Swords and gladiators go together like metal and headbanging -- which is why 3 Inches of Blood staged their video for "Trial of Champions" inside the ring of death. "The song is pretty much a classic underdog scenario where a downtrodden hero rises to overcome adversity," says 3IOB singer Cam Pipes. "The video shows what the hero must overcome to win his freedom."
The clip will debut on Thursday on Headbangers Ball Blog and will receive its on-air premiere on Saturday on Headbangers Ball on MTV2. (Click "read more" for more from Pipes and a video interview with the band and producer Joey Jordison).
Like the band's music, the "Trial of Champions" video is blunt, in-your face stuff with no hidden subtext; what you see is what you get. "There's no complicated or deep meaning to the song or video, just a gritty story of gladiators fighting to the death to escape captivity," Pipes says. "There are quick cuts of weapons clashing, bodies falling, and a Roman governor overseeing the bloodshed with malicious glee."
With the song's theme in mind, 3IOB reached into the sturdy metal vaults of time to capture the right mood. "The music itself is a straight rocker, very much influenced by the likes of Deep Purple and Uriah Heep," Pipes says. "We could hear what we were being influenced by as we were writing it, so we added the organ in the recording to further enhance the feel we were getting from the song already."
Now watch 3 Inches of Blood talk about the "Trial of Champions" video on camera:
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