Judicator - 'Mandy' (power metal Barry Manilow cover)

I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice
A shadow of a man
A face through a window
Crying in the night
The night goes into morning, just another day
Happy people pass my way
Looking in their eyes, I see a memory
I never realized how happy you made me

Oh, Mandy
Well, you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away
Oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today
Oh, Mandy

I’m standing on the edge of time
I’ve walked away when love was mine
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing
The tears are in my eyes
And nothing is rhyming

Oh, Mandy
Well, you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away
Oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today
Oh, Mandy

And I need you

Με ep / single θα αποχαιρετήσουν το 2023 οι Judicator. Τιτλοφορείται "I am the Void", αποτελείται από τραγούδια - διασκευές, στο "Mandy" του Barry Manilow και στο "The Curse of Feanor" των (θεών) Blind Guardian κι αναμένεται τον επόμενο μήνα (8 Δεκεμβρίου 2023).

Οι Judicator μας έρχονται από τις ΗΠΑ. Δημιουργήθηκαν πριν από μία ενδεκάδα έτη, μας συστήνονται ως "US Power Metal Supreme" και αναφέρουν ως επιρροές συγκροτήματα όπως οι: Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Iron Savior, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Ayreon, Scanner, Triosphere, Crystal Viper, Running Wild, Agent Steel, Riot, Queen, Gamma Ray, Helloween, Fates Warning, Angel Dust, Overkill, Metallica, Hell, Queensryche, Dio, Black Sabbath, Candlemass.

Έχουν κυκλοφορήσει έξι "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους με πλέον πρόσφατο το (εξαιρετικό) album "The Majesty of Decay" που "βγήκε" πέρυσι και ήταν στην λίστα μας με τις κορυφαίες κυκλοφορίες του περασμένου έτους...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Judicator presents “Mandy,” a cover of Barry Manilow’s “Mandy” (1974) which is actually a cover of Scott English & Richard Kerr’s “Brandy” (1971), except Judicator’s “Mandy” is in the style of Panos Cosmatos’ ‘Mandy’ (2018). Are your heads spinning yet? Vocalist John Yelland states:

“For years now I’ve been in love with the idea of doing a cover of ‘Mandy,’ but with a vibe that gives a very deliberate nod to Panos Cosmatos’ 2018 film of the same name. I arranged the song in such a way that, I believe, captures the majesty of Manilow’s rendition, but also the frenzied focus of Nicolas Cage. ‘Mandy’ was recorded during the same sessions as our new album, so this is the production and sound you can expect.”»