From the album ‘Trust No Leaders’ by The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara. Released July 1, 2022. 

//The Prophet
“A tribute to Sylvia Plath’s poem, Lady Lazarus, “The Prophet” is told through the eyes of an advanced A.I robot who is “resurrected” like the biblical Lazarus, but this time with a destructive super-intelligence, wreaking havoc upon her human creators. 

‘The Prophet’ petitions for the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence technologies in order to protect human consciousness and our existence as a species. The song is an ominous reminder that if we are not careful, we might find ourselves with a technology that destroys the civilisation that invented it.”

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🎵 Lyrics 🎵
Today is the day
All the world is watching
The greatest show
Ever shown

The crowd is swelling
Barricades are bursting
A great gathering
The big maggot parade

Ladies and lesser men
Seekers of mysteries
You are about to witness
The greatest miracle
Ever performed

Behold
She returns
From the world beyond
Fresh from the crucible
Rise, Lazarus, rise

Rise
Get up, come forth, arise
Get up and rise
Get up, come forth, arise

I may seem dead
But I am coming back to life
I rise
One limb at a time
Till I am restored
And revived

I move an inch first
Then later a mile
I stagger to my feet
And you shall see me stand
Glorious and free
Gloriously free

Here are my hands
And these are my feet
I am awake
I am complete
Feel and touch my legs and thighs
I am watching you with open eyes

Did you enjoy the great strip and tell
Look at me
Do I terrify
Do not confuse me for a goddess
Gods have mercy
But not I

Shut your mouths and let me speak
For I will slay you with your words
You will die only one once
But I have lived a thousand lives

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�  About The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara

Hailed as “pioneers of a new form of expression” through the performance of poetry in music, The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS) are a UK-based duo comprising Daphne Ang (Singapore) and Andrea Papi (Italy) who came together in London in early 2020 to record their debut album, Full Spectrum, which they released on 26 February 2021. 

The duo draws inspiration from many sources stemming from Tool through to Kraftwerk and Russian Circles, as well as absorbing the poetry of Virginia Woolf and Jim Morrison in their lyrics and ‘poetry performance’. TCOMAS's music strives to fill a gap in music by bringing literature and history together into an arena where rock and metal meets electronica.Their musical and lyrical themes are very much rooted in the duo’s interests in classical literature and theatre, as well as in the fields of philosophy, history, and psychology.

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Trust No Leaders

The Prophet

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The Tijuana Cantina was a place where Everybody knew 
your name. Oh wait,  that was somewhere else. Seriously, it's a place where we all wanted to be and be seen. You never knew who you would meet. The Music was always Bumpin', the floor was always Thumpin' and the drinks were always cold. 

The Tijuana Cantina

From the album ‘Trust No Leaders’ by The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara. Released July 1, 2022. 

// Human Sacrifice
Blending Thrash Metal with Vedic chants and elements of Indian Classical music,  the lyrics draw from an array of ancient and colonial texts, such as the Mayan Codices and Biblical texts, where descriptions of human sacrifice rituals can be found. The track revisits the practice of human sacrifice rituals of the past in order to shed light on modern practices of human sacrifice that still exist today.

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// The Album
'Trust No Leaders' is a record that weaves a voyage through heavy metal history — from its roots in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal up until present day, fusing heavy metal with their signature ‘poetry performance’. Set against orchestral and cinematic soundscapes, the record also pays tribute to non-Western musical traditions, including Native American and South American folk music, Vedic chants, and Indo-Persian classical music. The lyrics bring together elements from modern theater, classical Persian poetry, to Jungian Psychology and theology. 

Commenting on the motivation behind Trust No Leaders, 
TCOMAS: "Our inspiration extends beyond musical genres and the confines of discipline.The confluence of influences in our album extend throughout time and across cultures. In retrospect, this really captures our ethos: Look back into the past for insight, and look into the future with foresight. And in doing so, we created something new of our own."

Landing about 15 months after their debut album Full Spectrum, the duo’s sophomore LP expresses a more aggressive side to the band and was recorded last summer at TCOMAS’ studio in Camden Town, London.   

