In the bed, Adam Grembowski as "He" and Carola Eriksson as "She", filmed by Rainer Holmgren, the director of the video.

In the bath, Carola Eriksson as "She". Around the bath can be seen the three dancers Jonna Martimo, Madeléne Lindblad and Frida Andersson as the rag demons.

"We would like to thank all the people involved in the making of this video - you were all great! We would also like to thank Eskilstuna Kommun, the Fire Departement, Uffe at Eskilstuna Fyndmarknad, Kenneth at Farghuset, the elder man at the junk sale, Bodil, Kenneth and Jesper Langell/Eriksson, Johanna Iggsten, Niklas and Adam, Fredrik at Spectra Light and Ola at Rig Hire - you were all important keys for the preparations for this video."

/ Pain of Salvation

On the 21st of August, 2000, Pain of Salvation recorded the video for "Ashes". The preceding days the band had built the complete set themselves in a large industry hall in Eskilstuna, to get everything their own way. The video was directed and edited by Swedish upcoming star Rainer Holmgren. An entire room was built and furnished in the industry hall, just to be wrecked and burnt down a few hours later, since the complete shooting was done on one single day.

The video is on the Limited Edition of "The Perfect Element, part I" as part of a CD-Rom track, along with some previous POS videos.

In the bed, Adam Grembowski as "He". Around the bed from left to right: Rainer Holmgren (director), Marcello, (light engineer), Daniel Gildenlow and Thomas Wallén (manager).

Daniel Gildenlow, Kristoffer Gildenlow and Fredrik Hermansson filmed by Rainer Holmgren.

The roles and actors:
Klara Iggsten as Young She
Carola Eriksson as Grown up She
Erik Roman as Young He
Adam Grembowski as Grown up He
Bosse Lundkvist as Her Father
Jonna Martimo, Madeléne Lindblad and Frida Andersson as Rag Demons
The band members as themselves
Make-up by Anders Bratas
Light by Marcello
Catering by Johanna Iggsten and Johan Langell

Photos by Annica Dahlgren