyptic feel.
Discussing the subject matter for the lyrics, vocalist Morgan Riley offers:
"It's about breaking free of the mundane. We all die the same no matter what we got in life, so why pour your minutes into the rat race and never be happy? For the video, Garrett the videographer came up with the idea of fire as a whole concept. Fire is both destructive and cleansing, and that's a fitting application for the theme of the song. There is a note of excess with the awesome vintage cars and fire dancer, balanced with the rawness of our own performances. We feel the video captures the spirit of 'The Caged', the dichotomy of dark, light, and the desire to go out in a blaze of glory."
The video was filmed by Garrett Barefoot, who also was a part of the production for the bands latest album Sonder // Satori and behind the lead single and video from the album Aberrant Leaves.
Commenting on the video Garret states:
"Creating with Blackwater Drowning has been some of the most intense, visceral and being entirely candid, deeply emotional experiences of my entire career! When I proposed to BWD about doing a second video they were elated at the prospect. I explained that I saw simply fire and wanted to chase that concept. They lined up their resources and crew while I learned some basic pyrotechnics and the rest was history. I'm forever impressed by their ingenuity and how they can pull off anything, regardless of the obstacles. 'The Caged' is one of my favourite video productions to date and making it was so damn cool. Blackwater never ceases to amaze me!"
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