Discussing the new album’s motivation, TCOMAS:
"The current crisis and the events of our time have made it necessary for us to analyse, investigate, and expose the issues in urgent need of systemic change by looking inwards into the human condition. We want the album to be a beacon of hope, for making a future that prioritises people and the environment."
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// About The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara
Hailed as ‘pioneers of a new form of expression’ through the performance of poetry in music, The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS) are a UK-based duo comprising Daphne Ang (Singapore) and Andrea Papi (Italy), who came together in London in early 2020 to record their debut album, Full Spectrum, released on 26 Feb 2021. Breaking new ground in the way they combine progressive music, poetry, and vision, TCOMAS fills a gap in music by bringing literature, theatre, and history, fusing rock and metal, with poetry performance. Their sophomore album, Trust No Leaders, is due to arrive on July 1, 2022.
 
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Human Sacrifice

From deep down in the swamps a band arises.

Catfish Crawl

One List by The Independent Sound ft. Morillo

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One List

One List by The Independent Sound ft. Morillo

Purple Moon Dogz Howling

Dirty Orange Puppet Head (You lied to me)

Dirty Orange Puppet Head

Here we go again.
There are dark days in England.
The lady at the bus stops off her head.
Least that's what she said.
No rest for the wicked.

Ah! here we go.
With the painted flags of England.
The devil that is screaming in her brain.
She was never the same.
Needed a merger.

One for the live.
One for the sanity.
Into the crowd.
Into the slaughter house.
One for the road.
One more to take away.
In the fun house. 
Where you are blown away.

Dark days, they're stealing them from you.
Dark days, you'll never make it through.
Dark days, you can not get away.
Dark days, we're falling in the rain...

Let's have a drink.
There's nothing to look up to.
You can not save enough for rainy days.
No route of escape.
A fog of returning...

The lips are calming down.
Whilst the tattoos multiplying.
There's money to be spent here in the hay.
What for I can't say.
A sense of belonging?

The crowd are going wild.
The crowd are consuming.
The crowd are all so normal and so safe.
I feel out of place.
I do not belong here.

Regardless of love,
Regardless of empathy.
Godless and lithe.
Godly with vanity.
Regardless of time.
Regardless of anything.
Godless with pain.
God, will you let us be.

Dark days, they're stealing them from you.
Dark days, you'll never make it through.
Dark days, you can not get away.
Dark days, we're falling in the rain...
 

Dark Days

Runnin Gunnz

You know the wind’ll keep on blowing, the moon will rise each night.
And the sun up there, it’s always gonna shine.
The waves are gonna crash upon the shore, the moths head toward light,
The ivy on the wall is gonna climb. And so, my friend, the passing of the time.

A friend of mine was certain he had found the secret chord.
But every time he played it, it went flat.
But he would not stop trying, play it time and time again.
Then one day he called me for a chat.
He said, “Scott, I can’t keep trying, it’s getting mighty late,
Doncha know I gotta make those dimes.
And I was hoping maybe you could try it on your own.
And help me tame the passing of the time.

You know the wind’ll keep on blowing, the moon will rise each night.
And the sun up there, it’s always gonna shine.
The waves are gonna crash upon the shore, the moths head toward light,
The ivy on the wall is gonna climb. And so, my friend, the passing of the time.

Another friend convinced himself that he knew how to fly.
And he made some wings of promises and hope.
And every time he fell to earth, he’d get back up again’
Certain that he’d found the means to float. 
He said, “Scott, I keep on falling, and the ground is so damned hard,
I hope you can teach me how to climb.
I said, “Friend, I have no answers, I, too, have been scarred, 
By the unrelenting passing of the time. 

You know the wind’ll keep on blowing, the moon will rise each night.
And the sun up there, it’s always gonna shine.
The waves are gonna crash upon the shore, the moths head toward light,
The ivy on the wall is gonna climb. And so, my friend, the passing of the time.


Passing of the Time

This one’s a rough draft I’ve been working on 🎶. Heavy emotions, dark thoughts, it’s straight from the heart.

Thinkin’ ‘bout you too much, mood swings takin’ over… 
I appreciate any feedback 🙏. Let me know what you think - more music is on the way. 🌑💔

Come back to me

Come Back To Me (unmixed unmastered Version)

rock instrumental … builds to a "big&deep" guitar sound

rockon2018

a state of grace

Retired the beginning of 2023. Been writing music seriously for about six years. Thanks for listening - and sharing!

Passing of the Time

Scott Orr