tag:morton.band,2005:/blogs/welcome-to-morton-bandNews2023-10-31T13:18:49+02:00MORTON | Metal Bandfalsetag:morton.band,2005:Post/72964122023-10-31T13:18:49+02:002023-10-31T13:23:49+02:00New Single: "The Great Erasure"<p>Today we present our new MORTON single!</p><p>"The Great Erasure" depicts the darker side of our story as a humankind. Can we fix ourselves? Is it even possible? There is no clear answer, but there is always hope.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1UJqOzr-XE" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">YouTube</a><span style="color:rgb(189,189,189);"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">/</span><span style="color:rgb(189,189,189);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Z9tpx15BzTfpdC0Sng8Ky" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">Spotify</a><span style="color:rgb(189,189,189);"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">/</span><span style="color:rgb(189,189,189);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-great-erasure-single/1713361161" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">Apple Music</a><span style="color:rgb(189,189,189);"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">/</span><span style="color:rgb(189,189,189);"> </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CLPG4N7D" target="_blank" data-link-type="url">Amazon Music</a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1UJqOzr-XE" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/275674/12e66ce0ff4259af25120cca161c8fd6e2f79f7f/original/great-erasure.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><!-- more --><h3>LYRICS</h3><p>Hide the pain, turn away<br>To survive another day<br>Mute and blind to our kind<br>Why?..</p><p>But I know: time will tell<br>There's no right or wrong in hell<br>As it ends, just let go<br>Of us all</p><p>It's time for the Great Erasure<br>In this world<br>Built on hypocrisy and fear<br>I call for the Savior:<br>Right the wrong<br>And tear out the rotten core of me</p><p>Truth revealed, now we know<br>There's no reason for us all<br>To be fair, to be just<br>No...</p><p>We're bred to hate. in hate we fall<br>Oh, if there is a God above -<br>Heal our souls and forgive<br>Us all</p><p>It's time for the Great Erasure<br>In this world<br>Built on hypocrisy and fear<br>I call for the Savior:<br>Right the wrong<br>And tear out the rotten core of me</p><p>Protect us<br>Defend us<br>Deliver us</p><p>It's time for purification<br>Of our world<br>Built on hypocrisy and fear<br>I call for the Savior:<br>Right the wrong<br>And tear out the rotten core of me</p>MORTON | Metal Bandtag:morton.band,2005:Post/69333722022-03-30T00:00:00+03:002023-10-31T13:16:28+02:00Second album out now<p>Dear friends! We proudly present the long awaited second MORTON album "Horror of Daniel Wagner"! From the bottom of our hearts we thank everyone who's been waiting for it all these years.</p>
<p>"Horror of Daniel Wagner" is a very special album for us. We started working on it in 2013, and now, in 2022, it feels like an entirely different era... Since then, we've gone through a lot. If this album was a magic spell, we're pretty sure it would be a powerful one, with all the negative energy it managed to absorb only to transform it into the most pure and healing force: music.</p>
<p>The album consists of two parts: "Sinful Heart" and "Grand Awakening". The opposing parts of the spectrum, the darkness and the light, the riddle and the answer, the disease and the healing. Being a concept album, "Horror of Daniel Wagner" still leaves enough room for imagination, as most of the songs tell their separate, self-dependent stories.</p>
<p>Travelling all the way through the purgatory into forgiveness, the protagonist goes through rebirth to live many new, better lives and eventually witness the Grand Awakening of humanity. We believe that every story should end well. Let the bad things pass. After all, it's always darkest before the dawn.</p>
<p>Love&peace, <br>MORTON</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCVBkrKCiic" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/275674/4af9d5d46742a922ca1dcce46b298db2bb184c71/original/morton-horror-of-daniel-wagner-album-cover.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
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<p>P.S. At the current times it is almost impossible for us to print CD's and ship them, so we're not planning a physical release in the nearest future. However, you can help us by sharing our music and buying it digitally.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="YouTube Full Album Stream" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/LCVBkrKCiic" target="_blank">YouTube Full Album Stream</a> <span style="color:#333333;">/</span> <a contents="YouTube Playlist" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb6bhpl54wPSPqGhZOZxVGn4wp21DitFZ" target="_blank">YouTube Playlist</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5wYEHBC4TNITBvUdqXf7dC" target="_blank">Spotify</a> <span style="color:#333333;">/</span> <a contents="Apple Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/ru/album/horror-of-daniel-wagner/1615617254" target="_blank">Apple Music</a> <span style="color:#333333;">/</span> <a contents="Amazon Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09W7ZM567/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp" target="_blank">Amazon Music</a></p>
