Mundanus Imperium - The Spectral Spheres Coronation (1998)+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jorn Lande - Lead Vocals, Bass on "Starwars" Peter J. Thuve - Guitars Lars Wiik - Bass, Drums, All Instruments on "Compound By The Subconcious" Bent E. Holm - Keyboards The Music is Arranged by Lars Wiik except Lead Guitars on "Distant Conglomeration" and "The Unborn Breathes In Silence" by Peter J. Thuve. All Vocal Lines by Jorn Lande. Produced by Dag Stokke, Ronnie Le Tekro, Kjartan Hestagen and Mundanus Imperium. Engineered by Dag Stokke, Ronnie Le Tekro and Kjartan Hestagen. Recorded and Mixed at Studio Studio in August'97 except "Starwars" in March'98. Mastered by Mikkel Schille at Lydmuren A/S. Cover and Artwork Design by Mundanus Imperium and Nuclear Blast. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Distant Conglomeration (Wiik) 6:02 2) The Life Of What You Seek (Wiik) 5:24 3) Beyond The Earthly (Wiik) 5:51 4) Starwars (Lande, Thuve / Lande) 2:48 5) Predominate (Wiik / Holm) 4:19 6) Compound By The Subconscious (Wiik) 4:15 - Japanese bonus track 7) Stargazer (Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio / Dio) 6:51 8) The Unborn Breathes In Silence (Wiik) 7:09 9) If The Universe Transformed (Wiik) 4:15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Distant Conglomeration (Wiik) 6:02 Show me, guide me, rise cosmic winds From where I was born, the vision will show By formations of greatness, through an abyss forlorn Only one dream prevails only one vision can tell One vision can tell The vision will show Where am I in here? A question still remains I hunt the answer, far from existence into the frozen void I seek Ooh, the flammations are still burning, far way, far away Distant memories locked in senselessness Confined key of my illusions Show me, guide me, the winds are here! May the second universe take me in! Again the invisible shows May the second universe take me in! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) The Life Of What You Seek (Wiik) 5:24 I look into the void I'm hypnotized, searching for the answers of the other side Seeking my own reflection, my inner strength Open the arcanum I am the life of what you seek The power runs in me I'm the key to reality United we are the complete! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Beyond The Earthly (Wiik) 5:51 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Starwars (Lande, Thuve / Lande) 2:48 Sitting in my spaceship, ready for the spacetrip It's a long way there, to where I'm going I fly into the galaxy and merges with the energy I must find the key to fulfill my destiny Starwars, the troops are invading Pointing at you Starwars, I am the skywalker Fighting for truth Yes, I was airborne I'll always be interactive hero Here we go again Faster than the speed of light Oh yes, I'm like dynamite Living in the dangerzone I have to face this on my own I'm ready ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Predominate (Wiik / Holm) 4:19 As a formation A cosmic formation my existence exists Reflected through a foreign illusion I'm a divided presence, still as one An extension of the present The fulfilment of my entity An entrance to an entirety I've achieved my perfection once again Through a dimensional transformation Controlment of the infinite and intelligence A spawn of my superior level The spiritual as a mind, now extended I've been exalted as a vision Extant in my creation Futuristic hidden as wisdom and domination Demise, be the embracement Thus my existence is completed! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Compound By The Subconscious (Wiik) 4:15 - Japanese bonus track Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Stargazer (Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio / Dio) 6:51 (from Rainbow "Rising" (1976)) High noon, oh I'd sell my soul for water Nine years worth of breakin' my back There's no sun (sun) in the shadow of the wizard See how he glides, why he's lighter than air? Oh I see his face! Chorus 1: Where is your star? Is it far, is it far, is it far? When do we leave? I believe, yes, I believe Chorus 2: In the heat and the rain ... with the whips and chains To see him fly So many die We built a tower of stone ... with our flesh and bone Just to see him fly But ... don't know why Oh, now where do we go? Hot wind, moving fast across the desert We feel that our time has arrived The world spins, while we put his dream together A tower of stone ... to take him straight to the sky Oh I see his face! Chorus 1 & 2 All eyes ... see the figure of the wizard As he climbs to the top of the world No sounds ... as he falls instead of rising The time's standing still, then there's blood on the sand Oh I see his face! Where was your star? Was it far, was it far When did we leave? We believed, yes, we believed In heat and rain ... with the whips and chains To see him fly So many died We built a tower of stone ... with our flesh and bone To see him fly But why In all the rain With all the chains Did so many die Just to see him fly Time is standing still You, give back my will Oh oh oh oh I'm coming home I see the rainbow rising In the heat of the rain Whips and chains See him fly Oh yeah yeah Time is standing still Just give back my will Oh oh oh oh I'm coming home I'm lost, lost, lost We're going back Don't know why We saw his face Oh oh oh oh oh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) The Unborn Breathes In Silence (Wiik) 7:09 On fire... chains of the universe In circles slowly fading Secrets of time Monuments in smoke, watching the past away The unborn breathes in silence Breeding in silence Pale is the surface, of which the future speaks Never seen, never touched There was no time, there was no pride Illusions was its energy The code of life was the end But the end is the code of life Chains of the universe In circles slowly fading Secrets of time, watching the past away Memories of fire! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) If The Universe Transformed (Wiik) 4:15 If the system transformed My visions would be true A crusade without intelligence The end of the beginning, no sign can tell But the answer do rise with me Future dreams, illusional sights My vision ... was never fantasies Ten serpents around my powers With the universe I transform Ten serpents around my powers Fallen stars, a rebirth for the thousands The answer strikes in front of me, yeah There is no beginning, no is there an end Ten serpents surround me My visions would be true A crusade without intelligence The end of the beginning, no sign can tell No one can tell Future dreams, illusional sights My visions was never fantasies Ten serpents ... around my world If the system transformed ------------------------------------------------------------------------