Blindside decided to name their fourth album About a Burning Fire because the songs are about the crackling flames of ambition burning within the human heart. However, while working on the video for the album's first single, "All of Us," Blindside longed for a burning fire for a more practical reason — to warm their frozen hands.

The Swedish band, which filmed the clip in December in Romania with director Patrick Hoelck, came to the shoot inadequately dressed. "We thought it was going to be warm in southern Europe," said guitarist Simon Grenehed, "but it was below zero. We didn't want to dress too bulky because we were playing music, and [vocalist] Christian [Lindskog] only wore a T-shirt. We all got sick coming home after that."

In the video, Blindside perform in the middle of a forest while Lindskog chases a girl through the woods, his arms growing progressively longer as he pursues her. Then the tables turn and the young lady chases Lindskog, who flees in fright. "It has a very Tim Burton-esque feel," Grenehed said. "The song made the producer think about running and chasing for some reason."

It's not hard to understand why. Even though Blindside's members are practicing Christians with positive lyrics, their music is angular, ripping and full of raging energy. Sometimes it's also spontaneous. Like the band's single "Pitiful," from its 2002 album, Silence, "All of Us" practically wrote itself. "We wrote it in two hours during preproduction, the week before we went into the studio," Grenehed said. "Christian listened to it and found a melody right away. Every musician loves it when things go that simple."

The track concerns a common Christian precept: learning humility and not being afraid to follow the advice of others. "Everybody has a lot of pride," Grenehed explained. "It's important to give up that arrogance and not be stubborn about doing everything yourself. People suffer from foolishness because of their pride. It's much better to not follow your ego and to find peace within yourself."