The heavy metal music act known as
Worlds of Our Planet has released a duo of singles under the
collective title, “Laments of an Electric Guitar – Part I.” The
release is a banshee's wail of extremely melodic and remarkably
complex heavy-metal guitar playing, and showcases not only a sheer
mastery of the instrument, but also some of the most imaginative and
inspirational orchestration the contemporary era has to offer. Its
two component tracks, titled, “Painful Desperation” and “The
War that Never Ends,” respectively, have a total of approximately
10 minutes' playing time. Worlds of Our Planet makes certain that
each tick, beat, and measure of those minutes is a global history
unto itself.
The actual sound of “Laments of an
Electric Guitar – Part I” is violent, colorful, soaring,
triumphant, decadent and dark. It spends long stretches entwined in
harmonies and climbing fugues. In fact, the orchestration of
“Laments...,” although a great work of metal music through and
through, has much more in common with powerful compositions like
"L'inverno," from Antonio Vivaldi's “Le
quattro stagioni,” than it does with modern metal bands like
“Dragonforce,” whose music does not necessarily always evoke
emotion.
The
idea that the purpose of great art is to evoke emotion has existed
for literally thousands of years, and it seems very much to be part
of the philosophy of Worlds of Our Planet, the heart and soul of
which is Marcos
Micha Rayek.
“I
don’t know if I can give a direct message to the listeners with
this kind of music,” he writes. “I prefer to think that I can
awake some people`s feelings when they hear it.”
What kind of
feelings, though? He responds with well learned expertise. “Well,
with certain instrumental music,” he explains, “you never know
what people are going to feel. The music of these songs is fast;
maybe it reflects the age we are living in. We live fast and
stressed; sometimes we don’t have time to think or to do anything
we really want. Time is precious, and sometimes all of us throw it
away, not because we want to, but because we don’t have a choice.
To gain a little time we sometimes have to become machines. Most
people have to invest too much time in something they really don`t
want to do. We slowly and unconsciously throw away the only life we
have, and suddenly it is too late.”
Rayek's message
isn't all doom and gloom, however. Truly, it is much the contrary.
“We all have to do anything we can to survive,” he muses, “and
that’s the beauty of life. We have to fight for it to feel what we
really want to feel, but when people consciously decide not to live
in the past or future, but in the present, suddenly everyone starts
to live and smile even in the worst moments.”
Like the music of
Worlds of Our Planet, these thoughts may seem too deep and meaningful
for some listeners, but Rayek assures his fans that it doesn't have
to be complicated.
“I’m
sure some people will find the music relaxing and feel the complete
opposite. That is OK, too. In the end the only thing that really
matters is to feel something.”
“Laments
of an Electric Guitar – Part I” is available online worldwide
beginning April 9, 2013.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The dual single release
“Laments of an Electric Guitar – Part I” is distributed
globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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