Songs made ABOUT the trilogy

BenMech · Postby **BenMech** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:41 am

the Maryland, USA traditional/prog metal band Odin's Court recorded a song called "His Dark Materials", found here http://www.odinscourtband.com/Clips/HisDarkMaterials.mp3

"His Dark Materials"

Ã‚Â©2002/2003 Odin's Court
Words & Music: Brookins

Verse 1:
Dark matter flowing in a finite sea.
Chasm of nothing, void to eternity.

The authority deserving praise?
Hollow be thy name, thy kingdom's done,
The subtle knife will raise.

Chorus 1:
It slices through the air,
Cutting through the plane.

Verse 2:
Tempter of the new world's Eve,
bringing knowledge of love and loss.

Lyra, reckless, proud, and true will achieve.
DÃƒÂ¦mon and death they are a part of you.

Chorus 2:
Divisions separating worlds
through hence the specters came.
The clouded mountain burning through the sky,
Angels fight and cry in the night.

Solos: Guitar/Bass/Drum/Guitar

Chorus 3:
Amber Spyglass shows us why.
Golden Compass, conflicts of strife.
A war from Heaven to Earth and Parallel Planes,
Win at what cost?

binni · Postby **binni** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:02 am

ooh, sounds interesting *downloads*

you might wanna edit the link, there's some problem with the url tag...

*edit*
hmm, not sure what to say, it sounds a little weird, I can't say it sucked, but it wasn't really amazing... it sounded a bit bare, and the lyrics could've been a bit less straight-forward... and I'm not too keen on the singer's voice.
But still, not too shabby

Ripper · Postby **Ripper** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:29 am

Vocalist is trying to sound a bit too epic, and guitar solo is a bit naff.
Apart from that, good song.

Stargirl · Postby **Stargirl** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:50 am

Awful wful awful. EW, I thought htat was really awful.

writteninveggies · Postby **writteninveggies** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:36 am

Haha. That's hilarious. Not so kean on the singing, but the music itself was ok, as horrible as the lyrics were. 100 billion times better than Harry and the Potters, which is the only other book songs I have ever heard...yes, this is a new genre for me.

Ian · Postby **Ian** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:11 pm

Ripper wrote:Vocalist is trying to sound a bit too epic, and guitar solo is a bit naff.
Apart from that, good song.

Yesyesyes. Exactly my thoughts too. I don't think the vocalist actually trying to be epic though

The guitar aren't that bad, but I find the lyrics fairly naff.

Serendipity · Postby **Serendipity** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:26 pm

Great idea and the guitar was okay but the singer... *shivers* No, I don't like that song.

Postby **Soapy** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:59 pm

Like Binni said, the lyrics are much too straight forward I think.

Dunno what it sounds like though.

Stargirl · Postby **Stargirl** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:10 am

I'll tell you what it sounds like, it sounds like crap! for some reason I just REALLY didn't like it. And the lyrics!? "Dark matter flowing in a finite sea." I think the meant infinite. and for some reason I just really don't like how this sounds either: "Cutting through the plane"

:flush:

Taroh · Postby **Taroh** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:22 am

dont really like it, lyrics and all, and i cant imaging it as a song with music and all

Ripper · Postby **Ripper** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:53 pm

Stargirl wrote:I'll tell you what it sounds like, it sounds like crap! for some reason I just REALLY didn't like it. And the lyrics!? "Dark matter flowing in a finite sea." I think the meant infinite. and for some reason I just really don't like how this sounds either: "Cutting through the plane"

Finite is the opposite of infinite, moron.

Townie · Postby **Townie** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:16 am

Lyra and the daemons, anyone? HDM could inspire a lot of band's names:

The Intention Craft
Exprimental Theology
Witch Clan
The Authority
The Magesterium
Ci'gazzi
The Cave
Chocolatl
Panserbjorne

God, these sound like bad 70's acts - this is all getting a bit Spinal Tap!

Ian · Postby **Ian** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:24 am

I think that a group named 'Svalbard' would have a ring to it.

Blackdragon · Postby **Blackdragon** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:15 am

That is utterly horrible. I couldn't even manage to get to the chorus before I got the hell off that site.

Starshade · Postby **Starshade** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:37 am

I heard 4 minutes and decided that the singer was crap, the music was lame, and I couldn't hear any of the lyrics whatsoever.

Then I stopped it.

The guitar timing was awful, the drummer lost the beats an the singer sounded like Jason Schlosburg being grabbed by the balls with a razorblade.
I hope Odins Court had better material, or a better singer

Stargirl · Postby **Stargirl** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:59 am

Ripper wrote:Finite is the opposite of infinite, moron.

I'm not stupid, that was my point, isn't the dust supposed to be INfinite. hello?!

writteninveggies · Postby **writteninveggies** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:25 am

Can we stop bashing the band and for a moment take the time to love anyone who would actually write AND perform a song about His Dark Materials, no matter how horrible you think it is? Personally, I think the song's quite funny, but we are all entitled to our own opinions. Just take into consideration that this is one of the only songs in the world written about the subject of this website.

Townie · Postby **Townie** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:42 am

Agreed veggies, but remember all those prog rock bands that got a bit obsessed with Lord of the Rings :oops:

Odin's Court sound a bit like Marillion (..and we all know where that band got their name from)

Ripper · Postby **Ripper** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:12 am

Stargirl wrote:
Ripper wrote:Finite is the opposite of infinite, moron.

I'm not stupid, that was my point, isn't the dust supposed to be INfinite. hello?!

Well, no.

Stargirl · Postby **Stargirl** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:53 am

well sorry but I disagree.

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