The start of a new year of songs, and the start of a few new features.
Firstly, newly redesigned logos, album art and other miscellaneous pretty things.
Secondly, a new series within the songs. Uncovered. Which is me covering songs written by other people…. and they won’t always be the most obvious source material.
This is THAT song by John Paul Young. Partly I did it to make all your heads explode…. Boom. 
It is finished.
52 weeks…. 1 song every week….
Over 4 hours of free metal.
It is has been a rewarding experiment, it has allowed me to express and develop my own unique style…. which I’ve dubbed Experimetal - it is basically what happens when all my various influences get mixed in together. Those influences being from old school thrash to progressive metal…. from crazy shred to slow blues…. from electro industrial to stripped down punk…. from the extreme and gothic to church worship and hymns….
This song is sort of a culmination, summation and mission statement…. a way for me to cap off and finalise the year. It has some familiar themes - chaos, nihilism - but mixes in references the laws of thermodynamics. Totally my kind of song….
And remember that death is not the end…. but only a transition.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Corruption spreading
To all of the world
Watch it all crumble
Watch it all tumbleChorus:
There’s a game
You cannot win
You will lose
You cannot quitVerse 2:
No happy ending
Loaded dice to roll
Feel it all shatter
Feel it not matter
Bridge:
Ending the pain
Give into nature
There is no
Meaning to
The universe
Embracing the laws
For heat death will conquer all….
Wikipedia says: “The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord’s Supper and other names, is one of the Christian sacraments said to have been instituted by Jesus of Nazareth.” Most churches in some way celebrate this barbaric ritual. I say barbaric, because it has roots in pagan sacrificial worship…. not surprising since Christianity ripped off virtually every one of its ideas, idols and instructions from someone else (bonus points for those who can name the one original idea…. hint, it came after the Bible was written).
Not only is the word silly, but so are the whole host of theologies that its presence has precipitated. Even when you strip it away to the core, you still are left with the ludicrous idea that the human avatar of God died for our sins, and was raised again on the “third” day, and that somehow God dying is the only way to satisfy Gods need for vengeance. It is this lie that is at the heart of Christianity, a lie based on nothing but a few virtually anonymous conflicting accounts of events.
This song draws on these various themes, and the anger I feel when I realise how much these simple lies have corrupted not just my own life, but the course of history for the entire world…. It would be nice to wake up tomorrow and have everyone see the truth and give up on all the various falsehoods they believe, religious or otherwise, but that is impossible…. Instead, I hope this song can help change the views of even one person. If that were to happen I would be filled with εὐχαριστία.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
This is my body
This is my blood
Sustained by lies my son
Build up my people
Build up my church
Founded on rock of noneChorus:
You car wrist
False god feast
Must resist
Eat the beastVerse 2:
Bow down to wafers
Bow down to wine
Nothing inside the books
Give to the father
Give to the cause
Pay the price for crooksBridge:
Sand under foundation
Leave truth at the door
Blind entire nation
Obey sacred whore
Religion corrupting
All it does enthral
Fight back is erupting
We will kill ‘em allVerse 3:
Destroy the dogma
Destroy the lies
All faith shattered by doubt
Rely on logic
Rely on truth
Escape the damned devout
So, I have a new guitar, an Ibanez RG-1570. One of their Prestige guitars, made in Japan, totally designed to shred…. but also able to pull some nice slow bluesy licks.
This song was recorded with that guitar. Hence, it is a guitar driven instrumental, and hence I tried out various sounds and styles….
Not much more to say than that.
Ars Moriendi…. The Art of Dying….
A metal song, with nothing to do with Medieval theology, but some lyrical influence from Battlestar Galactica…. especially the episode Revelations that I watched last night…. which in turn brings with more influences than there is sand on that beach…. You maniacs!
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Clouding our minds
Darkening skies
All here reminds
Silencing mirth
Prepare for worst
Across the earth
Hearing the sound
Cutting them down
Death is aroundChorus:
Welcome to the end
Now say goodbye
Ars MoriendiVerse 2:
No way to pause
Returned echoes
Of our own cause
Seed that we’ve sown
Corrupting our soul
Death by our own
The last hurrah
Of our worldwide
Dystopia
This song is about me….
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Feeling the cold in your bones
Nobody cares for your moans
Shielding their eyes from the glare
Reflecting from your despair
Another cube on the line
Frozen in place by the shineChorus:
Glaciers growing across the sun
Sleet and rain on everyone
Draining away the season
For frozen summers have begunVerse 2:
Icicles hold you in place
Destroyed by the lies of grace
Wishing you could feel the warm
Or just shelter from the storm
Allow you to heal the scar
Hide from the dark of the star
So…. I recorded a song for this week, but Garageband decided to crash instead of saving my work…. which led to my blue Jackson Kelly being rendered unusable.
Instead of rerecording that song, I decided to write an instrumental to purge some of the bad emotions…. and this is that song. It has a nice bluesy feel - probably from the combo of the A pentatonic blues scale, a cheap strat knockoff thru a class A amp (although its only a model) and the cheesy organ…. Of course, it wouldn’t be a song of mine if it didn’t have some weird noises, heavy riffs and over-the-top shred (which even includes some of that two handed tapping)
The title refers to the broken guitar, but is also a tip of the hat to Merlin Mann (aka hotdogsladies) and the You Look Nice Today podcast. Of course…. if those guys hear this and mention me…. My cunning plan will have worked….
This is what happens when I play around with the chords to Lord I Lift Your Name On High, and take some inspiration from my new favourite band of the moment - The Birthday Massacre.
Of course, when you mix up all those elements, fold in my stream of subconsciousness lyrics, and pour on a bucket of lead guitar action it still ends up sounding like my usual unique experimetal.
But feel free to tell me what you think….
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Step right through
Take a seat here
Please ignore
Stains on the floor.
Welcome to
Your darkest fear
It’s all right
Enter the lightChorus:
You dream of heaven
Cult of the seven
Erode all reason
Carnage in seasonVerse 2:
Open wide
We won’t be long
Soon you will
See your blood spill.
You can’t hide
Your choices wrong
You get iced
Just like your christ.
Another instrumental…. with the emphasis on the mental. I decided to have a play with lots of synths, a sample, my guitar and the Hungarian Gypsy scale. This was the result.
I like it…. but it’d be great if you could leave a comment and tell me how y’all feel about it.
Another week, another song. My usual yay chaos! type lyrics…. My usual yay metal! type music. But it does mark the return of the flute….
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Fight for death
Right of way
Take my breath
Wake from dayChorus:
Bring on the final
No faith survival
Splitting the spinal
Chaos arrivalVerse 2:
Bring our force
Cling to crux
Reject source
We heart flux
