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So we thought we'd better UNLEASH!!! our first song in a year or so on you. Ready? This won't be the single, it'll just be the first song released. It's WAAAAY too heavy for a single, probably the heaviest on the whole album. It is entitled The Concept of a Nightmare, and is the shortest "proper" song on there. It references Lyophilisation at points, but it's not blatantly obvious on first listen. Massive thanks to the Prague Symphony Orchestra.
The Concept of a Nightmare (4:54) (Technical Death Metal/ Symphonic Metal)
A driving, forceful combination of violins and war drums introduces, in a building crescendo and the tension is mounting. In the background, you can hear blast beats starting to fade in, alongside a heavy, groovy guitar. At approximately the 30 second mark, everything breaks down and it goes into an extremely technical, hard hitting and heavy riff. The drums are pure death metal, with slight grindcore and punk influences and with Harry playing a slap bass. After this intro is done, it turns faster, almost thrashy, and Jason lets out a massive bellow, with him yelping the lyrics of the chorus beneath it. This riff continues with different variations and a gallop develops. The violins and other orchestral instruments join in, such as brass, drums and a choir repeating the chorus slowly in the background to build tension. Jason then shouts the long segment in the middle, almost as if in a strained rant. Aaron plays a complicated mixture of arpeggios and power chords in the background whilst this happens. On his guitar, Jason plays alongside the gallop. Stevie is using the double-bass here quite extravagantly. After this part, it then goes back into a thrashy rhythm and subsequently a duel guitar solo, with a third guitar setting the rhythm in the background. This utilises Jasons triple-layered guitar technique of producing. The bridge is then shouted by Aaron and Harry, underneath another longer, more pained scream of Jason. Then, everything slows down, to a bluesy rhythm. A massive, epic, confusing guitar solo is played by Jason, reminiscent to something Pink Floyd may have done. This lasts for about 25 seconds, before it speeds up into the “hunt down” part, which consists of Jason having double tracked vocals for the entirety of the verse. It then goes back to the chorus, before violins play the song out amongst an electronic ticking in the background and demonic voices.
You fell from your perch on top of your sanity,
The only thing that exceeded your hate was your vanity,
So when I ask only this of your my dear,
I ask, can’t you see me standing right here?
You’re not perfect,
You will never be,
Your deceit, it knows no boundaries,
Your own futility,
This dream of yours is null and void,
You’re too pretentious to understand,
That knowledge and superiority,
Doesn’t even make a man,
The lucid power beckons,
Are you going to take the bait?
It seems the tide is turning,
In an awful twist of fate.
You will not be welcome,
You will not be free,
The only thing that will remain,
Is your curiosity,
You sicken to the stomach,
You chill to the bone,
Go ahead, I dare you,
Pick up the fucking phone.
Can you even be bothered?
Do you even care?
I am just stood here,
Waiting in your nightmare.
Go down!
Bow down!
To the gods that you’ve fabricated!
Go down!
Bow down!
Are you happy understanding yourself?
So you’d!
Love to!
Run from all the horror and the pain!
Hunt down!
Bow down!
WOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
You fell from your perch on top of your sanity,
The only thing that exceeded your hate was your vanity,
So when I ask only this of your my dear,
I ask, can’t you see me standing right here? |
Awards (stroking myself and thinking I'm superior): @Chaos awards:Best Band - Mind Best Album - Shattered Fairytale by Mind Technical Ecstasy - Jason Smith (x3) Best Solo Male - Jason Smith Birdies:Best Producer - Jason Smith   |