<p>Tracklist: </p>
<ol> <li>Sinful Heart </li> <li>Carry On (Her Silent Quarters) </li> <li>Fake God </li> <li>Find Me </li> <li>Confinement for the Blind </li> <li>Horror of Daniel Wagner </li> <li>No Fear of Flight </li> <li>Escapist </li> <li>Future's Predetermined </li> <li>Divine Descent </li> <li>Promiseland </li> <li>Through the Never (I Will Return) </li> <li>Grand Awakening </li>
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<p>Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Morton at Morton Studio </p>
<p>All music and lyrics by Max Morton </p>
<p>All instruments and vocals performed by Max Morton, except: <br>Guitar solos in “Carry On”, “Divine Descent” (solo 2), “Escapist”, “Fake God” (solo 1), “Future’s Predetermined”, “Horror Of Daniel Wagner” written and performed by Sergey Sershen <br>Drums performed by Dmitry Smotrov </p>
<p>Guests: <br>Tatiana Shmayluk – extreme vocals at “Horror of Daniel Wagner” and “Through the Never” <br>Andrew Ivashchenko – extreme vocals at “Carry On”, “Sinful Heart” and choir tracks at “Divine Descent”, “Grand Awakening” </p>
<p>Band logo by Andrey Karpov </p>
<p>“On the Tree” cover artwork by Christian Nauck </p>
<p>Contact: <br><a contents="facebook.com/MORTONMETAL" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/MORTONMETAL" target="_blank">facebook.com/MORTONMETAL</a></p>MORTON | Metal Bandtag:morton.band,2005:Post/69333302022-03-27T23:14:11+03:002023-10-31T13:11:58+02:00New Single: "Promiseland"<p>MORTON releases a new song! "Promiseland" is yet another single from the upcoming and long awaited second full length album. A true road song, telling a stormchaser's story: Road is life. Freedom is the key. Only facing our fears we can grow stronger and reach our aims. </p><p>So turn the key, get on the freeway and play it loud!</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3HapgqgCE8" target="_blank" data-link-type="url" contents="YouTube">YouTube</a> <span style="color:#333333;">/</span> <a class="no-pjax" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/64QsqFXbBmOcfnTvPTKZHV?si=TH5Ij6fiRB6ubP6ba2k9jw" target="_blank" data-link-type="url" contents="Spotify">Spotify</a> <span style="color:#333333;">/</span> <a class="no-pjax" href="https://music.apple.com/ru/album/promiseland-single/1609822104" target="_blank" data-link-type="url" contents="Apple Music">Apple Music</a> <span style="color:#333333;">/</span> <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SBT9R9W/ref=ap_ws_tlw_trk1" target="_blank" data-link-type="url" contents="Amazon Music">Amazon Music</a></p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3HapgqgCE8" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/275674/cca966d73bfc6f95e3feff5500da699510cca245/original/morton-promiseland-600.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Artwork by Max Morton</p><!-- more --><p> </p><h3>LYRICS</h3><p>…I hear the storm coming…</p><p>I HEAR THE STORM COMING!</p><p>The sound of coming tempest<br>You feel it in the air<br>The road is free and waiting<br>For the traveler <br>You’re laughing back at thunder<br>You’re racing with the rain<br>The storm is right behind you<br>It’s time to get away</p><p>Somewhere in the distance<br>Is your promiseland<br>Let the highway lead us<br>Straight ahead<br>Let the tempest guide you<br>Freedom is the key<br>To unlock what’s hiding<br>In your dreams<br>In your dreams</p><p>This is your quest for freedom<br>The power to believe<br>Will fill your life with meaning -<br>Hold on to your dreams<br>And if you lose your courage,<br>Just raise your head up high<br>Don’t fear the wrath of gods<br>Descending from the skies</p><p>Somewhere in the distance<br>Is your promiseland<br>Let the highway lead us<br>Straight ahead<br>Let the tempest guide you<br>Freedom is the key<br>To unlock what’s hiding<br>In your dreams<br>In your dreams…</p><p>Keep riding, keep riding,<br>Overpower the storm<br>Keep riding, keep riding,<br>Face your fears and be whole</p><p>Keep riding! Keep riding!<br>Face your fears and be whole!<br>Keep riding! Keep riding!<br>Overpower the storm!