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"Ophidia", The 2nd studio album of Dreamtone &
Iris Mavraki´s NEVERLAND will be released
on March 29th. It includes guest appearances of Jon Oliva (Jon
Oliva´s Pain / Savatage), Edu Falaschi (Angra /
Almah) &
Urban Breed (Bloodbound/Pyramaze).
The band comments their album "track by track" for
you here:
THIS
VOICE INSIDE
A fast
power progressive piece with its epic moments, This Voice Inside is
about the main character of The Wheel of Time series, Rand Al’Thor.
It mainly speaks of Rand’s unwilling turn into a anti-hero type
while constantly trying to battle with the voices inside his head.
Followers of the series may remember that Lews Therin, the previous
Dragon Reborn, resides within Rand’s head as well, without Rand’s
will so it´s like schizophrenic situation also trying to save the
world. However, as it is also covered in the books as well as
reflected on the lyrics, Rand sometimes destroys more than he saves
because of his situation and causes the death of his allies as well as
enemies and so. This song is about struggle of Rand. We also have a
music video for this one.
SILENCE THE WOLVES
Silence the Wolves is one of our three songs performed by a
guest of ours. It basically talks about the Mother Nature trying to
resist against the Man. It talks about humans destroying the life,
disrupting the Gaia’s way and so. Lyrics protest the burning of
trees, killing of animals and telling about humans not being able to
see that they are destroying lives. Silence the Wolves is probably the
heaviest song on the album.
OPHIDIA
Our title track is basically a semi-electronic, semi symphonic mid
tempo piece with its up and down paces as well as some nice guitar
tricks. Ophidia tells of the evil inside every one of us and how it
slowly corrupts anything and everything. The song covers this theme
from the perspective of “evil” as if it has a tongue and it
speaks. The song resembles the evil as a “snake”, slowly crawling
within our minds. Ophidia means worshiping to the snake or following
the path of snake. Since humans almost always lie, the song suggests
that we are all Ophidians.
WILL OF GOD
An acoustic song, basically sad both with its lyrics and the melody.
It is about people killing each other in the name of God, under the
banner of a religion or another. The idea came into life after seeing
the movie Kingdom of Heaven’s Director Cut. The message is simple,
whatever your beliefs may be, you are not supposed to kill or enforce
each other but to create a harmony. People throughout the history,
killed each other without even knowing their names. Lines like “I
killed a friend yesterday, I don’t know his name…” suggest the
absurdness of this fanatic attitude.
INVISIBLE WAR
Another piece covered by one of our guests with supported backing
choirs and so. It is a mid tempo song with mid-eastern tastes. It
talks about the struggle in the land of sand. Middle East always
suffered from world politics and games of world domination. It is
either the western civilizations or the eastern, it was always like
the reddened battlefield of cunning human greed. Lyrics suggest that
the latest wrath on the land tries to control everything, replacing
the idea of a god and trying to act as one. Jon Oliva is our guest
singer on this song.
PLACES UNKNOWN
A mid tempo, sad song. The lyrics are devoted to our friend, Mike
Baker, who has passed away in October 2008. Song is basically about
the idea of his loss and the aftershock it created on us as well as on
his beloved ones. Mike was a nice person and a good friend. We were
discussing the possibilities of co-operating with him on a bigger
scale when he passed away and this was the least we could’ve done in
his memory.
NO ONE LEAVES THE HIVE
A fast paced piece with certain tempo alterations. More like a
classical power-prog theme. Song is about a youngling being deceived
into joining factions, groups and performing terrorizing acts with
simple beliefs like protecting his family and country and so. However
in reality, the song suggests that he is being used by the darker
hands as it is mainly the story of today’s (and all human histories)
wars and terrorizing acts. Nothing is as simple as “defending a
nation” or “black and white” as we want to believe.
SPEAK TO ME
An interesting song with a different attitude from the rest of the
album. It is mid tempo and has some industrial and classical
influences with lots of layers within the music. Theme-wise, it talks
about a small boy in love with a girl who ignores him constantly. It´s
about his passion and heartache. He is hopeless and he suffers. It is
of a naïve love of our little friend. It is also the longest track of
the album with its somewhat 6.30 duration.
ASHES TO FALL
Our final song with a guest singing (Edu Falaschi of Angra/Almah).
The song is more progressive than many of the essences of this album.
It is mid tempo with catchy choruses as well as really cool bass
lines. It talks about the wars in Middle East, especially the ones in
between Israel and Phalastines. It is from the eye of a 15 year old
child, questioning why she had to die because of someone else’s
greed.
FINAL ODYSSEY
Again a different song when compared to the rest of the album. It has
some industrial, Swedish metal feeling near to its folklike but
melancholic attitude. Lyrics talk about the human race leaving Earth
to find a new place to live, after our race destroys our home planet
with wars and pollution. The song suggests that no one with pressing
urges on greed, jealousy, profit and sin to come along to that new
world, leaving the shady souls behind.
FORESTS OF HOPE
It is a different track from the rest of the album with its orchestral
feel. Lyrics suggest of a land where you meet your hopes, without
having to face with locked gates as we do in real life, preventing us
from reaching our hopes and dreams. It talks about a mother, a woman,
who is telling her children (not only her own sons, but all children
in the world) about the light that exists above all dark elements and
difficulties, a forest of trees that is the Hope of all humanity, not
only realistic as the environment, but metaphorically too. It s a
longing and loving cry to share and travel with them to the unknown
places of hidden beauty on this planet in our souls and in a higher
sphere.
DYING THREADS
Our second song about The Wheel of Time, though this one is on the
three Ta’verens. It shows the darkness coming along and covering
things. It basically talks about the events that alerts the coming of
Tarmon Gai’don, fall of light. Music is somewhat fast paced with
folk-march kinda passages as well as some good acoustic ends. It also
has the feeling of electronic – symphonic blend of sounds.
INTO THE HORIZON
An instrumental mid tempo song. It gives you the feeling of heading to
a new journey, a new adventure awaiting you just at the end of
horizon. The setting sun suggests your time to move on has come and
so. It also closes the chapter of Ophidia.
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