Great song! Guitars and riffs sound superb and the vocals are phenomenal and fit perfectly :)

It's been great collaborating with you John-- the last song in the series-- and it's been a helluva journey!  This was a great rock track to work on and Al'z beautiful, melodic lead added even more.

The composition, guitar riffs, and vocals are all wonderfully accomplished. The mix is very good and I am just impressed. It's a great song, guys.

really great vocals and good production as well :) Strong track! :)

This is seriously amazing!!! so catchy and haunting at the same time. It's like Alice in chains, Nightwish and Manowar had a love child!!!! Fucking love this !!!

As If

Written by Cass Dvorak and accompaniment by Rock Sinders
Art by Snowfall the Cat (see link on our main page)

Gettin' up in the morning to the same old songs
and the moon's still up cause we beat the sun
better turn it all on just to make it
through another long one.

But it's never as bad as it could've been
though it could be better than it always seems.
So we do it for each other
it makes it a little better.

And we once were blind but we now can see
the way the world works and how it ever came to be
beautiful and ugly
yet there's room for one another.

So turn the noise off step outside and look up high
at the stars we all see in the same old sky.
They can't be hiding the truth
and we share them with each other.

I know the world's not perfect and it never was
and the wheel keeps turning like it always does.
Turns forward just a little faster
than it turned out last year.

Now we make the best of every turn we've got
and we won't quit livin' till the big wheel stops.
Gotta keep it goin' baby
just live a little longer.

Just Step Outside

A big thank you to https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx for playing nearly all instruments, arranging and mixing, it was a  pleasure to collab.

Lines in inverted commas quote René Girard (1923 - 2015), also the title of the song points to him.

The picture shows a section of a photography showing men at Ascot (taken out of NZZ).

Mimetic Desire

Man is the creature
Man is the creature

„Man is the creature
Who does not know
What to desire,
And he turns to others
In order to make up his mind.“ (2)

Don't let the darkness blind you
Don’t let the blindness guide you
Even if it is full of shiny, 
Mimetic desires

Maybe there is still 
A shadow of a hope out there
Isn’t there still somewhere
A shadow of a hope ?

Let me have it, let me, let me have it
Let me have it, let me, let me have it

Don't let the darkness blind you
Don’t let the blindness guide you
Even if it is full of shiny, 
Sparkling, mimetic desires

„We desire 
What others desire
Because we imitate 
Their desires."

Maybe there is still 
A shadow of a hope out there
Isn’t there still somewhere hanging out
A shadow of a hope ?

Man is the creature…
Man is the creature…

Don't let the darkness blind you
Don't let the blindness guide you
Don’t let the darkness blind you…

Mimetic Desire (ft joerxworx)

I’m honoured to take part in a fifth collaboration with the amazing Torbjørn and Jimmy. A development of a Torbjørn demo, this one is a straightforward, no nonsense rocker, play it loud.

Credits:-

Torbjørn:- Musical composition, Hammond Organ, Organ, String Synth, Bass, Drums, Percussion. https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv

Jimmy:- Lyrics, Vocal composition, Vocals. https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas

Dairv:- Guitars, Production, Mix, Mastering, Cover Art.

Mean Streets (Torbjørn Vagle  - Jimmy Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

SIGUEN SIN EXISTIR

Antes del después
Con el presente a mis pies
Los miedos se adelantan
Y condicionan mi hacer

Y no puedo ver
U oír las voces del acontecer
Los miedos me arrebatan
Las ganas... de ser

Uno en todo
Y nada
Como la lluvia en el mar

No lo diré
Pero esta noche no los detendré
Cuando, sin miramientos,
Arruinen mi proyecto de ser

Uno en todo
Y nada
Como la lluvia en el mar... Lluvia en la mar

Lo sé
La lógica impuesta es la gran respuesta que todos damos a un porqué

¿Y qué?

Si yo
Escucho al diablo con el que no hablo y apenas logro comprender
Por qué vuelvo a a caer

Lo sé
Sentirse seguro levantando un muro apilando ladrillos de fe

¿Y qué?

Si yo
Desde mis adentros doy a luz lamentos que trepan por esa pared
¿Por qué vuelvo a caer?

