As
the album nears release via Laser's Edge this October, the entire track
listing and guest musician track-by-track breakdown for MELTED SPACE's The Great Lie
has been released. The debut album from the metal opera project created
by French composer Pierre le Pape features a wide cast of
internationally-revered vocalists and musicians including members of
Morbid Angel, Mayhem, Sunn O))), Dark Tranquillity, Orphaned Land,
Shining, Ayreon, Sirenia and many more, in addition to the work of The
City of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra.
Here, Pierre le Papa, who bears a
master degree in classical music and movie scores, creates a modern
opera that takes over the classical codes, including numerous
characters, scenario, powerful orchestral arrangements and varied
ambiances, all set to skilled and catchy songwriting and amazing
casting. The new MELTED SPACE album, The Great Lie,
features fourteen prestigious and unexpected singers, joined by seven
talented guest musicians and The City of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra.
Together, this cast has created an epic saga as powerful as moving, and
by mixing the tradition of the classic opera with infectious heavy
metal, The Great Lie promises to set a new milestone in the genre.
On The Great Lie, Le
Pape, who handles piano, keyboards and all orchestration of the album,
is joined by guitarist Adrien Grousset, bassist, Brice Guillon and
drummer Michael Saccoman as the prime backline. Co-produced by
François-Maxime Boutault and Pierre Le Pape, the main tracks were
recorded by François-Maxime Boutault for Les Liens du Son and the
orchestra recorded by Jan Hotzner at Smecky Music Studio in Prague,
conducted by James Fitzpatrick, while several of the guest musicians'
portions were recorded at various locations in Europe, the Middle East
and the US. Mixed by Axel Wursthorn at Walnut Groove Studio and mastered
by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, artwork design and layout were
handled by Hicham Haddaji of Strychneen Studio (Hacride, Klone,
Trepalium, Shining).
The entire track listing for MELTED SPACE's The Great Lie
is listed below with all of the guest vocalists and musicians attached
to each movement, the album including special performances by David
Vincent (Morbid Angel), Attila Csihar (Sunn O))), Mayhem), Mikael Stanne
(Dark Tranquillity), Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon), Ailyn Gimenéz (Sirenia),
Kobi Fahri (Orphaned Land), Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania), Guillaume
Bideau (Mnemic), Niklas Kvarforth (Shining), Sylvain Coudret (Soilwork),
Adrien Grousset (Hacride), Christine Rhoades (Jeff Loomis), Manuel
Munoz (The Old Dead Tree), Arnaud Strobl (Carnival In Coal), Clémentine
Delauney (Visions Of Atlantis), Virginie Goncalves (Kells),
Laser's Edge division, Sensory Records, will release The Great Lie on October 16th, 2015. Stand by for audio samples from the album, an official lyric video and more to be issued in the weeks ahead.
MELTED SPACE -- The Great Lie
01 "Listen To The Song Of Despair"
Featuring vocalists Ailyn Giménez, Arno Strobl, Clémentine Delauney, Virginie Goncalves, Lucie Blatrier
02 "Called By The Queen"
Featuring vocalists Guillaume Bideau, Christine Rhoades
03 "No Need To Fear"
Featuring
vocalists Mariangela Demurtas, Guillaume Bideau, Christine Rhoades,
David Vincent, Attila Csihar, Mikael Stanne, Arno Strobl, Clémentine
Delauney, Virginie Goncalves, Lucie Blatrier
04 "Terrible Fight"
Featuring
vocalists David Vincent, Guillaume Bideau, Manuel Munoz, Clémentine
Delauney, Virginie Goncalves, Lucie Blatrier, and guitar solo by Adrian
Martinot
05 "A God Is Dead"
Featuring vocalist Manuel Munoz
06 "Trust And Betrayal"
Featuring vocalists Mikael Stanne, Guillaume Bideau
07 "Glass Castle's Beast"
Featuring vocalists Kobi Farhi, Niklas Kvarforth, Guillaume Bideau, Clémentine Delauney, Virginie Goncalves, Lucie Blatrier
08 "Hopeless Crime"
Featuring
vocalists Christine Rhoades, Mikael Stanne, Niklas
Kvarforth, Clémentine Delauney, Virginie Goncalves, Lucie Blatrier, and
guitar solo by Adrian Martinot
09 "The One Who Lost The Faith"
Featuring vocalists Niklas Kvarforth, Arno Strobl and guitar, synth and dulcimer solos by Arjen A Lucassen
10 "Titania"
Featuring vocalists Ailyn Giménez, Guillaume Bideau, Mikael Stanne and guitar solo by Sylvain Coudret
11 "Lost Souls From The Other Side"
Featuring
vocalists Attila Csihar, David Vincent, Mikael Stanne, Ailyn Giménez,
Guillaume Bideau, Maria,tea Demurtas, Manuel Munoz, Christine
Rhoades, Clémentine Delauney, Virginie Goncalves, Lucie Blatrier