Eviternity deserves a song. So we wrote one. Happy birthday, Dragonfly!
Needless to say, this is a song focusing on the Doomguy’s exploits throughout the Eviternity duology.
Throughout this piece are numerous references to the names of the episodes, levels and new monsters present in Eviternity, along with musical quotations from works previously featured in the two sets, including the opening title track by me, and the final boss track by Tristan Clark. Guest artists who were originally part of the Eviternity projects (among them Tristan, Velvetic and AD_79) also feature as contributing musicians, plus Dee Leggett, who was brought on after she recorded an incredible rendition of another of Tristan’s tracks, “Velocity“.
To the keen-eared and diehard fans of the Eviternity series, I invite you to find all the references portrayed in the lyrics AND music!
The words, being somewhat more “epic” and celestial in theme than what I usually write, connect not just to the story and canon of Eviternity‘s two releases, but to how Dragonfly brought both a development team and community together – this is particularly represented in the final chorus.
I did want to leave things somewhat open-ended, though, so the overall lyrical message – of charging ahead full-pelt into the unknown, whether in pursuit of personal greatness, or of uniting a people – could be applied to any heroic person or character desired. While the grandiose “good vs. evil” themes are certainly present in order to connect transparently to the themes of Eviternity, I wanted the music to resonate with any listener with a hero in their life they’d love to honour in this way.
Even our heroes must rest.
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TRACKLIST:
- Eviternal
- Eviternal (Instrumental)
Songwriting:
James Paddock – music, lead vocals, lyrics
Kevin “Velvetic” Martins – music, production and mastering, all guitars, additional vocals
Leprous – excerpt from their song “Slave” heard at 4:31
Guest personnel:
Tristan Clark – all bass guitars
Dee Leggett – lead guitar solo
AD_79 – lead keyboard solo
The Final Event – harsh backing vocals
Album artwork credits:
Korp – artwork
Clayy – the original render of the “Origin” boss monster
Dragonfly – the tower structure featured in Eviternity map 21