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- Dark Parade (Fri 20 Oct 2023) Album
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Lyrics
The silent echoes fill my head
Beyond the living, past the dead
The siren song I always hear
L’appel du vide, unbroken fearFrom long ago the voices call
Before the lash, before the fall
A requiem of where we’ve been
Endless lies and boundless sinAs we join the dark parade of broken dead
Is this Hell on Earth or in my head?The faded glow of darkened skies
Shattered dreams and last goodbyes
The deadly gleam behind the tomb
The call of death, the call of doomAs we join the dark parade of broken dead
Is this Hell on Earth or only in my head?Nothing ever changes, the tears we cry in vain
No rift between our nightmares
And daylight’s cold remains
The neverending payment
For the choices that we’ve made
A suicide of reason as we join that dark parade
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From the majestic eight-minute-long “Sailor On The Seas Of Fate,” which starts with a reflective arpeggio and builds into a pounding, near-tribal volley before segueing into a bleak, slow burn of retribution and agony, to the final three movements of the “Dark Parade” saga (comprised of “Dark Parade,” “Distant Shadows,” and “Down Below“), CIRITH UNGOL‘s latest album offers a metallic soundtrack of societal decay and environmental collapse that foreshadows nothing less than total extinction. (Metal Blade)
TIM: THE DARK PARADE, DISTANT SHADOWS, DOWN BELOW IS THIS HELL ON EARTH, OR ONLY IN MY HEAD… THAT’S IT. I’VE SAID ENOUGH. THE REST OF THE JOURNEY INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE DARK PARADE WILL HAVE TO BE YOURS ALONE, I’VE ALREADY SAID TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT I THINK THE LYRICS MIGHT MEAN, AND TO GO ANY FURTHER WOULD TAKE FAR MORE SPACE THAN I AM ALLOTTED HERE. I WAS VERY MUCH LOATH TO DO THIS, AS PREFER TO LET THE LISTENER DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES. AND BESIDES, THESE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS AS OF THIS MOMENT, TOMORROW MAY BRING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VISION. THE REAL MEANINGS, IF THERE ARE ANY TO BE FOUND, ARE COMPLETELY UP TO YOU, AND I SINCERELY HOPE YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING THERE. CONSIDER EVERYTHING I’VE SAID ABOUT THEM TO BE THE RAMBLINGS OF A MADMAN! ALTHOUGH I’VE NOT TALKED ABOUT THE MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM, AGAIN DUE TO VARIOUS RESTRAINTS. I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IN MY OPINION, ONE OF OUR BEST EFFORTS, AND MAYBE OUR HEAVIEST, MOST CONSISTENT OFFERING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND LOVE FOR THE BAND, IT MEANS EVERYTHING, AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY MARCHING BESIDE US IN THE DARK PARADE!
GREG: FOR THE OUTRO SOLO, I WAS TRYING TO CHANNEL THE LATE GREAT TOMMY BOLIN AND IF I APPROACHED A TENTH OF HIS GREATNESS, I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY INDEED.
ROB: JIMMY CAME UP WITH A VERY COOL SHORT DEMO OF FOR THIS SONG WHICH MORPHED INTO TITLE TRACK OF THE ALBUM. HE ADDED A COMPUTER-GENERATED DRUMMER IN THIS EARLY VERSION. I TRIED TO FOLLOW HIS ORIGINAL CONCEPT BUT COULD NOT GET IT SYNCED WITH MY STYLE. I WANTED THE DRUMS TO BE HEAVY DURING THE INTRO, WHICH REPEATS IN THE SONG. THIS SONG ALSO HAD A LONGER FASTER SECTION THAT GOT TRIMMED FOR TIME, YOU CAN HEAR THE LONGER VERSION ON THE DEMO, MY FAVORITE PART IS THE SLOW BLUESY EPILOGUE OR CODA AT THE END. I WANTED THIS TO GO ON LONGER, BUT TIME RESTRAINTS SNUFFED OUT IT’S LIFE EARLIER THAN INTENDED!
“Dark Parade” saga:
- Dark Parade
- Distant Shadows
- Down Below
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