Name: Neverfail by Ilpo J. Istolainen
Duration: 3 min 19 s
Description: Some demo songs here made in 2013 i guess :)

This sounds like Children of Bodom, Nightwish and Stratovarius together without vocals. Really great, man!

some good song progressions in here, very grandiose

love these dragon force vibes. great track

Till Ljuset I Norr!

So here is the next installment of my Mars saga. The protagonists have reached Mars and have now been there a while. And one of them is about to set out on one the big mission, to travel to an aquafer (underground resorvior of water) and dig down to take samples searching for signs of life. Water being one of the primary building blocks and enablers for life, it is believed that if we are to find any on Mars, it will be underground in one of these aquafers. As can be judged from the title, it doesn't go so well, so a rescue needs to be mounted.

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Part 1 - intro

As time passes on the ground
The mission calls
And she said..

"It is time to head out
It is time to explore 
There are things out there that I am destined to find,
So I'm packing my bags...
Cause I'm heading out there tomorrow,
Where mystery and wonder awaits"

So now tracks lead away
Leaving dust in the air
Tracing the path that she took as the rover drove away...

Part 2 - exploration 

This mission, destined from the start 
To scour this planet for signs of bacterial life 
Even though the surface is dry
And the regolith is cold as ice
We still want to try
and we still might find answers yet 

Water might be flowing underground 
The ultimate catalyst for abiogenesis
So she's heading out to this Aquafer
And to find what we're looking for she'll have to 
Dig deep, where conditions are right
Deep down where the seeds of creation might be found

Part 3 - Failure

There's a mayday coming in..
Her rover's been caught in the blastwave and
She's not doing so good..
And I don't think that she'll be coming home again

So now, she is out there alone, as her systems fail
Yeah now, she is out there alone, as nighttime comes

Part 4 - Night of Anguish [instrumental]

Part 5 - Morning

The night has passed, and there's still no signs of life
And this static noise is all this radio has for me
And I want to keep up hope, but the thread is wearing thin..
Cause Leslie, have you gone and met your end?
Yeah, Leslie have you gone and met your end?

Part 6 - Resuce

But explorers we are
And despair is not for us to give into
so I am packing my bags
Cause I'm heading out there this morning
Where i hope that Leslie still awaits

I may be breaking every rule
We're not supposed to both be in danger
But I cannot just sit still
I need to do whatever I can
So I'm coming to find you
And I hope that you will still be alive..

Through these fields of impact remains
Through these valleys of blackened stone, I've been..
Riding hard for most of the day
And as the sun sets on the distant horizon
I find what I've been seeking
I find what I've been looking for

A torn up hulk
Smashed to bits..
But there's still hope
Cause there are still
signs of life inside

So I pull out my torch
And tear into the hull
Cleared away, I see her lying inside
She barely breathes
But her suit is intact
So I pull her out and bring her back home
To the base where she can heal...

Part 7 - Ending

Where she'll be fine
so we can still go on
Yeah, we're still on

The Greatest Adventure
We sailed the Void
Then onto these unwalked dunes
Of our celestial brother
That light that colored the night
Where we went to explore
Where we went to learn about
The keys to our home and the Answer to if we're alone...

The Quest it Carries On...

Lost

In this song, I wanted to ask the question, "We've reached Mars and established a base there, what now?". Perhaps more than a little bit inspired by how we, back here on Earth, tend to let the short term commercial benefits win over long term benefits of preservation and conservation.

This is the final song in my Mars saga, so with this, the journey is complete. I'll be doing some touching up on the first songs, and eventually put them out properly as an album, so stay tuned!

Lyrics:

Staring out at this untouched land
Imagine what may come here
So take my hand
As we venture forth
The first of many more
That will be coming here
To share this world
But to what end
Will they come for knowledge or for gain...
So take my hand
And join my prayer
That we will make the right choices now...

Standing at the crossroads
With our eyes towards the future
And I wonder how it will be
In the end

Will they come and mine him dry?
Strip him bare just like they always do
Yeay, will they come to soil his lands?
Take away from him, all that he is
Or will they come to hear his words?
To listen to the stories he can tell
So take my hand
And join my prayer
That we will make the right choices now...

Standing at the crossroads ...

Onwards

Herein can be heard the first two songs of my latest album, The Greatest Adventure. First "Liftoff", and then, the title track for the album, "The Greatest Adventure".

The Greatest Adventure is a concept album, set in the not so distance future, about the first manned mission to Mars. The songs takes the listener on a journey from liftoff on earth, through the void of space, to a touchdown on Mars and exploration of the planet. Melodies, riffs and soundscapes also tells what the planet has to offer; and what physical and mental perils the travellers must experience in getting there.

The demos of the songs have been slowly released over the last few years, and now the songs are touched up and completed and the album is available in full. 

https://gunnarsletta.bandcamp.com/album/the-greatest-adventure

The Greatest Adventure (2022)

Some demo songs here made in 2013 i guess :)

Neverfail

The Shadowbringer - Tears Of Blood

The Shadowbringer - Extinction

The Shadowbringer - The Words Of A Wiseman

Growing plants on Mars is no laughing matter.. While the ground contains the required chemicals, it lacks a lot of the more complex biochemistry that soil here on Earth has. So one first needs to seed the ground with something to fertilize it, (not unlike the poo used by Matt Damon in the Martian). In addition, the lack of a magnetosphere means radiation will kill most things on the surface, so to get vegetation started, the best place to start is under ground, for instance, in a cave.

Sprouts in Regolith depicts the first seeds of life, struggling deep in a cave, under artificial lighting in the fertilized soil. It starts slowly, but life, once taken root, is relentless. It will grow and rise, majestically, towards the light.

The song features a simple theme in minor key which switches to major key at the end as the sprouts rise.

Sprouts In Regolith

The Shadowbringer - Missing You

All music and programming by: John Baker
Mixed and mastered by: John Baker

A song for the times!!!!!

Welcome To The Rat Race

I'm a guitarist and a composer from Finland. I'm here to share some of my talent for you to listen to. Hope you like those songs. And if you don't, that's okay too! :)

All music composed, recorded and mixed by iji. 

Tools used were Steinberg Cubase Studio 4.0 and Cubase Elements 9.5, Toontrack EZ Drummer Metal Machine EZX and EZMix 2 with a Mac Mini Hardware.

Guitars: Ibanez, Tokai, LTD, Samick and Eko.

Neverfail

Ilpo J. Istolainen

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