Oblivion Protocol - 'This Is Not A Test' (official music video)

It’s easier to fool the world
Than show them that they’ve all been had
It's easier to trust what you’re told
Than believe that it’s all gone bad
And fear is the new religion
The doubters are left outside
While our minds are slowly narrowed
Till the gulf runs deep and wide

And we trade and we trade our lives away
And you say you’ll keep us safe

You can try to censor the written word
But you can’t make everything be unheard
You can fill the world with your little lies
But the truth will always be recognised
And it may take a while for the rank and the file
To forget about all you professed
But they’ll eventually know
What the rest of us already know
What the rest of us already guessed
This is not a test

It's easier to close your windows
And block out the wind of change
But the storm’s getting wilder and stronger
Going to take some time to blow away
When all of the tables are turning
Everything will be exposed
A moment of great unlearning
And one more chapter closed

And we trade and we trade our lives away
And you say you’ll keep us safe

You can try to censor the written word
But you can’t make everything be unheard
You can fill the world with your little lies
But the truth will always be recognised
And it may take a while for the rank and the file
To forget about all you professed
But they’ll eventually know
What the rest of us already guessed
This is not a test

And we trade and we trade our lives away
And you say you’ll keep us safe

You can try to censor the written word
But you can’t make everything be unheard
You can fill the world with your little lies
But the truth will always be recognised
And it may take a while for the rank and the file
To forget about all you professed
But they’ll eventually know
What the rest of us already guessed
This is not a test

«When my Threshold bandmates decided not to record a sequel to the 'Legends of the Shires' story. I knew I wanted to stay in that world a little longer, so I wrote my own sequel called 'The Fall of the Shires'. I just did it for myself at first, but when it was finished I started to wonder about releasing it» μας λέει ο (πληκτράς των Threshold) Richard West και κάπως έτσι δημιουργήθηκαν οι Oblivion Protocol.

Το ντεμπούτο τους ("The Fall of the Shires") θα κυκλοφορήσει τον επόμενο μήνα (18 Αυγούστου 2023) μέσω της Atomic Fire Records, ενώ την μπάντα συμπληρώνουν ο κιθαρίστας (των Within Temptation, Maiden United κλπ) Ruud Jolie, ο μπασίστας (των Darkwater και πρώην των Pain of Salvation) Simon Andersson και ο drummer Darby Todd.

Δελτίο τύπου: «At its best, prog can be a safe haven from the storm outside, a soothing experience with healing and escapist qualities. Genuine musicianship, pure emotion and a penchant for supreme melody make this music a journey, an experience for which records and headphones were invented in the first place.

At the forefront of prog music stands Richard West, renowned keyboard wizard and songwriter for British prog metal pioneers Threshold for over 30 years. Six years after their epic masterpiece "Legends of the Shires", West returns to these shores to deliver a long-awaited sequel.

Not under the Threshold moniker, mind you. But with a brand new supergroup. Prog fans far and wide, rejoice: Oblivion Protocol are here. And they bring us "The Fall of the Shires".

We can be very thankful for that: Oblivion Protocol will immediately claim a place in the hearts of every prog connoisseur, delivering a dense, climactic sound somewhere between Rush, Steven Wilson, "Dark Side of the Moon" era Pink Floyd and occult hard rock masters Ghost.»

Παρακολουθούμε το lyric video του τραγουδιού "This Is Not A Test", για το οποίο ο Richard West μας λέει σχετικά: «'This Is Not a Test' is a song about finding out you've been conned. We had a great time filming the video last month at rEvolver Studios in Gothenburg (In Flames, Europe). Although most of us already knew each other, it was the first time we'd all met up as a group. Fortunately we got on like a house on fire!»