Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQH5oUtmw1I
electronic
soul
fusion
experimental
dubstep
djent
Story behind the song
Watch the music video for Messiah of the Year:
http://youtu.be/pQH5oUtmw1I
I dreamed of having a complete album since I was 17. It's still a bit surreal for me to let go of this one, upload it and get it out there... my last 8 months went into it, almost all of my free time. I'm very proud of the outcome - and though it's far from being perfect, I feel that parts of it might challenge a few top-notch productions of this year, despite the fact that mine is a home project, recorded in my bedroom, as a "hobby", without any budget whatsoever, other than my personal income from other jobs.
My childhood friend Zsombor has written a draft of a play (which I'm planning to release once it's completed) for this album, based on my very few instructions - this is the first part of a longer set that is to come.
The short story contained the history of a possible sci-fi / cyberpunk future, where a vessel (the Outer Heaven) was shot into outer space, to carry the few survivors after the Awakening of the new world, and the eventual apocalypse (Kali Yuga) that followed. The remaining colony is travelling towards a new planet to save all mankind after making the Earth completely inhabitable. The novel is about the 7 people who are in control of the ship, those that represent 7 major parties of the surviving colony, each with very different motivations.
Every song on this album represents either a main character's inner turbulence (often conversing with their demons), or their memories of the awakening, and the war that followed - all on this on a personal level. Sacrifice, murder, spiritual battle, moral struggles and some other inner turmoil through impossible situations - each song covers one story I wanted the novel to tell, and eventually express on the album.
Initially my idea was to record the complete story, but what Zsombor has written turned out to be way too exciting and detailed just be squished into 80+ minutes, so I thought I'll cover the basics with this one, and before the next chapter I'll release the novel (or at least parts of it), so all characters would fall in place to those who are interested - although I think the message of this set of songs comes across quite well without the actual names or having to know the story in detail.
Thanks to my fantastic friends, musicians and other artists who helped me take this release on another level of diversity, every time I listen to Outer Heaven in its entirety, it speaks to me as a whole - despite that it can be broken up into individual songs. I feel though it's complicated and not an easy listening experience, through the few repeating themes, and the very dynamic songs I think my optimistic view point eventually goes across. Because despite all the bad that happened recently, and all the bad we predict (as humanity always did) I believe in genuine happiness, and that we can help our world to be a better place. This is what this album is all about: hope. -Matt
Lyrics
Ranks, File, Army, Geared, Action, Order - Yes - ready, Charge, GO!
(Chorus)
We can conquer wrong
Ready for greatness
Ready to revive a dying fold
I'm a conqueror
We can change it all o
Valliant Conqueror
Shaken not broken
Ready to revive this dying souls
With life, divine life
Wait I wait in the water
Oh Spirit SoulRocker
would you pass my way
Fire for fire
Burn it up and take control
Lift me up lift me
Be the wind beneath my wings
Imma soar like an eagle
Take flight so high yeah
(But I) stopped searching for more
Breathing you all deep in, the negativity
Forcing me, dragging me through this fall,
transforming my demise into this public scorn
This duality in me is what it takes to get rid of
the doubt, all the limits and fill it up:
Passion, anger, I just breathe you in to be in full control
By the light your soul
possesses more than human power
come alive be brave
we are more than conquerors
No!
Situations can shake you, don't be discouraged
Leave the mortal soul
Wear the truth as your armour, and get yourself protected
Underneath the surface, you know a frozen realm of chaos entwines you
Lift me up
Be the wind beneath my wings
Imma soar like an eagle
Take flight so high
Downward spiral in me is dragging, pulling through a blasted, broken system
Transforming your demise into this distant roar
By the heart, and your soul
your braveness,
come alive be brave
we are more than conquerors
Guitar solo by Vincent Saling
(Chorus)
Ranks, File, Army, Geared, Action, Order - Yes - ready, Charge, GO!
Spiritual missions shooting spiritual missiles
No targets just wipeouts of the hatred the evil
Starting from inward expelling demons from inside
Crowned with the glory, keen their power, they know me
Attack
Guitar solo by Roman Barbun
(Chorus)
From when darkness has fallen while everyone sleeps
Demons creep around feeding on helpless weak
That's when I go on my hands and knees
You can't conquer us!
When my body's sleeping, the spirit lies awake interceeding
With a cover that is thicker then no other
That's why I go oh oh no! You can't conquer me!
Before you get to me, get - get to me
By the rod I'm fortified
Believe that - Oh no
We're more than conquerors