In 2004, Dungeon released the album One Step Beyond which contained the pirate themed epic “Tarranno Del Mar”. That song went on to become a live favourite that LORD still continues to play now.
The idea was to always revisit the tale but the idea was sidelined after Dungeon disbanded so the focus could be put onto LORD being rebuilt as the “new” Dungeon. Finally the idea has seen the light of day: a ten minute long song, fully orchestrated, dozens of guitar tracks, literally hundreds of vocal tracks and the tale continues.
Aside from the title track, this EP contains covers of the classic Symphony X song “Of Sins And Shadows”, massive 80s hit “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” by Cutting Crew, featuring Andy on lead vocals, and six unplugged versions of Dungeon and LORD songs, plus two different bonus remixes of the title track. All up, this EP is actually longer than most albums!
Released June 1, 2010
Produced by Lord Tim
Musicians that appeared on this album:
LT – Lead Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Andy Dowling – Bass, Backing Vocals (+ one lead vocal)
Mark Furtner – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Damian Costas – Drums, Backing Vocals
Special Guests:
Gabrielle De Giorgio – keyboard solo
Byron Farrugia – pirate voiceover
Tim Yatras – additional backing vocals
Mav Stevens – additional backing vocals
Videos from this release
LYRICS and LINER NOTES
Return of the Tyrant
There was a ship.
Cursed, with black sails and crewed by the damned… or so the legend says.
Scores of souls were lost, sent down below to Davey Jones.
Then one day, it vanished as if the ship was swallowed up by the sea itself.
It’s said that on moonless nights the cursed ship returns to torment the waves,
with its crew of the damned and its captain with a heart of pure black.
Every sailor knows the legend and the name:
Tarranno Del Mar… Tyrant Of The Sea.
Sailing through the gates of hell
Ten score years in wait, it served him well
Cast in shackles, a madman betrayed
Fed the anger that’s burning inside of him
Broken chains, now he takes to the waves again
The tyrant’s rage
Talons reach toward the sky
Pitch the banner black and raise it high
Cut-throat, insane, lost souls of the damned
Cursed eternal, the captain and crew with him
Rule the seas, the legend revived again
The tyrant’s reign
What secrets lie below the cold grey waters?
Moonless nights we rise
The tyrant rides again
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to turn
When the time has now come
The tyrant will rise again
SOLO: LT / MARK / LT / MARK
The seeds of death for all are sown
Dragged below the waves to Davey Jones
Torn asunder and plundered their gold
Shown no mercy, the Tyrant dispatches them
Trim the sails, new conquests await the rage
Of the Tyrant’s blade
Liner Notes: The full, epic 10 minute long sequel to “Tarranno Del Mar.”
Words/Music: T. Grose
Of Sins and Shadow
Originally performed by SymphonyX.
Check out information about this song HERE.
(I Just) Died in Your Arms
Originally performed by Cutting Crew, featuring lead vocals by Andy.
Check out information about this song HERE.
Against the Wind (unplugged)
A bad place, a dark space
The lines that weather my face
I stand alone before the storm
Walk with me and you’ll see
The flame that burns within me
A fire so cold to keep us so warm
You see the darkness in my eyes
The seed of life inside me dies
A search for the truth, to find a reason why
A voice cries out in pain in the night
Riding the storm wind
And facing the demons inside
A thousand sins behind my eyes
A cry from the blackness
Alone with the darkness inside
Forever will I walk against the wind
My world betrayed by treason
I stumble blind, what’s going on?
Can’t see the road that lies beyond
A need to feel where I belong
When everywhere I turn seems to guide me wrong
Running through the night for so long
SOLO: LT / MARK
Liner Notes: Originally appears on the album One Step Beyond.
Words/Music: T. Grose
Rain (unplugged)
Darkness closes in
And I turn and face the storm
Midnight in the rain
Like a thousand times before
Oh… I feel the sorrow coming, world succumbing
Oh… I feel the sadness tear me away
The rain keeps falling down on me
Of pain and life unwound to be
The rain keeps falling down on me
And darkness all around
As the rain falls down
Falls down on me
A feeling of an empty life
Of broken heart, of broken dream
So tear the sonnet from my soul
Silent words unseen
SOLO: LT / MARK / LT
Liner Notes: Originally appears on the album Ascendence.
Words: T. Grose Music: T. Grose / T. Yatras / A. Dowling
100 Reason (unplugged)
The future’s bright I tell you
Another perfect day
All our baggage packed we climb
Aboard this sinking ship
And so we sail…
Takes a second to say hello
And forever to say goodbye
Turn the cheek of a blind denial
Into another lie
Oh, playing out this masquerade
Hold on to the dream
How long can we travel down this road we made?
