Claustrofobia released this Sunday, the 22nd, the music video for the track “Força Além da Força”, the Portuguese version of “Strength Beyond Strength” by Pantera .
Initially released exclusively on the physical version of the Unleeched in Brazil ( buy it here ), the song is now available on all streaming platforms and has a music video.
The video was written, directed, and edited by the band's own drummer, Caio D'Angelo, drawing inspiration from Twisted Sister . “We invited our dear little brother, drummer Willy Johnson, who acted for the first time, and he simply killed it, making this work incredible. Without a doubt, his performance is the highlight of the music video. The video is contagious, ironic, and extremely aggressive,” he says.
In an interview with Wikimetal , vocalist and guitarist Marcus D'Angelo commented on the idea of creating a Brazilian version of the song, which was originally intended to be recorded in English. “We were working [on the album] and two American friends came over, we played it for them. They didn't know much about metal, but they knew Pantera,” he recounted. “They listened and said, 'Wow, it's exactly the same, isn't it? Why don't you do it in Portuguese?'”
The next challenge was to write Portuguese lyrics for the track, released by Pantera on the album Far Beyond Driven . "The lyrics are very personal," Marcus pointed out. "We started writing and fitting things together, it started to get kind of funny... Then it became like it was our own song."
Watch the video below or listen to the version by Claustrofobia:
