Hammers of Misfortune - 'Don't Follow the Lights' (official audio)

Under the vault of heaven
Slumbering blossoms sway
Turn your gaze upon them
And feel your mind decay
Flocks beyond description
Encryption in their wings
When their throats begin to croak
The Neuromancer sings

Chorus:
Don't follow the lights
Unsettling scene
Don't follow the lights
They are not what they seem

Wild flowers surround us
Encircled in shimmering light
Fields of mystification
Oh they overthrow our minds
Mystic apparitions
Visions of delight
Distant voices calling
'Til sirens split the night

Chorus

Thy own form: dark and formless

In a game that plays you
Absence is the only move
There are only two dimensions here
Just turn sideways to disappear

Thy own form: dark and formless

Chorus

Downward spiral descending
To the nethermost deep
Skittering shallows unending
The Neuromancer's keep

Δισκογραφική επιστροφή μετά από έξι έτη για τους Hammers of Misfortune. Ο διάδοχος του album "Dead Revolution" (Ιούλιος 2016) και έβδομος συνολικά "ολοκληρωμένος" δίσκος των Αμερικανών prog metallers φέρει τον τίτλο "Overtaker" και έχει προγραμματισθεί να κυκλοφορήσει στα ξεκινήματα του χειμώνα. Το έδαφος προετοιμάζει η ακρόαση του τραγουδιού "Don't Follow the Lights"...

Band: Hammers of Misfortune
Country of origin: United States
Location: San Francisco, California
Genre: Progressive Metal
Lyrical themes: Conceptual storylines, Politics, Fantasy, War
Years active: 1995-2000 (as Unholy Cadaver), 2000-present

Audio: "Don't Follow the Lights"
Music: Cobbett
Lyrics: Myers, Cobbett

Album: "Overtaker"
Type: Full length
Release date: December 2nd, 2022

Track listing:
01. Overtaker
02. Dark Brennius
03. Vipers Cross
04. Don't Follow the Lights
05. Ghost Hearts
06. Outside Our Minds
07. The Raven's Bell
08. Orbweaver
09. Overthrower
10. Aggressive Perfection

Band members:
John Cobbett - Guitars, Bass, Mellotron, Solina
Jamie Myers - Vocals
Sigrid Sheie - Keyboards, Vocals (backing)
Blake Anderson - Drums, Piano, Timpani

Guest/Session:
Mike Scalzi - Vocals (track 2, 9)
Frank Chin - Bass (track 2, 6)
Tom Draper - Guitars solos (track 9)
Steve Blanco - Keyboards solo (track 3)
Brooks Wilson - Vocals (backing) (track 10)

Miscellaneous staff:
Sanford Parker - Recording (drums, piano, timpani), Mixing
John Cobbett - Recording (guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion), Mixing
Jamie Myers - Recording (vocals)
Avinash Mittur - Recording (Mike Scalzi's vocals)
Justin Weis - Mastering
Aaron Cobbett - Photography
Saprophial - Artwork