CORMORANT Post New Song On Myspace

CORMORANT's vocalist, bassist, and lyricist Arthur von Nagel comments: "Uneasy Lies the Head" was our attempt to fuse 70's hard rock/NWOBHM with blackened folk metal.' I like to think of it as Falkenbach exhuming Thin Lizzy riffs.? This is a hell of a fun song to play live, and I'm especially fond of Matt and Brennan's harmonized viking chants near the end.' The understated Hammond keyboard playing comes courtesy of Matt's brother Andrew Solis.' Lyrically, the setting is the public decapitation of Maximilien Robespierre, the leader of post-revolutionary France in its "Reign of Terror" period.' Over a mere year and a half in the country's history, approximately 40000 citizens were executed. It was a pleasure writing about a subject from my own Gallic ancestry, as I feel there's a rich history there, ripe for re-interpretation in metal songs. The opening lines are sung in French and translate to "Liberty, equality, brotherhood... what beautiful ideas! The tyranny of the people," a sardonic play on the national motto.
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Tags: CORMORANT, progressive metal, Billy Anderson
admin August 25, 2009
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