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  Title: Born The New Messiah
Release Date: March 16th
Label: Black Tie Productions
Format: CD, LP, Digital Download
Chart Position: #19
Sales: 60,000+
Born The New Messiah is the first solo album by ex-Hellspawn guitarist, Tom Wheels released in May 2012. The whole lyrics of the album were written by Wheels except track 5 which is taken from the band Blood On The Nile and was written by him, his brother and Mike Wesperth. Tom calls this album as his best studio effort since Hellspawn's debut Last Rites and he put a post-apocalyptic feeling on it. The album was recorded in a very short time, from January to February 2012 without the help of another producer but himself. It was recorded and mixed at Tom's own studios, Helldog, which are in London. BTNM features some interesting and famous guests, Jason Smith, Scott H, Sam Maine, Ethan Plyth and his former band-member (in Blood On The Nile) Mike Wesperth. For the album, Tom changed his thrash metal style for a more agressive but progressive genre, the result is an Extreme Metal Album with a lot of Progressive and Experimental touches with a post-apocalyptic story.
Tracklist:
1. Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici [3:29]
2. Live A Lie [4:21]
3. Born The New Messiah [4:17]
4. Forget [4:48]
5. Absolution [5:17]
6. The Dreamer [5.11]
7. As My Life Ends [6:39]
8. Holy Sacrifice [4:49]
9. Where Is Your God Now? [7:24]
* Click on each track's title to hear them!
Credits:
Produced, engineered and mixed by Tom Wheels and Steve Rosenfield.
Mastered by Steve Rosenfield.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Helldog Studios, London.
All songs written by Tom Wheels except Track 5 written by Tom Wheels,
Jason Wheels and Mike Wesperth and Track 8 written by Tom Wheels and
Steve Rosenfield.
The Band:
Tom Wheels - Vocals & Guitars
Steve Rosenfield - Guitars
Mike Olmstead - Bass
Jason Tebbit - Drums
Guests:
Jason Smith - Lead Vocals [Track 2]
Scott H - Lead Vocals [Track 4]
Mike Wesperth - Piano & Violin [Tracks 5 & 7]
Ethan Plyth - Lead Vocals & Piano [Track 6]
Sam Maine - Lead Vocals [Track 8]Edited by user 25 March 2012 05:51:20(UTC)
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1. Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
Lenght: 3:29
Genre: Experimental / Extreme
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels
Music by: Tom Wheels
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici is an experimental song with lyrics based on the comics: V Vor Vendetta. The title is the latin for a phrase often used in the comics. The song starts off with acoustic guitars and feature a dark feeling. The voices of Tom here have a lot of effects. It's like a desperate man talking with you. After the intro, it begins with a very fast drum double-bass beat which is played for the whole song. It ends with 5 guitar solos and then you can hear the same acoustic guitar melody of the begining.
Lyrics:
No more Batch 5...
No more Batch 5...
Strength through unity
Unity through fate
You will know my hate
By the power of truth,
I, while living,
have conquered the universe
Strength through purity
Purity through fate
This is our vengeance full of hate
Release me...
No more batch 5!
Release me...
No coming back!
Guitar solo: Tom
Guitar solo: Steve
Guitar solo: Tom
Guitar solo: Steve
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2. Live A Lie
Feat. Jason Smith
Lenght: 4:21
Genre: Metalcore / Progressive
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels
Music by: Tom Wheels
Live A Lie isn't the best metal song but Jason Smith's voice takes it to a different place. This is another song based on V For Vendetta talking about the dystopian government, Norsefire. The music is a classic mid-tempo metalcore song where Jason is the lead singer and Tom sings the chorous alongisde him. It's a complete metalcore song until 3:11 when it turns into a chaotic progressive song with thousands of different guitar riffs and beats and very similar to Mind's early work.
Lyrics:
I hang my head in sorrow
Angered by fate's design
This world with no tomorrow
Why does it live a lie?