Go on alone and leave me far behind
I tell myself we’re all okay
(I can) think of a hundred different reasons
For me to make you stay
I leave you now and go my way
To find a change of season
To help me get my feet back on the ground
Inside it’s so frustrating
A heart wrapped in golden chain
Always searching for the rainbow
Always waiting in the rain
SOLO: LT
Liner Notes: Originally appears on the album Set in Stone.
Words/Music: T. Grose / T. Yatras
Paradise (unplugged)
I felt so weak, all hope was gone
My skin blistered slowly away
Gangrene and Smallpox – no life left inside of me
The pain that I felt was unreal
I make my last stand as success comes my way
My bones gain their strength, nothing stands in my way
The final encounter decides who will win
Desire to live will survive
Running away to paradise – victory in my sights
Running away to paradise – the gods are on my side
My body aching – scarred, torn and wretched
Forced to go on through the pain
Was it will that revived me, brought life back inside of me
With blood flowing fast though my veins
SOLO: MARK / LT
Liner Notes: Originally appears on the album Resurrection.
Words: D. Corney Music: D. Corney / T. Grose
Eternal Storm (unplugged)
Vision born of dream-like lucid flames
Crimson light mastered by faceless names
Burning passion or a timeless force
Voices speak of shadows rising forth
Once were dreaming
Now are living
Feel the rain begin to pour
Hear the wind lift off and soar
Eternal storm
Restless souls
Eternal storm
Restless souls embrace the dying dawn
Nightmares destroying mortality
Creating dreamscape reality
Lost and forgotten our spirit sought
Forced upon us ways of lifeless thought
SOLO: MARK
Liner Notes: Originally appears on the album Set in Stone.
Words: M. Furtner Music: M. Furtner / T. Grose / T. Yatras
New Horizons (unplugged)
Another city passes in the darkness
Another country come and gone
And on this never ending road I wander
Seems like I’m always on the run
So long ago
I chose this lonely road
To follow new horizons
So far to roam
A million miles from home
So many more to go…
In another life I could have been the everyman
Another tale untold for me
Cursed by the gypsy’s kiss and driven onward
To reap the winds, forever free
So long ago
I chose this lonely road
To follow new horizons
So far to roam
But one thing I know
One day I’ll find that road
That takes me home
SOLO: LT / MARK
Another plane, another train
Another thousand miles of road
And one more day, I’ll find my way
Home to you
Now I sit here waiting in the darkness
My thoughts a million miles away
Of all the things I’ve done, all the sights and wonder
Not one thing could make me stay (one more day)
SOLO: LT
Liner Notes: Originally appears on the album Set in Stone.
Words: T. Grose Music: T. Grose / T. Yatras
Return of the Tyrant (orchestral mix)
(INSTRUMENTAL)
Liner Notes: LT: “One of the things that saddens me the most as a producer is knowing that a lot of the cool stuff that I hear as I’m mixing an album will never be heard by the fans. It’s a necessary evil of the mixing process that some elements must take priority over others, such as a lead vocal or a solo masking something that’s intended only to be a background instrument or effect. Sometimes those parts are really interesting in their own right but aren’t the intention of the song to be prominent. When I was scoring ‘Return Of The Tyrant,’ I basically orchestrated all of it but due to it still being essentially a heavy metal song, I had to make sure the guitars were still the focus so the song would still actually be heavy, but that meant some of the orchestra would be hidden, which was a shame since there was a lot of really cool stuff happening. I decided to do an orchestral mix of the song with the orchestra taking the forefront and some extra elements thrown in for good measure.”
Words/Music: T. Grose
Return of the Tyrant (radio edit)
Sailing through the gates of hell
Ten score years in wait, it served him well
Cast in shackles, a madman betrayed
Fed the anger that’s burning inside of him
Broken chains, now he takes to the waves again
The tyrant’s rage
Talons reach toward the sky
Pitch the banner black and raise it high
Cut-throat, insane, lost souls of the damned
Cursed eternal, the captain and crew with him
Rule the seas, the legend revived again
The tyrant’s reign
What secrets lie below the cold grey waters?
Moonless nights we rise
The tyrant rides again
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to turn
When the time has now come
The tyrant will rise again
SOLO: LT / MARK / LT / MARK
The seeds of death for all are sown
Dragged below the waves to Davey Jones
Torn asunder and plundered their gold
Shown no mercy, the Tyrant dispatches them
Trim the sails, new conquests await the rage
Of the Tyrant’s blade
Liner Notes: So “Return Of The Tyrant” is nearly ten minutes long with a huge orchestrated intro and spoken word parts, and a huge sing-along outro. That’s fantastic but let’s face it, how many radio shows would dedicate that much airtime to a single band in their show? We decided that as a bonus we’d do a cut down version of the song for stations that would otherwise not play the song due to it’s huge length.
Words/Music: T. Grose
