Veil
by Drifting Sun
Dr Clovenhoof
Dr Clovenhoof
I had this on pre order and listened to it today. Brilliant!
Boris Stalf
Boris Stalf
Without wanting to diminish everyone else's achievements, but Jargon is outstanding.
Looking very much forward release day, Pat.
Looking very much forward release day, Pat.
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Veil
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumDrifting Sun's long-awaited new album "Veil", now available on pre-order.
Official release date March 22nd, 2024.
CDs NOW ONLY AVAILABLE FROM OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE - any physical purchases on our website will be given a Bandcamp code to download a digital copy of the album. Please visit www.driftingsun.co.uk if you wish to purchase the CD version of the record.
Album will be presented in a 6-panel digipak with a 12-page full colour booklet.
Jargon - Vocals
Ralph Cardall - Guitars, Mandolin
Pat Sanders - Keyboards
John Jowitt - Bass
Fudge Smith - Drums
Includes unlimited streaming of Veil via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... moreSold Out
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1. |
Veiled
02:00
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2. |
Frailty
12:05
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Shining in the black sky
cast away from paradise
Our sins are calling
now she’s gone, too late to cry
He sent away the archer
on a mission for the good
but the Sun Kings wouldn’t yield
to the fearsome god’s demand
There’s nothing left to hope for
now he’s treading past the point
where no matter what we give
our own fate is set in stone
Washed upon the sands of time
as he gazes from afar
with so much fear in his eyes
Now she lights the sky at night
to warm her lover’s heart
but come the dawn she’ll be gone
He will never walk away
from the demons of his past
and his life slips away
A thousand tears shed from the moon
yet they won’t bring him back
to the heaven they knew
Have you seen the man with the
white beard who’s pulling the strings
on the puppets of the Earth?
Devillish Sun Kings
flooding the place with light
How do you feel? The time is right
Devillish Sun Kings
Shuffling the mortal coil
How do you feel? Back to the night
One sun, two suns, three suns
all gone with pride
Hold on to your dream, lose your life
I want to wake up
when you say we’re fine
Bow down to my will, come alive
One sun, two suns, three suns
all gone with pride
Bow down to my will, come alive
Devillish Sun Kings
flooding the place with light
How do you feel? The time is right
Devillish Sun Kings
Shuffling the mortal coil
How do you feel? Back to the night
Devillish Sun Kings
flooding the place with light
How do you feel? Back to the night
Washed upon the sands of time
as he gazes from afar
with so much fear in his eyes
Now she lights the sky at night
to warm her lover’s heart
but come the dawn she’ll be gone
He will never walk away
from the demons of his past
and his life slips away
A thousand tears shed from the moon
yet they won’t bring him back
to the heaven they knew
Shining in the black sky
cast away from paradise
Our sins are calling
now she’s gone, too late to cry
He sent away the archer
on a mission for the good
but the Sun Kings wouldn’t yield
to the fearsome god’s demand
There’s nothing left to hope for
now he’s treading past the point
where no matter what we give
our own fate is set in stone
Her doomed affair, her tragedy
Shines bright at night, fire in the skies
Her doomed affair, her tragedy
Their sins will call, it’s set in stone
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3. |
Eros and Psyche
05:12
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In these dark but wondrous times
the stranger came to Psyche at night
Their sins were calling
it’s too late to cry
Don’t look into this old and withered
heart of mine
Scarlet red like the autumn sky
yet with a sadness rising like the sea
She’s locked in her gilded cage
the echoes wail through the night
Love is a strange cloud,
a mysterious oddity
unwrapping our souls in a haze
And just like a madman
drawing a crowd of fools
you’re catching the whirlwind of life
In these dark but wondrous times
Eros came to Psyche at night
Their sins were calling
it’s too late to cry
What will you say, you old and withered heart of mine?
Cold and grey like a winter morning
there in the shelter of a shady grove
She’s locked in her gilded cage
the echoes wail through the night
Look up to the rainbow
to give it a kiss of love
Burnt with a fire by the sun
And just like the madman
drawing a crowd of fools
you’re catching the whirlwind of life
Don’t run away like a thief in the night
your life rolls on and on and on
Break away from your gilded cage
the echoes scream through the night
Love is a strange cloud,
a mysterious oddity
unwrapping our souls in a haze
And just like the madman
drawing a crowd of fools
you’re catching the whirlwind of life
Don’t look into this old and withered
heart of mine
What will you say, you old and withered heart of mine?