Bound by the laws of madness
There which the darkness preys
Each of us claim to greatness
Chorus:
It fills my life with hope
It watches over me
My own decisions flow
Guitar solo: Tom
Guitar solo: Steve
The promise always broken
Assurances insane
The book is never written
The road is never tamed
You live a lie so faded
Rebuilding facts at dawn
You bet your soul so jaded
We use our will so strong
Guitar solo: Tom
Chorus:
It fills my life with hope
It watches over me
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3. Born The New Messiah
Lenght: 4:17
Genre: Extreme / Thrash
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels
Music by: Tom Wheels
Born The New Messiah is the title-song of the album. A very fast thrash metal effort which is very similar to Hellspawn's style. Here Tom changed the story from V For Vendetta to what humans have done to our own world: Pollution, nuclear disasters and the born of a new messiah who will save us but punish us too, because of what we've done. Musically the song features one of the best guitar solos of the last years and a crushing heavy rhythm.
Lyrics:
Look what you've done to your world
Do you think you deserve all the freedom you have?
Watching the future unfold
Humans fall and you dream of the freedom you had
Look what you've done to your world
Do you think that you're competent even to take care of it?
Do you think you can survive on this earth?
Live the way you do...Look what you've done
Look what you've done now with all of your freedom
You really think you deserve it all?
I am evolved from you, I've come to save you
And without a sentiment, reshape your world
Guitar solo: Tom
Chorus:
Eternal, unceasing, perpetual professing
Never confused, overconfident or scared
Living at last, new messiah is born
Look what you've done to your world
Do you think you deserve all the freedom you have?
The freedom you have...
Look what you’ve done to your world with all of your freedom,
You’ve destroyed it all, there’s nothing left
Chorus:
Eternal, unceasing, perpetual professing
Never confused, overconfident or scared
Living at last, new messiah is born
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4. Forget
Feat. Scott H
Lenght: 4:48
Genre: Thrash / Extreme
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels
Music by: Tom Wheels
Forget...another chance to hear the awesome Scott H in an extreme metal style. A song that will make think you in Blood Of Wecz but with more Thrash influences. The lyrics aren't very clear...we only know they're aren't based on VFV. It tells the story of somebody who is released, who now is free from something. Musically this is one of the fatest songs on the album and is the one without a clear influence from Progressive, this is pure heavy metal.
Lyrics:
We invoke the triad strain
Summoning your end
The signal to transcend
Sight of order we regress
Thrills of chaos reign
Sentient loss unveiled
Chorus:
Forget your destiny
Replace deficiency
Passion with such energy
Cleansing poison
Modern vision
Of virtuosity
Forget what you are
Flesh of holy nothingness
A prisoner of your god no more
Distilled, infectious reckoning
Ravenous minds abound
The future of mankind
Guitar solo: Steve
Chorus:
Forget your destiny
Replace complacency
Power with such energy
Cleansing poison
Modern vision
Of virtuosity
Forget what you are
Replace your mind
A prisoner of your own no more
Forget...
Forget...
But never forgive
Forget...
Forget...
But never rest in peace
Forget, forget, forget
But never forgive!
Forget, forget, forget
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5. Absolution
Feat. Mike Wesperth
Lenght: 5:17
Genre: Extreme / Progressive
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels, Jason Wheels and Mike Wesperth
Music by: Tom Wheels, Jason Wheels and Mike Wesperth
Absolution is a very heavy and dark song. The music for the song was written by Mike, Jason and me and it’s highly influenced by extreme metal but it’s a mid-tempo song, it has a very black metal feeling because of the backup screams and the very heavy guitar riffs. It has also a lot of sudden rhythm changes, courtesy of Mike. The lyrics were written by me and I finished them in one day. It features a wide variety of sounds and we put a piano segment there, played by Mike.
Lyrics:
False prophets lead us to a world of mass destruction
Make us believe their lies of absolution
But now we rise, rise up from destitution
We won't surrender, we shall never fall
The Killing Season has begun...
Fake Heroes, false leaders
Predicating fate in devastation
Fake Priests, false prophets
Predicating lies of absolution
Fake faith inspired by endless lies
Sins washed by their evil hands
Holy sacrifice, we’re blind
Shattering our minds...
