Guitarist and producer Val Santos released an intense and energetic music video for the song "Fire" today, the 28th. The song's aggressiveness has been transformed into an audiovisual piece directed by Pietro Sargentelli , who has directed over 40 music videos, including those for artists like Jota Quest.
According to Val, this music video is special because it's his first video filmed in person: “I wanted it to have a lot of energy, since the song is heavy and fast – it was like I was freeing myself from this damn pandemic.” The video also features special appearances by Alexandre Grunheidt , vocalist and guitarist of the band Ancesttral , and Yohan Kisser , member of the band Sioux 66 and son of Andreas Kisser of Sepultura . “I hope everyone likes it, because it was made with a lot of love, especially love for heavy music.”
The track is part of the album 1986 , Val's first solo album, which was released last year by the Wikimetal Music . The album is a tribute to 80s metal, more specifically, to the year that gives the project its name, in which classics such as Reign in Blood ( Slayer ), Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? ( Megadeth ) and Master of Puppets ( Metallica ) were released.
This last one directly influenced “Fire”. Val sought inspiration in the deadly speed of “Battery” to create the song – and, to make it even heavier, he also used a tuning technique lower than normal, in C. Val was responsible for the first solo, the arrangements and the production of the track, while Rob Gutierrez ( Hollowmind ) was the composer of the lyrics.
