Blaze Bayley - 'Ghost in the Bottle' (official music video)

The circles of stone and the high mountain peaks
As I wander this great land
I see them all and I wonder if I belong
A portal that connects the dreamworld to me
The circle of tall stones
Give me a sign and I will know where I belong

In your mind's eye, can you see our homeland?
An illusion, a shadow, a spirit, a dream
I exist, I am real
My unspoken name
The sorrows of all that are lost
In your mind's eye, can you see our homeland

Is it really me or my forefather's dream?
What power makes me search on
For the truth in the heart of the circle of stone?

Here I am surviving, I still stand
In spite of all that they've done
They won't take away dreams of freedom and hope

Is it really me or my forefather's dream?
What power makes me search on
For the truth in the heart of the circle of stone?

Is it really me or my forefather's dream?
What power makes me search on
For the truth in the heart of the circle of stone?

Το (μακρινό) 1999 επέστρεψε στους Iron Maiden ο Bruce Dickinson και αυτό σήμαινε ότι το όνειρο του Blaze Bayley (Bayley Alexander Cooke το "κανονικό" ονοματεπώνυμό του) έλαβε τέλος, με τον Βρετανό τραγουδιστή να αποχωρεί από την μπάντα μετά από πέντε χρόνια (και δύο full length albums).

Έκτοτε σχημάτισε το προσωπικό του σχήμα. Αρχικά υπό το όνομα Blaze (από το 1999 έως το 2007) και εν συνεχεία ως Blaze Bayley συνεχίζοντας μέχρι τις ημέρες μας. Έχει κυκλοφορήσει ενδέκα "ολοκληρωμένους" στουντιακούς δίσκους, είκοσι live albums, τέσσερα singles, δύο συλλογές και ένα dvd. Το νέο του πόνημα τιτλοφορείται "Circle of Stone" και κυκλοφόρησε στα τελειώματα του χειμώνα.

Δελτίο τύπου: «BLAZE BAYLEY -Metal Hall of Fame inductee- is a singer/songwriter born 29th May 1963 in Birmingham, England. Having started his professional music career in WOLFSBANE in 1984, he was elevated to global heights when he joined IRON MAIDEN with whom he released two albums ("X-Factor" and "Virtual XI") and toured worldwide between 1994 and 1999.

After leaving IRON MAIDEN, Blaze embarked on a solo career, during which he has released ten full-length studio albums, plus live albums, live DVDs and compilations. He's also enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of the hardest working artists touring around.

In 2015 Blaze celebrated the 15th anniversary of his first solo release "Silicon Messiah" and then saw a significant worldwide resurgence of interest in his career, not least with the release of the "Infinite Entanglement" trilogy during the period 2016 to 2018.

This was followed up with two live offerings - the albums and DVDs "Live In France" and "Live In Czech" (2019 and 2020 respectively). During these recent years Blaze has toured widely in the UK, Europe, North America and Latin America.

He’s become particularly recognised as an independent artist dedicated and remarkably connected with his fans, as well as for his unmistakable high energy, no-nonsense, live performances.

Blaze joined DISTURBED onstage at the 2016 Download Festival for a rendition of ‘Baba O’Riley’ by THE WHO, was recently accompanied onstage in Poland by Swedish metalheads SABATON for a version of Maiden classic ‘Man On The Edge’ and was voted no.67 in Sweden Rock magazine’s Top One Hundred singers of all time.

During the period 2014 to present date, Blaze has benefitted from a settled line-up for his backing band, picked from British melodic metal band ABSOLVA - Christopher Appleton (lead guitar), Luke Appleton (power guitar), Martin Mcnee (drums) and Karl Schramm (bass).

Blaze and his band have received critical acclaim for outstanding performances, including Sweden Rock Festival, Rock the Coast (Spain), and Headbangers Open Air (Germany). In 2024 Blaze will release his latest studio album "Circle Of Stone" and going on tour to promote that release.»

Artist / Band: Blaze Bayley
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: England
Formed in: 2007
Genre: Heavy Metal
Lyrical themes: Personal struggles, Life, Society, Science fiction
Years active: 1999-2007 (as Blaze), 2007-present

Video: "Ghost in the Bottle"
Album: "Circle of Stone"
Type: Full length
Release date: February 23rd, 2024
Label: Blaze Bayley Recordings
Format: CD, 12" vinyl

Track listing:
01. Mind Reader
02. Tears in Rain
03. Rage
04. The Year Beyond This Year
05. Ghost in the Bottle
06. The Broken Man
07. The Call of the Ancestors
08. Circle of Stone
09. Absence
10. A Day of Reckoning
11. The Path of the Righteous Man
12. Until We Meet Again