Guitar Solo: Tom
Pre-chorus:
The time has come, Rise up from destitution
We won't surrender, Fight the persecutors
The time has come, Rise up from destitution
We won't forgive, Kill the persecutors
Chorus:
No more minds desecration
We have risen from damnation
We have freed our destination
They have known devastation
Guitar Solo: Mike
Guitar Solo: Tom
We will stand tall defiantly, never fall
We will fight tirelessly, never fall
We won’t feel agony, never fall
We will free our destiny, never fall
Eyes have seen...Seen the darkness
Hearts have feel...Feel the sadness
We have seen...Seen the darkness
We have feel...Feel the sadness
Pre-chorus:
The time has come, Rise up from destitution
We won't surrender, Fight the persecutors
The time has come, Rise up from destitution
We won't forgive, Kill the persecutors
Chorus:
No more minds desecration
We have risen from damnation
We have freed our destination
They have known devastation Edited by user 17 March 2012 07:49:46(UTC)
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6. The Dreamer
Feat. Ethan Plyth
Lenght: 5:11
Genre: Progressive
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels
Music by: Tom Wheels
The Dreamer. With Plyth's voice, Tom knew he couldn't write an extreme song because he fits with a more progressive style. The song starts off with an awesome piano melody which is incredibly catchy (the piano is played by Plyth) and then Steve begins to play the exact same melody on his guitar. It tells the story of a man who commited suicide to escape the end, he thinks dreams are his escape...He couldn't resist the Apocalypse and killed himself to dream forever. This is the only song on the album which hasn't a guitar solo.
Lyrics:
As he faces the end, dreams are his escape.
He won’t see reality, no more.
He took his own life, to escape.
Now trapped in a nightmare
Purgatory of souls, he has to stay
Forever here...
His has to wake up
The dreamer just on time
To save him from drowning
In the never ending dark
The dream is over,
The feeling’s gone
And I’m still here in pain.
As he lays on eternity, dreams are his home.
He protects the dreamer from falling on.
His life’s been taken away.
Trapped in a nightmare
Now he’s condemned to stay
Forever here...
I saved your life
Now once again
The night is over, again...
Memories and fears,
Secrets unrevealed,
All merged in one mind.
Now there’s no turning back.
Forever they will pray
This nightmare to stop
No, I won’t let them go! |
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7. As My Life Ends
Feat. Mike Wesperth
Lenght: 6:39
Genre: Extreme
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels
Music by: Tom Wheels
As My Life Ends is very dark and heavy in a Death / Black Metal style it has mid-tempo and very fast parts plus a lot of different riffs. In the middle of it, a violin melody can be heard accompanied by a Piano, both played by Mike Wesperth. The lyrics tell the story of a man that realize he's dying and feels trapped in life and implores for someone to save him. It's a very post-apocalyptic feeling. This song was released as the first single from the album and peaked at #10 in the Digital Downloads chart achieving a gold status for exceeding the 500,000 sales.
Lyrics:
Closed in a shell
Thin line of my hell
Cannot find my way
Cannot find my faith
Starless, Bible Black
All is said and done
Nothing said is new
Nothing said is true
Nothing without you
Chorus:
As my life ends
I know the pain
As my life ends
I know the shame
From purity and from light
With rapture and delight
From purity and from light
I can show you a start of life
Cover me with your arms
Beauty now has endless time
Babies lift up to the sky
Can you share with me your life?
Take me under your wings.
Find me a place in your little world.
Take a care of me.
If you're not afraid what you see.
You can make a dream so real
You can go through the hell
As you breathing beside me
You can hear the nature sing
You can take what life brings
You can go outside your shell
As you breathing beside me
Guitar solo: Tom
I can go through the sky
I can believe that I'll not die
I can make infidels cry
As you breathing beside me
I can win every war
I can carry the weight of words
I can create for us a new world
As you breathing beside me
Chorus:
As my life ends
I know the pain
As my life ends
I know the shame
Darkness falling
Gates are closing
Feelings and heart
Are handicapped
All what's around me
All who I see
The gathering of brainless being
It's so simple to defeat
When there’s nothing more to see
I couldn’t find
A way outside
Help me tame
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8. Holy Sacrifice
Feat. Sam Maine
Lenght: 6:39
Genre: Extreme
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels
Music by: Tom Wheels & Steve Rosenfield
Holy Sacrifice, the wildest song. With a very-powerful vocalist like Sam Maine, you have to write an extreme song. Maine makes one of his best collaborations ever proving why he's one the best. Despite being an Extreme Metal song, it's one of the catchiest on the album because of it's chorous. The lyrics aren't very post-apocalyptic like the other tracks but they're still dark and powerful. Steve Ronsenfield wrote all the guitar riffs and solos of the song.