Don’t drown into these old and withered eyes of mine
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The Thing
07:49
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Along darkened trails
Across the frozen lakes
we travel towards the thing
through mighty forest
along the mountain paths
we’re heading towards the thing
A time to put to rest
and wait for the freeze to thaw
Put all your quarrels from the past
begin a quest for lands of lore
Over the rocky shores
onto long fires warming
we’re still waiting at the thing
justice is drawn
metered out by the Earl
The law is drawn up at the thing
Gather yourselves up
to plan our future raids
A land of fire and ice and sand
with shield on arm and axe in hand
Along darkened trails
across the frozen lakes
we travel towards the thing
through mighty forest
along the mountain paths
We’re heading towards the thing
All rise, the King of the North is born
glory to Odin our father is sworn
a good life is sought by one and all
Old Thor has passed
in the kingdom come
wait in Valhalha to open the door
a good death is sought by one and all
Over the rocky shores
onto long fires warming
we’re still waiting at the thing
justice is drawn
metered out by the Earl
The law drawn up at the thing
Archers fill the skies
to help us fight the war
Icelandic runes in stones
marking our fates and journeys halved
Join us with the Gods in the mighty hall
wait in Valhalha to open the door
Norse runes are carved and sagas sworn
Men of the North,
as far as the eye can see
the battle is sought, no fear in our hearts
a good death is sought by one and all
Along darkened trails
across the frozen lakes
we travel towards the thing
through mighty forest
along the mountain paths
We’re heading towards the thing
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5. |
2-Minute Waltz
01:59
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6. |
Through the Veil
05:44
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Look through the dark veil
Time immorial
It comes and it goes like shards of glass
Just a phase in a fragile mind
But the memories that lived within her eyes
Fly away like leaves in the wind
Walk through the dark veil
Time immorial
It’s a dream or a strange percibility
Just a stab in a pounding heart
And it swirls, it swirls, it breaks her to the core
The transience of a life she once knew
Time immorial
Never surrender concern to reality
May all our dreams come together
Lest we lose track of each other
We are as one through the dark veil
Look through the dark veil
Time immorial
It’s a dream, it’s a substantiality
Just a phase in a fragile mind
Yet the memories that hide behind your eyes
Roll away like the wheels of time
Time immorial
Never surrender your care to reality
May all our dreams come together
Lest we lose track of each other
We are as one through the dark veil
Walk through the dark veil
Time immorial
Never surrender concern to reality
May all our dreams come together
Lest we lose track of each other
We are as one through the blind screen
Never surrender your care to reality
May all our dreams come together
Lest we lose track of each other
We are as one through the blind screen
Time immorial
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The Old Man
05:51
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The old man sitting on a stone
knows his time is short
Through stifling, suffocating pain
his dry lips reaching for
one last taste of bygone days
A scarred hand wipes his feathered brow
with soft anxiety
He stands still, bruised and broken-hearted
when the hour strikes
and an ill wind robs his life
Never surrender concern to reality
We are as one through the dark veil
The young man ponders what life may
in his golden fortress lies there
a darker tale untold, a sour fate unfolds
Heading for shattered promises
Never surrender your care to reality
We are as one through the blind screen
The old man weeping on the floor
knows his time has come
He stands still, bruised and broken-hearted
when the hour strikes
One more taste of bygone days
Never surrender concern to reality
may all our dreams come together
Lest we lose track of each other
we are as one through the blind screen
One last taste of bygone days
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8. |
Cirkus
06:34
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Time fades away
we live and they die
in the blinking of an eye
Time soon fades away
till we take our flight
into the misty sky
Desire, foul sin clad in insanity
The feast of blood not favoured by his God
The elder, black heart consumed with jealousy
slayed the beloved lamb for unrequited love
The sinner, slave to his chicanery
drunk on his heinous crime he lived a life of fear
But he’ll pay, he’ll pay for his profanity
Time fades away
we live and you die
in the blinking of an eye
Time soon fades away
in the circus of life
for the brother who has sinned
He was snatched away
to the depths of the Earth
by the Angel of the Night
Minds burning, we know what we must do:
plunge to depths of Heaven or Hell
His penance holds for eternity
Heaven is for the needy not the greedy
Anguish and poison be
the sole gifts life will bring him
Cries to his God in raging agony
and the eye of God is peering
I find no grace in his eyes
must put the threat away
The doting fool will be gone
He finds no grace in my eyes
Must put the threat away
the doting fool will be gone
Minds burning, we know what we must do:
plunge to depths of Heaven or Hell
Time fades away
we live and they die
in the blinking of an eye
Time soon fades away
till we take our flight
into the misty sky
The sinner and his eternal lies
The feast of blood not favoured by his God
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about
Drifting Sun's long-awaited new album "Veil", now out.
