EARLY CROSS's first release post-pandemic, debuting their new singer, Kristen Watts.
A slow-moving journey of power and pain, longing and hope, combining flavors of heavy metal, world music, and prog rock.
Though the evils unleashed fly free
There is goodness still trapped in me
You'll find
Mercy deep down inside of me
Joy hiding in reach of my heart
Somewhere
Fairness, freedom, and harmony
Play a part to end our suffering
Pandora lived in loneliness
Pandora in the dark
Pandora filled with emptiness
Pandora stands ajar
Pandora, holding hope inside
Pandora, guarding light
Pandora, filling up again
Pandora stands before you
With
Mercy deep down inside of me
Worthiness a kindling spark
Somewhere
Fairness, freedom, and harmony
Tempt the fates to let humanity
Stand a chance
The choice is in our hands
To open up the vessel gifted unto Pandora
Each and every day
We make the choice throughout the ages
To leave it or to look within
I, Pandora
There's beauty still in each of us
There's virtue in the dark
Where shadows tread, the light may shine
Hope lives within Pandora
With
Mercy deep down inside of me
Peace is on the horizon
In fairness, freedom, and harmony
Lie the answers to the mystery
Though the evils unleashed fly free
There is goodness in all I see
credits
released October 7, 2023
Musicians:
Kristen Watts – Vocals
Hiroaki – Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars and Handclap
Hagi – Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Percussions and Handclap
Yugo – Bass
Pazzy – Pianos and Organs
Kazuhiro – Drums, Percussions and Handclap
Produced by Hiroaki
Recorded at Studio NEST, Dagdrøm Studios
Engineered by Naoki Kikuchi
Direction by Pazzy
Mixed by HIroaki
Mastered by Naoki Kikuchi
Music by Hiroaki
Words by Leela McMullen
Arranged by Hiroaki
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