Conquer Divide release new music video for ‘Paralyzed’

CONQUER DIVIDE have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Paralyzed, is the brand new single from the international metalcore band and follows on from their last single, Atonement, which was released earlier this year.

Speaking about the new single, guitarist Kristen Sturgis says, “this song is about battling with mental illness and depression – especially during the pandemic – and feeling like you are too mentally paralyzed to move forward. I was in a dark place because, as some people may or may not know, I am a critical care nurse when I am not touring. I was traveling around the country to all these hot spots to help-out with COVID, and I saw dozens of people lose their lives. And I still really have not fully processed it.

But if you do not disconnect, you can’t do your job effectively. So, it is the kind of depression where you don’t feel anything at all, and you turn your emotions off. There was a point where they had psychologists visiting us on the unit to talk about our feelings. But it was like, ‘I don’t have time for this right now. I need to hang the next bag of x/y/z medication and keep this person alive. Get back to me in a year after this is all over.’ I think a lot of health care workers are also going to have PTSD or depression from what we went through. I hit a bit of writer’s block as a result of my mental state, and this song was a bit cathartic for me.”

Watch the official music video for Paralyzed here: 

As for CONQUER DIVIDE‘s future plans, Sturgis adds, “we’ve all grown so much since our first record. We did a lot of introspection and soul-searching about which creative direction to take the band in next, and we can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on. There will be something for everyone on our sophomore album.”

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