Tyranny Of Souls (2005) (SANCTUARY RECORDS) Bruce Dickinson
Album Description:
TYRANNY OF SOULS is a heavy metal album released by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson on May 23, 2005. The cover art is a work by renaissance artist Hans Memling. It is Bruce's first solo album since rejoining Maiden in 1999.
It took eight years, but the trilogy that started with 1997's ACCIDENT OF BIRTH and continued with 1998's THE CHEMICAL WEDDING is finally complete with the release of 2005's TYRANNY OF SOULS. Dickinson once again collaborates with guitarist and producer Roy Z, with whom he has an almost telepathic relationship. That comes in handy when writing an album together while thousands of miles apart, Z at home in Los Angeles and Dickinson on tour with Iron Maiden. Working only with a tape of Z's guitar parts, Dickinson composed lyrics based on some of his favorite subjects: science fiction ("Soul Intruders"), space ("River of No Return"), and flying ("Kill Devil Hill").
Roy Z also served as the album's producer and played all guitar parts as well as some supplemental bass guitar and piano parts. TYRANNY OF SOULS is full of his signature layered guitars, as heavy as they are melodic and intricate. "Abduction" and "Soul Intruders" open with retro thrash riffs and feature blindingly fast solos. Drummer David Moreno featured a double bass for a blast beat in "Abduction" and for the opening of "Soul Intruders." No Dickinson album would be complete without a history lesson, included here in "Kill Devil Hill," the story of the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903. At the midpoint of the record, "Navigate the Seas of the Sun" (inspired by Erich Von Däniken's theory about extraterrestrial presence on Earth long ago and about man dealing with that in the future) revisits the subtle acoustic vibe of 1994's "Tears of the Dragon," the song that originally brought Z and Dickinson together. The title track "A Tyranny of Souls" is somewhat based on Shakespeare's tragedy MacBeth, and includes direct quotes and lines from the play throughout the song. A music video was made for the song "Abduction" were Bruce is fleeing from two men in suits and black sunglasses. Finally they capture and abduct him.
Recording information: Castle Oaks Studios, Calabasas, CA; Dexter's Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA; Signature Sound, San Diego, CA.
Personnel: Bruce Dickinson (vocals); Roy Z (guitar, bass instrument); Maestro Mistheria (keyboards); Juan Perez (bass guitar); Ray Burke (bass guitar); David Moreno (drums).
Produced by Roy Z.
Track Listing:
1. Mars Within (Intro) - 1:29 2. Abduction - 3:50 3. Soul Intruders - 3:52 4. Kill Devil Hills - 5:07 5. Navigate the Seas of the Sun - 5:51 6. River of No Return - 5:13 7. Power of the Sun - 3:29 8. Devil on a Hog - 4:01 9. Believil - 4:50 10. A Tyranny of Souls - 5:48
Tyranny Of Souls (2005) (SANCTUARY RECORDS)
ReplyDeleteBruce Dickinson
Album Description:
TYRANNY OF SOULS is a heavy metal album released by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson on May 23, 2005. The cover art is a work by renaissance artist Hans Memling. It is Bruce's first solo album since rejoining Maiden in 1999.
It took eight years, but the trilogy that started with 1997's ACCIDENT OF BIRTH and continued with 1998's THE CHEMICAL WEDDING is finally complete with the release of 2005's TYRANNY OF SOULS. Dickinson once again collaborates with guitarist and producer Roy Z, with whom he has an almost telepathic relationship. That comes in handy when writing an album together while thousands of miles apart, Z at home in Los Angeles and Dickinson on tour with Iron Maiden. Working only with a tape of Z's guitar parts, Dickinson composed lyrics based on some of his favorite subjects: science fiction ("Soul Intruders"), space ("River of No Return"), and flying ("Kill Devil Hill").
Roy Z also served as the album's producer and played all guitar parts as well as some supplemental bass guitar and piano parts. TYRANNY OF SOULS is full of his signature layered guitars, as heavy as they are melodic and intricate. "Abduction" and "Soul Intruders" open with retro thrash riffs and feature blindingly fast solos. Drummer David Moreno featured a double bass for a blast beat in "Abduction" and for the opening of "Soul Intruders." No Dickinson album would be complete without a history lesson, included here in "Kill Devil Hill," the story of the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903. At the midpoint of the record, "Navigate the Seas of the Sun" (inspired by Erich Von Däniken's theory about extraterrestrial presence on Earth long ago and about man dealing with that in the future) revisits the subtle acoustic vibe of 1994's "Tears of the Dragon," the song that originally brought Z and Dickinson together. The title track "A Tyranny of Souls" is somewhat based on Shakespeare's tragedy MacBeth, and includes direct quotes and lines from the play throughout the song. A music video was made for the song "Abduction" were Bruce is fleeing from two men in suits and black sunglasses. Finally they capture and abduct him.
Recording information: Castle Oaks Studios, Calabasas, CA; Dexter's Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA; Signature Sound, San Diego, CA.
Personnel: Bruce Dickinson (vocals); Roy Z (guitar, bass instrument); Maestro Mistheria (keyboards); Juan Perez (bass guitar); Ray Burke (bass guitar); David Moreno (drums).
Produced by Roy Z.
Track Listing:
1. Mars Within (Intro) - 1:29
2. Abduction - 3:50
3. Soul Intruders - 3:52
4. Kill Devil Hills - 5:07
5. Navigate the Seas of the Sun - 5:51
6. River of No Return - 5:13
7. Power of the Sun - 3:29
8. Devil on a Hog - 4:01
9. Believil - 4:50
10. A Tyranny of Souls - 5:48