In April of 2020, Norwegian Black ‘n Roll brigade VREID, were invited by the Norwegian Nobel Peace Center and the Inferno Festival to perform a cover song of their choosing as a part of the “Songs that change the world” series. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic the event couldn’t take place.

Nevertheless, VREID decided to continue this creative path and recorded the song, which has never been released. The song the band decided to interpret is the rock anthem “Paint it Black” by the THE ROLLING STONES, as the band regards this track among one of the most important pioneer songs for Rock n´ Roll, and a blueprint from where this tree of heavy music culture has grown into a many headed beast for 7 decades now.

This song and video are a celebration of the fantastic creativity that started in the 1960s and have been developed by so many great artists and bands ever since. VREID has incorporated their humble respect to many of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s greatest musicians.

You can listen to the cover of “Pain It Black” in the following video: