SYMPHONITY – Part 3: The Plague
Track by track introduction!
The Plague is another powerful speedy hymn with strong melody line in chorus. It begins with the mighty sound of Armenian Duduk (ancient Armenian wood instrument) and it is one of the fastest songs on the album.
Except of the swift guitar solo, you can hear the solo part on another special instrument – Turkish violin. The whole song is very heavy, probably much heavier than most of other Symphonity’s songs. It relates to plague which whole expedition experienced in the town of Hormuz.
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SYMPHONITY – Part 2: Crimson Silk
As we know from the history, Marco’s father Nicollo travelled to the Mongolian empire and back when Marco grew up in Venice. After his return home, he needed to make second journey back to Mongolia, because he promised to deliver a message back to Khan Kublai. For this second time, Marco was the part of the expedition. Their first steps led to Acre and Jerusalem and then further east through the war-torn land of Armenia and Persia. That’s exactly what the song Crimson Silk is all about.
Musically, it is a swift power metal of European provenience spiced with elements of Middle Eastern music. We used a lot of ethnic instruments, especially in verses. As an example, you can hear the instrument called Oud (short-necked fretless lute used in Turkish in Arabic music and one of the main melodic instruments in the Middle East), Saz (long-necked fretted lute), Middle East Kanun (a Turkish zither) or Ney (long end-blown flute).
We use also special percussive sounds (most of them were recorded live by our special guest Ladislav Šiška), such as darbuka (small goblet drum), dohola (large goblet drum similar to darbuka but with deeper tones because of its larger size) or Riq (small tambourine-like frame drum with jingles).
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SYMPHONITY – Part 1: Venezia
The whole album starts with the song Venezia (Venice) where Marco was born and spent his childhood. It is a sort of epic instrumental intro song, which starts calmly but graduates with spectacular mezzo-soprano melody which make you goosebumps. As you will listen to this melody, try to imagine young Marco who dreams about travelling to distant places. For many years of his childhood, he waited desperately for his father’s return from the long journey.
The vocal part is performed by great Czech Mezzosoprano Jana Hrochová, the solo opera voice of National Theatre in Brno. We are more than pleased of her appearance on our album. Thank you very much!
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SYMPHONITY track by track introduction
„Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“ is the conceptual album which tells the story of Marco Polo. Each song is dedicated to some specific part of his journey. We tried to create a musical connection with the whole story, so each song is like a chapter of his life which is described not just by lyrics but also by music which is different in each of the songs. With the help of music and by using uncommon ethnic instruments, we created a special atmosphere which relates to each chapter, so it enhances the listening experience.
That’s why we decided to describe you each chapter in our own words, so you will know all the important things before the listening. In the following days we will share with you the series of posts related to each particular song from our upcoming album „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“, which you can pre-order here.
SYMPHONITY – brand new videoclip out now!
We would like to introduce you the brand new SYMPHONITY videoclip for the song „Marco Polo Part 8: Prisoner“.
Check it out, leave a comment and share!
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SYMPHONITY – teaser for new video!
The brand new official video for the song „Marco Polo Part 8: Prisoner“ will be released on April 18th, 12pm. You can already listen to the song on all digital streaming platforms.
For digital streaming click here.
SYMPHONITY – new single „Prisoner“ out now!
We are proud to announce today’s release of the second digital single from the upcoming SYMPHONITY album „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“. The song is called „Marco Polo Part 8: Prisoner“ and it is available on all digital platforms worldwide!
Check it out here.
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SYMPHONITY – new single coming soon!
It’s almost there! Mark April 14th in your calendar, because on this date, we will release the second single from the upcoming SYMPHONITY album „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“. The song is called „Marco Polo Part 8: Prisoner“ and it will be available on all digital platforms worldwide!
You can PRE-ORDER the album here.
Release date: June 2, 2023
Release date: May 12, 2023