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Metal madmen Mind have announced a new single to be released on November 15th this year... It will be a track on their upcoming album, Dream Serpent, which is to be released early next year. This is also the first song they've recorded off of the new album. Here's an explanation of the single... Summers EdgeStarting with a melancholy acoustic guitar riff, this is a song that may catch you off guard. After a few repetitions of this riff, the sound of extremely heavy wind and high pitched screaming over the top of it appears, until the acoustic guitar stops completely. The screaming and wind noises also stop, so the track is silent for a few seconds. That is, until a manically heavy riff then forces its way into existence. Although it is crushingly and gargantually heavy, it has a melancholy feel to it. It has an unusual rhythmic pattern to it, similar to Meshuggah. Once the riff is firmly implanted into your mental system, the riff cuts out completely for a second or two. In this space, Jason wails the opening line in a half-pterodactyl, half-banshee like scream. Then it cuts back to the riff, except multiple violin arrangements can be faintly heard in the background. Over the top of this riff, Jason plays some mournful arpeggios on his guitar. The bass line is pretty simplistic here, just one note played extremely quickly. The drums are absolutely manic, with the bridge having possibly the toughest drum section in Minds catalogue. The verses are sung in quite a weary, low-pitched clean voice, although very quiet, muffled speaking can be heard faintly in the background. After the first verse, it comes to a mini bridge before the chorus. In this, Jason’s voice goes into a creepy high, child-like, sing-song voice. The riff dies down into a delicate, middle-eastern acoustic riff for that tiny segment, and then blows itself up into a bombastic, symphonic and downright heavy chorus. The riff on the chorus is like the riff on the verse, except more melodic. The lyrics are harshly screamed in a fairly high pitched manner here. This chorus-verse-chorus formula carries on until the end, where a bridge plays the whole song out. After the final chorus, the extremely heavy riff dies out, leaving the arpeggios and that section of lyrics being sung delicately over it. In the second part of the bridge, it speeds up a little bit and drums are re-introduced to the song. The lyrics are still sung melodically. After the last lyric, a quiet, bluesy solo plays the song out.1. Summers Edge 2. Summers Edge (Demo) 3. Falling of Nazareth (2009 Demo) Lyrics:I want to go home.
Serious, Pain in the restful mind, Gangrenous, Love that I defined.
Far away, My troubles rest inside their caves, Decimate, The people that you saved.
And we all know that your hiding... This must be so complicated for you...
Summers edge... Living on the edge of eternity, Summers edge... Be prepared for un-society. You say that you’re pro-creation, Yet you engage in annihilation.
Literally, The stones that fall from the sky, Murdering, The ones you left behind.
I found a flaw, In this plan you hold so close, Merely hanging on, To the ones you love the most.
Summers edge... Living on the edge of eternity, Summers edge... Be prepared for un-society. You say that you’re pro-creation, Yet you engage in annihilation.
Summers edge... Living on the edge of eternity, Summers edge... Be prepared for un-society. You say that you’re pro-creation, Yet you engage in annihilation.
How long do we suffer for you... We all fall down... How long is it until the curtain is drawn? My heart doth drown! Heart doth drown!
Say when, Say how, Say why, I’ll be there for you, Say when, Say how, Say why, I’ll make my time for you...
I want to go home...Jason:“We were all unanimous on this being the first single. I think that personally, it is one of the best songs we have ever come up with. Musically, anyway. The reason why we chose this is because we feel it represents us in as short amount of time as possible. I don’t like to boast, but it has certain grandeur to it. This song isn’t just part of the concept of Dream Serpent, it’s actually got a deeper, emotional meaning towards it as well. As I’m sure you know, I went to Ecuador recently to visit my distant family and gain inspiration for my solo album Realm. Whilst there, I read up on some facts about Ecuador and something called the Cenepa War. My uncle was one of those 38 killed. I didn’t know him extremely well, I was only 9 at the time and had never visited Ecuador, but once I saw what he had done for the family and what a great man he was... I decided to write this in his memory. I just hope Mind fans enjoy this as much as we enjoyed making it.”As well as announcing this new single, they have posted the tentative track listing: 1. The Eastern Winds 2. Amphigory Abyss 3. An Arrogant Silence 4. Summers Edge 5. Requiem of the Blackened Wings (The Sublime Madness) 6. The Nights Shore 7. Crystal Urn 8. Monolith 9. Engulfing Grace in Blood and Fire 10. The Creation Spectrum I: White 11. The Creation Spectrum II: Grey 12. The Creation Spectrum III: Black 13. Where the Sun Sets 14. Dream Serpent More info to come. Edited by user 17 October 2010 04:23:59(UTC)
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