MASTER MASSIVE, die 1993 gegründete schwedische Heavy Metal Truppe mit 80er Spirit, kehrt nach dem 2020 veröffentlichten “Black Feathers on Their Graves“ Longplayer zurück auf die Bildfläche. Denn die sechsköpfige Band, mit gleich zwei Sängern, plant ihr drittes Full-Length Album “White Shadows“ für den 10. Juli. Als Appetizer ist jetzt die neue Single `Jonah and the Whale` als Video erschienen, die euch einen Ausblick auf die leicht epische,manchmal auch Doom-lastige Musik der Band gibt.
Gitarrist Jan Strandh erklärt zur neuen Singleauskopplung:
„This song was made to be uptempo and lighthearted, with many key changes and time-signature shifts. Easy to listen to, but difficult to play. I think I sang the phrase “Jonah and the whale” the very first time I tried out the chorus melody. It felt right, so why not make a song out of it? I had no intention of doing an interpretation of the biblical Jonah – this is my own fantasy. The lyrics shift between a playful side and a serious one, and the conclusion almost makes it feel like a true story. When Tony joined, I reworked the melodies in the second verse to give the song more variety. I really pushed the boundaries there, but I knew Tony would handle it. Contributions like that are what make Tony so unique. He has the technique and musical understanding to be given almost anything. The final choir section at the end was already in the demo version, and I sang that myself, but I let Viktor add the top harmony, which turned out to be a perfect fit.“
Videostream:
Lyrics:
Lone the fisher preparing sail
To search for the ghost in the lake
Bear witness to Jonah’s fate
When he sailed through this cloudy dusk
He left his hope to the stars
Steering away and far
Jonah and the whale
In the candlelight of the belly jail
Jonah’s gruesome plight
In lost chronicles fading in daylight
It’s the saga Starry Night
Turned his eye to the deep blue sea
Meeting his creature of fate
Blessed by the Northern Cree
When the ocean, for hours in lee,
Swift as a bolt from the blue
Transform to a boiling sea
Jonah and the whale
Shaking chandeliers in the belly jail
Jonah’s gruesome plight
In lost chronicles fading in daylight
It’s the saga Starry Night
Jonah and the whale
Calls and cantillates in the belly jail
Jonah’s gruesome plight
In lost chronicles fading in daylight
It’s the saga Starry Night