No sé dónde están
Causa y motivo
Siguen sin existir

Siguen sin existir

SIGUEN SIN EXIXTIR

This track is the typical guy waking up in the morning not knowing where he is and fears the retribution when he gets home.
Also at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeBwnj14KDc
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Mixed and produced: Phil Bowen
Keyboards: Phil Bowen 
Guitars: Phil Bowen
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Laying here ‘till morning when the sun comes up
Laying with my face down in the dusty ground
Feeling so hung over on the verge of breakup
I need one more drink. Let’s have another whip round

Verse 2
Cold emotion sems to play us a game
Who am I to criticise and who am I to blame
Here am I where my heart burns so hot
I’m losing my mind. I’m losing the plot

Middle 8
I need a little comfort to keep my heart warm
I need another drink to face the fire storm
‘cause when I come home, the levee will break
The ground will move and the house will shake

Verse 3
I thought about work, but it seems such a chore
Look at the neighbour who’s living next door
Rises at dawn with curtains still drawn
I close my eyes and try to ignore

Verse 4 
I’ll lay down my heart now and lay down my soul
I’m better off living without job control
No cent to my name. Life’s just a card game
We all end up in a six foot hole.

Ideas and thoughts

Another whip round

All Music written and performed by: John Baker
Main guitar lead written and performed by: AL'Z
All Lyrics written and performed by: Dark Number Nine
Mixed and Mastered by: John Baker

This is our final track of our Vlad series... Couldn't do a Vlad story without a little touch of the supernatural, so we created our own little story. 

My Ancestor’s Brutal Heart

We’d gather ‘round the spirit fire
Hypnotized by tales of old
Relatives would story tell for hours
Full moons, silver, blood, lust and the madness

I watch my younger self
Amidst Transylvanian countrysides
It’s so instinctive to shun the light
Darkness is where I’m drawn and
Will stay because I know I just belong

And at last when night falls
Before I go about the nocturnal life
I kneel down to
Honor our dead who sacrificed
For this country I can roam forever
Home because of my
Ancestor’s brutal heart.

Early on I discovered
I can shift into this creature
That hovers above castles
That still hold
Forbidden secrets

I can’t help but spin around
I call it my vampyric happiness
I’ll always relish when that
Otherworldly being bit me
And this is where the myth really ends
And the truth of my immortal life begins

CHORUS

Time is slow but Days
Still go by and by and
I notice when I pass, well, any mirror
I keep fading,
But I’m thrilled to report
Now I have no image
Has it been five years?
Another like me laughs
“Like five hundred”

I can’t help but spin around
I call it my vampyric happiness
I’ll always relish when
That otherworldly being bit me
This is where the myth really ends
And the truth of my immortal life begins

CHORUS

(c) 2022 Dark Number Nine

6. My Ancestor's Brutal Heart

Watch the video on YouTube!! https://youtu.be/FXypZ4OPXpE

Vocals, lyrics & art by https://soundcloud.com/cosmic_keanu
Produced by HOBOCOP


Lyrics:

Where have I gone
What is left unsaid
What have I left behind
every time I closed my eyes

Everything is new
by grace I met you
And I swear
I won’t let you down

Now that we’re here
Forever more
Nothing was left behind
I swear
It’s all ahead

All that came before
All that passed me by
All of it led me here
By your side

I’ll let it all go
All the doubt and fear
the pain I kept inside
it wasn’t worth the time

What I thought I wanted
What I thought I lost
None of it ever
materialized

What I thought I knew
just a passing phase
I’ll let it all go
It wasn’t worth the time

Everything is new
by grace I met you
And I swear
I won’t let you down

Now that we’re here
Forever more
Nothing was left behind
I swear
It’s all ahead

All that came before
All that passed me by
All of it led me here
By your side
Everything is new by grace I met you
And I swear
I won’t let you down

Now that we’re here
Forever more Nothing was left behind 
It’s all ahead

All that came before
All that passed me by
All of it led me here

By Your Side(Hobocop & Cosmic Keanu)VIDEO AVAILABLE🎥

Can't Hear You

Can You Feel It  / Mr Fingers  cover song

Composed and produced by Val Akey.
Used and programmed VSTIs:
- Drums: MTPowerDrumKit2;
- Bass: Broomstick Bass;
- Piano: FL Keys;
- Guitar: RealLPC+GuitarRig5.

Release date: 28 August 2020

Cassiopeia

Please check out and follow my side project Krakenmoor (TTM, myself and other guest musicians) at soundcloud.com/krakenmoor/tracks

First off, I would like to thank you for taking the time to stop by and listen to my music. I’m very open to comments and any suggestions you may have. Just knowing you took a listen to my music makes it all worth it to me. Feel free to like and repost if you find anything you like. I am also open to collabs with any genre.

I am just a small-town guitarist with a great love for music of any kind. 80’s Hard Rock and Metal are my first love, but I have been influenced by several different genres of music from Classic Country to Hip Hop. Some of my favorite bands are: Kiss, Led Zepplin, AC/DC, CCR, Black Sabbath, Megadeth & Metallica to name a few, but currently I enjoy bands such as: Nightwish, Lacuna Coil & The Dark Element .

John

6. My Ancestor's Brutal Heart

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