breakdown

“Inferno (extended cut)” is a cinematic descent into a modern hell — inspired by Dante’s Inferno and the apocalyptic dread of the present day. Blending atmospheric guitars, spoken-word fragments, and a slow build into total collapse, the track imagines a world where climate disaster, war, and power imbalance have pushed us beyond hope. A warning and a requiem: abandon hope, or change course.

Inferno

top line guitar melody is an improvised vocal melody if i ever expand on the track

Erase You (without vocals)

BEFORE THE FALL

The air is thick with what you’ve done
Ashes of children, blood of sons
You carve my name in poisoned stone
And wonder why you ended up here

(Burn it all)

Burn, Crawl, and see the void
Kingdom’s built on bones and noise
Embrace your agony
Before the fall

Blinded, you avoid the light
Your suffering is from the dark
Enjoy it before the fall

Skulls beneath the towers rise
Concrete prayers to deadened skies
All the seeds planted in lies
will choke the truth buried to die

(Burn it all)

Burn
Burn it all

Burn, Crawl, and see the void
Kingdom’s built on bones and noise
Embrace your agony
Before the fall

Blinded, you avoid the light
Your suffering is from the dark
Enjoy it before the fall

Before the Fall

Atypical

OPETH - HOPE LEAVES (COVER)

Opeth S3 (Guitar Cover)

The song originated one night at practice at Pulse Music Productions in Blyth where we were jamming to Eternal Rains Will Come by Opeth. As we were jamming along to it, we figured out a bar chord progression that worked really nicely with the song. This became the chorus to Inferno. We quickly realised a riff we've been playing at gigs since 2015 was in the same key and fit really nicely with the chord progression. This riff was very inspired by The Globalist by Muse. All we needed now was a nice chord sequence for a verse. The chord sequence we created was almost a play on Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits but with more of a proggy take, and a completely different tempo.
               So musically, the track came about very naturally at practice, and we began to forge some vocal melodies. The focal point of the chorus kept navigating towards the word 'Inferno' which fit really nicely with the descending bar chords in the chorus. We quickly realised the direction of the lyrics were our disbelief at where the world is politically, and how each day we seem to be getting closer to a blazing hellfire either from global warming, world war three with tensions between world leaders at their highest since the second world war, a nuclear holocaust (I'd watched the 1984 BBC film Threads at the time), and from seeing pictures, videos, and news reports of the death and destruction from Netanyahu's Israel committing genocide in Palestine. Hallam, our bassist with a masters in English Literature, scribed the lyrics within minutes of the recording of the song.

We've always called ourselves a bit of a punk/prog rock band but so far we've displayed much more of our punk side. Inferno is easily our most proggy song to date. The EP cut is 4:30 so for the radio edit we had to cut a lot of the guitar work (sorry Jake), and the radio edit is 3:20. In terms of how the song fits within the EP. The EP title and theme is a nihilist viewpoint of late stage neoliberalist capitalism, implying that we are already terminally divided, and therefore conquered. With the artwork referencing the death of the core values of the Labour Party, as the red rose of socialism lies limp. Over the course of the EP is the realisation of how little power we have as individuals, in a world where collectivism is frequently ignored or discouraged. Inferno is this turning point, a feeling of abject hopelessness as we hurtle into a hellish blaze.

Lee Healey, cartoonist for Viz comics, did a fantastic job of the artwork for Inferno. The artwork shows twelve disciples of the devil indulging in a last supper with red wine spilt everywhere, with a fiery inferno in the backdrop. The twelve devlish disciples include Donald Trump, Kier Starmer, JD Vance, Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Ali Khamenei, David Cameron, and Jeff Bezos - all masters of the world's demise.

Inferno - Radio Edit

Dogfight — the crushing finale to Role of the Observer. Progressive heaviness in the vein of Tool, Mastodon, and Alice in Chains collides with soaring harmonized guitars and a bone-rattling breakdown. Lyrically, it’s an aerial battle turned metaphor for modern conflict, stubborn opposition, and the illusion of choice. Every riff drives the tension higher until the spectacular ending leaves you in the wreckage.

Dogfight (Remastered)

For lyrics: https://marol.bandcamp.com/track/the-owl-the-raven-and-the-wolf

The Owl, the Raven, and the Wolf

Your poor opinion

Käbiuss - To Rid The Desease (Opeth Cover)

producer from Chile… and also pronoob mixer

Role of the Observer is an American progressive rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The band’s line-up includes Nick Leach (lead guitar, vocals, piano), Tyler Rhodes (guitar, vocals), Max Leach (drums, percussion) and Nate Epperson (bass guitar, samples.) 
Founded in 2012, the group has been known to take a conceptual approach to their writing. With influences ranging from classic rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, King Crimson to newer progressive bands like Porcupine Tree, Tool, Mastodon, and Opeth, their sound is nothing out of the ordinary. Their exceptional musicianship brings the listener across all ranges of rhythms and their shows are an audible special that is sure to keep the listener on their feet.
Role of the Observer has released two full length concept albums which are now available on iTunes and for free download at http://roleoftheobserver.bandcamp.com/ . In early 2014 Max Leach joined the group on drums. Since, the groups sound has developed in exciting ways and they plan to release a third album in 2015. 

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