Relations is the 3rd single from my new album, Pale Ontology, out now exclusively on bandcamp.

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Relations

Pale Ontology

Worker's Lament

Howdy everybody! And Happy Easter!

We rarely give a preface to our songs 'cause we wanna leave everything up to interpretation as much as possible, but @thebeautifuldark inspired us to be more communicative. And so, we're back to Blues! No matter how far into Punk or Metal we go, good old Loud, Electric, Heavy Blues always pulls us back. This time around got @tezcatreal to give thanks for the Blues pivot. His crazy Hard Rock/Blues songs were a big inspiration for the overall theme. Check out both of them to listen music that is actually good!

So, a Blues Metal song about a blue sea, a sailor with the "blues", blue thunder clouds and an indescribable blue embodiment of all of those things (think Cthulhu) seemed like the most layers of one color we could stack up in under 5 minutes. 
Now what all that actually means, it's up to you to decide. We know what it means to us. 

Cover art by Ivan Aivazovsky is better than anything we could make. 

Enough blabbering:

Shades of Blue

We're out a-sailing
Miss my town, the waves they
Push us away into...
A storm at the edge of the earth
Reeling us

Pay no mind
Got Rum
And playing Dice all night, yeah...
Yeah!
Got the fish in the line!
Thunder, like drum
Scratching through the sky, yeah...
But we don't pay no mind...

Silence
Creeps slowly
And the waves seem so cozy
All of the sudden...
The Sea knows me
It could take us in its embrace
And swallow us whole

Yet!
We pay no mind, yeah...
Sailing through the night, yeah...
She'll take us for a ride
I'll awake 
Capsized
Holding for dear life, yeah...
We shouldn't have been so blind

[Solo]

Shades of Blue devour me
In a ship so alone
Lost at Sea, the mighty reef
It calls, Siren's calls

[Solo]

Waves of Blue are dragging me
Into a shadow from below
Shape uncanny surfacing
Beyond what I could show

[Solo]

These...
Chains of Blue, they weigh on me
Pulling down to the jaws
Of the Abyss of my beliefs
In this Sea, where I belong 

///////////APRIL 2025

Shades of Blue

RGTI

Chasing the dream of analogue sound.

Recorded and mixed directly on tape on Tascam 424 MKIII Portastudio. Guitars are live captured with SM57 from Orange Crush combo and a bunch of FX pedals. Drums and synth are from Roland MC101.

The final Tascam mix is mastered in DAW before upload.

Abu Dhabi
5/27/2025

Dreamwalker

I Want You To Listen a Little Anger

The objective when this song was composed was to think about our "wars", in the ones which each one of us fight, or stand passively as a piece of Chessboard. The thematic of Chess was used to poetize and weaken the weight of what is a war. Hence, must be understood the song doesn't verse about wars between nations or that kind of conflict. But, the wars we fight to face our life, inside or outside of our beings. Enjoy it as a energic and strong incentive for you to fight for your life, your happiness, your goals, your place in this world. 

Lyrics: Ulisses Nicolau Alberto Barros (Uli)
© Music composed by uli_virtual_band

(Intro)

(Hook)

Oh Oh Ohhh
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh Oh.

(Verse 1)

From many battles,
My scars Intonate.
As the courage patrols,
My voice ressonates.
A warrior who doesn't fight
Is just one more piece without might
In the chessboard. 
Easily floored.

(Pre-Chorus)

No fear, strong gear.
Not frightened, always dared.
Scars done by the Life.
Living in the war. The pain we ignore!

(Chorus 1)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game.

(Hook)

Oh Oh Ohhh
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh Oh.

Against who thou fight?

(Verse 2)

The chant of Peace, 
We hear too far away.
Sometimes, we just sit cozy.  Or is it seize?
The peace must be the final way.
We don't need no weapons to face.

Syllabs, poetry, sense.
Might be as smashing as your mace!
Be the Tower for your King defence!

(Chorus 2)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game.

(Chorus 3)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game.

(Guitar Solo)

(Pre-Chorus)

No fear, strong gear.
Not frightened, always dared.
Scars done by the life.
Living in the war. The pain we ignore!

(Chorus 4)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game. (no, no, no!)

(Chorus 5)

Against who thou fight?
Or art thou just a piece without might?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
The true war isn't a game. (Ohhh, no!)

(Hook)

Oh Oh Ohhh
Oh Oh Ohhh
Oh Oh Ohhh 
Oh Oh Ohhh Oh.

The true war isn't a game.

Lyrics: Uli

Uli - War on the Chessboard

My Only Fan

My Only Fan (feat. SUN)

Borderline Saints is a hymn for those caught between salvation and collapse.

Borderline Saints

kill me

Sample Track 4 from Upcoming Album

Hey, my name is Markus. In the past I've made Metal, Punk and Heavy Rock with my friends in my garage. I played the bass guitar and sometimes vocals. But that was way back (in the 90s). Now I produce my own songs at home and upload them. The music styles are from Metal, Punk, Rock to House and Dance, just everything I like. I would be happy if my songs are heard and positive feedback comes. I am also interested in cooperation and publish acapellas at looperman.com

I Want You To Listen a Little Anger

MP Project