CDs NOW ONLY AVAILABLE FROM OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE - any physical purchases on our website will be given a Bandcamp code to download a digital copy of the album. Please visit www.driftingsun.co.uk if you wish to purchase the CD version of the record.
TO EU CUSTOMERS: CDs NOW SHIPPING DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE EU - NO BREXIT TAXES
CDs NOW ONLY AVAILABLE FROM OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE - any physical purchases on our website will be given a Bandcamp code to download a digital copy of the album. Please visit www.driftingsun.co.uk if you wish to purchase the CD version of the record.
TO EU CUSTOMERS: CDs NOW SHIPPING DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE EU - NO BREXIT TAXES
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released March 22, 2024
"Veiled"
Music: Pat Sanders
"Frailty"
Music: Pat Sanders/John Jowitt/Jargon
Lyrics: Pat Sanders
"Eros and Psyche"
Music and Lyrics: Pat Sanders
"The Thing"
Music: Pat Sanders/Ralph Cardall
Lyrics: Chris York/Pat Sanders
"2-Minute Waltz"
Music: Pat Sanders
"Through the Veil"
Music and Lyrics: Pat Sanders
"The Old Man"
Music and Lyrics: Pat Sanders
"Cirkus"
Music and Lyrics: Pat Sanders
Jargon - Vocals
Ralph Cardall - Guitars, Mandolin
Pat Sanders - Keyboards
Jon Jowitt - Bass
Fudge Smith - Drums and Percussions
Suzi James - Violin on "Frailty", "The Thing" and "Cirkus"
"Frailty" Choir: Costas molvalis, Katerina tepelena, MIchalis Latousakis, Spyros Petratos
"The Thing" Choir: Ben Bell, Charlie Bramald, Chris York
Album design & artwork: Phil Jolly (Jolz Design)
‘Mr. Splodge’ designed by Nihal Eleftheriou
Artwork concept by Pat Sanders, Phil Jolly, Nihal Eleftheriou and John Jowitt
Mixed and mastered by Leonidas Petropoulos
Produced by Drifting Sun
"Veiled"
Music: Pat Sanders
"Frailty"
Music: Pat Sanders/John Jowitt/Jargon
Lyrics: Pat Sanders
"Eros and Psyche"
Music and Lyrics: Pat Sanders
"The Thing"
Music: Pat Sanders/Ralph Cardall
Lyrics: Chris York/Pat Sanders
"2-Minute Waltz"
Music: Pat Sanders
"Through the Veil"
Music and Lyrics: Pat Sanders
"The Old Man"
Music and Lyrics: Pat Sanders
"Cirkus"
Music and Lyrics: Pat Sanders
Jargon - Vocals
Ralph Cardall - Guitars, Mandolin
Pat Sanders - Keyboards
Jon Jowitt - Bass
Fudge Smith - Drums and Percussions
Suzi James - Violin on "Frailty", "The Thing" and "Cirkus"
"Frailty" Choir: Costas molvalis, Katerina tepelena, MIchalis Latousakis, Spyros Petratos
"The Thing" Choir: Ben Bell, Charlie Bramald, Chris York
Album design & artwork: Phil Jolly (Jolz Design)
‘Mr. Splodge’ designed by Nihal Eleftheriou
Artwork concept by Pat Sanders, Phil Jolly, Nihal Eleftheriou and John Jowitt
Mixed and mastered by Leonidas Petropoulos
Produced by Drifting Sun
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Drifting Sun Sturminster Newton, UK
Drifting Sun are a UK-based Progressive Rock band. Their music has been described as dramatic, theatrical, and atmospheric, in the true style of Progressive Rock giants such as Dream Theater, Queensryche, Genesis and Jethro Tull, to name but a few of the bands that influenced their sound. ... more
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