Lyrics:
Barefoot walking
Victim is guided
Towards his death
His blood spilling over
The tribe gathered
Round in a circle
Victims are offered
To feed their god
White man
Enemy intruder
Claims to be lost
In dead zone for hours
Unnamed deserts
Lost in time
Where thousands bodies lay
He's escorted
By two shadows
Blood painted guardians
To the sacred sacrifice
The holy sacrifice
Guitar solo: Tom
Guitar solo: Steve
Chorus:
Oh, god almighty
We come to ask for your blessings
The heat and the light
Giving this beast in return
Oh, god almighty
Accept this offering
Deliver us from the pain
We'll defeat all our rivals
In battle may fight in your name
Our soul we offer in sacrifice
Chorus:
Oh, god almighty
We come to ask for your blessings
The heat and the light
Giving this beast in return
Oh, god almighty
Accept this offering
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9. Where Is Your God Now?
Lenght: 7:24
Genre: Heavy / Progressive / Epic
Lyrics by: Tom Wheels
Music by: Tom Wheels
Where Is Your God Now? is the anthem of the album, the hymn...The magnificent work. Back to the post-apocalyptic feeling, this song makes you think: Where is god when you need him? It's a really controversial song but Tom said it's just a post-apocalyptic story. This is the largest song on the album and contains a lof of Epic elements on it. A lot of different beats and rhythms...It goes from Extreme Double-Bass beat to a slow rythm with just a drum march and a guitar duo that reminds of Iron Maiden classics. The songs ends in a really fast and heavy tempo but then you hear some sound of wind that marks the end of the album. WIYGN? can be called the second and last part of The Dreamer saga because of he first verses.
Lyrics:
Now the end shall be
As you once have dreamed
Endless novel shall end today
Even though you no longer live...
You're at the gates, you're on the edge
I've seen them falling back to nowhere
You're off the rail, out of your head
And you will wish you'd never seen it all
God gave his word just to let us down
Where is he now?
Guitar solo: Tom
Chorous:
Where is your god now?
A silent pray to the sky
Where is your god now?
A silent scream of desolation
Where is your god now?
The end of all creation
You’ve been facing heaven
You were lost to left alone
You re welcome to my home and
Found another heaven
It was you who took my hand
Come into my promised land
Guitar solo: Steve
Chorous:
Where is your god now?
A silent pray to the sky
Where is your god now?
A silent scream of desolation
Where is your god now?
The end of all creation
But where is he now?
As you face the end,
You realize he will never come
To save you
As you lives the end,
You ask where he is now
To help you
Guitar duo: Tom & Steve
Chorous:
Where is your god now?
A silent pray to the sky
Where is your god now?
A silent scream of desolation
Where is your god now?
The end of all creation
You prayed for years
You had the hope
You had the faith
But in the end,
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OOC: I hate the descrpitions of this album...really bad...I promise I'll improve my RPs for the next one ;) Edited by user 17 March 2012 08:24:53(UTC)
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OOC: Good work on this RP man. Very nice album RP good effort put into it. |
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Ooc: fantastically done, I love it!
Ethan: Thank you for having me on this man, it was a pleasure working with you!
Tom: You worked on an album like this? But you're a pop singer?
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OOC: Thanks for the comments! Means a lot :) Matticus wrote:Ethan: Thank you for having me on this man, it was a pleasure working with you!
Tom: You worked on an album like this? But you're a pop singer?
Ethan: You have no idea Tom.... Tom: Noo, man, thank you for joining me on the studio! It was fucking awesome...And Tom, Ethan is more than just a pop singer. |
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Hellspawn wrote:Tom: Noo, man, thank you for joining me on the studio! It was fucking awesome...And Tom, Ethan is more than just a pop singer. Tom: Oh... I hadn't realised... |
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