The Pendulum, by Master Massive

The Pendulum

by Master Massive

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1.	The Pendulum 00:46	buy track
2.	Time out of Mind 04:43
3.	Aadham, you will not stand alone 00:27	buy track
4.	Four Dreams 08:01	buy track
5.	The Monastery 04:49	buy track
6.	I am the Prior 00:34	buy track
7.	Eye of Silence 05:54	buy track
8.	Dear Aadham 03:05	buy track
9.	Sovereign Power 06:41	buy track
10.	The Media Palace 04:04	buy track
11.	The One Chosen by the Gods 00:13	buy track
12.	Hymn to Yellowhawk 07:08	buy track
13.	Wishing Well 04:24
14.	Broken Hearts 04:06	buy track
15.	Dark Prophecy 04:13	buy track
16.	Showdown 05:51	buy track
17.	Elegy 05:35	buy track

about

AN EPIC HEAVY METAL OPERA

Jan Strandh about “The Pendulum”:
While working with The Pendulum we wanted to experience the anxiety that comes with the knowledge of the negative changes taking place in the world. Fear felt by common people far from the centre of power and therefore in no position to make major decisions and changes. This feeds the feeling of hopelessness of living in a non-working civilization where necessary political decisions are not possible to make. To seize power over our own fear and to get out of this relentless emotion we decided to create a personal legend in the form of an opera. In this opera – The Pendulum, one single individual is given the power to change the fate of the Earth. Impossible in real life, but totally viable within the aesthetic framework of opera as an art form. In our opera the human being chosen for the assignment is a normal person, not a hero character. His only weapon in the fight for the Earth’s survival is his ability to refrain from the thoughts, feelings and habits hitherto a natural part of him.

These dark subjects; climate angst and criticism of contemporary society is a natural part of both the long tradition of operatic storytelling as well as in the avant-garde rock movement of the 1970’s. Progressive hard rock has often includes music and lyrics where dramatic metaphorical processes has a clear political edge. To increase the dynamics of The Pendulum we make use of traditional instruments in several acoustic passages.

credits

released May 29, 2015

LINE-UP:
Jan Strandh- lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Yngve Frank- guitar
Anders Ericson - guitar
Max Warnby - Bass
Fred Warnby - Drums

GUEST ARTISTS:
Peo Pettersson (Axia,Leviticus), Katarina Lilja (Therion)
Erik Forsberg, Öivin Tronstad (Jupiter Society), Tony Yoansson (Masquerade), Tony Niva (Niva, Lion´s Share), Petter Karlsson (Therion), Karl Nyhlin