</p><p>You were given powers to believe<br>Everything you dream of will turn real</p><p>Somewhere in the distance<br>Is your promiseland<br>Let the highway lead us<br>Straight ahead<br>Let the tempest guide you<br>Freedom is the key<br>To unlock what’s hiding there,<br>In your dreams<br>Your life will never be the same</p>MORTON | Metal Bandtag:morton.band,2005:Post/64130562020-08-20T01:46:54+03:002022-02-13T16:06:25+02:00New single: "Arrival"<p>Dear friends! After almost two years of silence, we present you a new MORTON song, "Arrival". It won't be included on any album - it is truly a single. "Arrival" is a song about the never-ending journey called life, on which we sometimes feel homesick. About getting lost and then returning - returning to the true and good things we once knew and then forgot. "Arrival" is a song about us. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="YouTube" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJLnfwDsT4" target="_blank">YouTube</a> <span style="color:#333333;">/ <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3UY4K7cwf5gHpB7DNaidTP" target="_blank">Spotify</a> /</span><span style="color:#444444;"> </span><a contents="Apple Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/ru/album/arrival-single/1528379764" target="_blank"><span style="color:null;">Apple Music</span></a><span style="color:#444444;"> </span><span style="color:#333333;">/</span> <a contents="Amazon Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G9LQZGV/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp" target="_blank">Amazon Music</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tbear5XH-4" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/275674/9e061a881ad2209a84b906fca2ea8bc8cb0df401/original/morton-arrival-1080.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Ingwar Dovgoteles </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Max Morton </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Special thanks to Eugene Belash and Andrii Sukhin</p><!-- more -->
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<h3>LYRICS</h3>
<p>Through the early dawn <br>Cutting silence, quick and sudden <br>We return back home <br>The City's singing songs of long ago </p>
<p>The same old songs we used to know <br>Before we left ten years ago... </p>
<p>City knows our names <br>Given in the streets of childhood <br>Secrets are still there, <br>Safe from the eyes of those, who do not know </p>
<p>True meaning of the sacred words, <br>Meant only for the chosen Lords </p>
<p>It is time to write our history <br>To rebuild this City once and for all <br>To unveil the ancient mystery <br>We return back home, we answer your call <br>We're here </p>
<p>Giants of steel exhale <br>8000 miles behind their shoulders <br>We step on our land <br>Without a word we touch the sleeping earth </p>
<p>It's warm, it holds the million souls <br>And at this moment it recalls.. </p>
<p>It is time to write our history <br>To rebuild this City once and for all <br>To unveil the ancient mystery <br>We return back home, we answer your call <br>We're here </p>
<p>We'll wake you from your sleep, <br>Shake off the dust of ages <br>We'll let the sunlight in <br>Unlock the chest of treasures </p>
<p>We return back home, we're here... </p>
<p>It is time to write our history <br>We return back home <br>We answer your call <br>We'll play our role <br>We'll become one whole with the light</p>MORTON | Metal Bandtag:morton.band,2005:Post/54165082018-09-06T15:20:34+03:002022-02-10T22:29:41+02:00New video online<p>We’re proud to present the new MORTON music video for the title track of the new album: “Horror of Daniel Wagner”. The most musically complex and conceptual song of all our repertoire, this 8-minute composition tells a story of a man lost in the darkest corners of his mind. Will the protagonist find salvation, or is he doomed to ramble through his nightmare forever, experiencing each of its episodes over and over again? Let’s find out.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="uyC3mThIxMY" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/uyC3mThIxMY/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uyC3mThIxMY?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="405" width="720" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>MORTON | Metal Bandtag:morton.band,2005:Post/54031342018-08-28T12:15:14+03:002022-02-10T22:35:03+02:00New video coming soon<p>Now it’s a matter of days! We're about to release the new MORTON music video. One of our most conceptual, complex and heavy songs will be revealed on September 6, 2018. The direct forerunner of the new album, this song bears its name: “Horror of Daniel Wagner”. We can’t wait to present our new creation!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="RsZF_eAl3wA" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/RsZF_eAl3wA/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RsZF_eAl3wA?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="405" width="720" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>MORTON | Metal Bandtag:morton.band,2005:Post/54030882018-08-27T19:33:09+03:002022-02-10T22:42:30+02:00Welcome to morton.band<p>MORTON launches the new web-site! Updated info, new music, and very soon - online shop, where you’ll be able to buy all our music and merch. We welcome you to morton.band!</p>MORTON | Metal Band