Scar Symmetry - Astronomicon (vocal cover)

Astronomicon is one of the few Scar Symmetry songs that seems to fit my vocal range at present time - most of their songs are a bit too much, especially the ones featuring the excellent Christian Alvestam. Luckily, Astronomicon is one of my favorite tracks from Scar Symmetry's current line up and I had a lot of fun giving it a shot.

I do vocal covers for a couple of reasons - it's great stress relief and it exercises my voice in new ways, but mostly it's just fun. It's always best to not have the original vocals in the background, but obviously that's not always an option. For this song I mixed my vocals higher than usual and layered them 3 times to try and cover up the original vocals from Lars Palmqvist and Roberth Karlsson.

Gear used:
Audio-Technica 3060
Logic Express 9
Apogee Duet

"Astronomicon"
Music and lyrics by Scar Symmetry
"The Unseen Empire" - 2011

Lyrics:

Thus shone internal light, severe as the sun
Born from wombs of a deadened horizon
Within where worlds reside
Born Galaxies
A universe inside every mind

Behold dead stars ignite, for death there is none
Now gone, off to a distant horizon
Deep inside every mind a universe resides
Where entire planets lie, inner stars ignite

This is a dream and yet it's not
Within the astronomicon
Each seed is sown in everyone
To fall or to rise

Become dreams set in flight, forever transform
To most, change is a fearsome liaison
One universe outside and one within
Which sends the mind to flight?
Sets souls alight?

Avoid inner insight and slowly become
A drone caught on the event horizon
The black holes open wide in the resistant mind
Devouring each sign of emerging light

And though we know new things will empower the old
All will be gone, each and every deed undone

And as we go, move towards the towers unknown
Seeds have been sown, and within the dream has grown
Know that we own minds that can devour the sun
And what we've done will remain although it's gone

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Scar Symmetry
• The Unseen Empire
• Astronomicon
• vocal cover
• Alden Bradstock
• Dark Matter Dimensions
• Holographic Universe
• Pitch Black Progress
• Symmetric In Design
• Lars Palmqvist
• Roberth Karlsson
• death metal
• melodic death metal
• progressive metal
• metal
• growl
• death growl
• scream
• Audio Technica
• 3060

[PerfectStranger776]

Hey, you seem like you know about Roberths vocal style, I heard somewhere he's inhaling, are you inhaling in this video?

[LeftyLV426]

@PerfectStranger776 No I'm not doing any inhales. Honestly, I don't know much about that style and I don't think any of the Scar Symmetry guys utilize it in their songs either, but I could be wrong. Just going by the few inhale vocals I have heard.

[Shadowfiendization]

@LeftyLV426 Hello once, again mate =) i was figuring, maybe you could make a cover on dreaming 24/7 or Deus ex machina =) Those two are my favorite songs

[LeftyLV426]

@Shadowfiendization Hey! Been away from the covers lately cause I'm up to my neck in my own music, I've got a 4 song EP I'm trying to finish soon! But yeah, I would love to do another Scar Symmetry vocal cover, just have to find one that fits my range. The two you just mentioned might kick my ass haha! Definitely can't hit Alvestam's high highs :o

[CurseTheFallen]

Shit this is great!! do you think you could give Extinction Mantra a try? :D thatd be epic, but yeah your vocals in this are incredible, keep it up man!!

[LeftyLV426]

@CurseTheFallen Thanks! Extinction Mantra might be fun...

[thelepperaffinity]

Well done sir.

[ArtificialFlavaFTB2]

That was fucking awesome!

[LeftyLV426]

@VaanDreamer Thanks! And holy crap your keyboard solo for Domination Agenda was cool as hell!

[noguchimaki]

おもしろいww☆