The band name comes from the 1972 uriah heep album of the. Heaven denied, blood on my hands, tear down the wall. Ive stained the land milleniums ive prayed now i know theres no release since paradise is lost i hold a crown i know your name but i am just your fallen angel of doom thus heaven denies refused for all time i. The lyrics are dark, and, which should be obvious from the title, about the guilt associated with. From short, sharp rock songs to lengthy, musically dense epics, uriah heep demons and wizards finds uriah heep covering all the bases with style and power. Side project of iced earth s jon schaffer and blind guardian s hansi kursch. Easy livin is a flat out fuzztone punk rocker, the wizard is almost a combination of psychedelia the lyrics and phased vocals and rock, and the remaining. From short, sharp rock songs to lengthy, musically dense epics, uriah heep demons and wizards. Initially, based on the longlasting friendship between schaffer and kursch, the side project has managed to successfully collide the ferocious speed of iced earth with the magical tales behind blind guardian. Ive stained the land milleniums ive prayed now i know theres no release since paradise is lost i hold a crown i know your name. Remastered by zeuss iced earth, queensryche, sanctuary, these two releases are now released on limited vinyltrack list.
Thus heaven denies refused for all times i am not guilty at all chorus. Since paradise is lost i hold a crown i know your name but i am just your fallen angel of doom. The first side of demons and wizards is simply oddson the finest highenery workout of the year so far, tying nose and nose with blue oyster cult. The lyrics seem very spiritual and pagan, its a heavy song, with a catchy. The idea for the band arose in the spring of 1997 when kursch and schaffer wanted to make music together, after being friends since blind guardian and iced earth toured europe together in the early 90s. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Both remasters are available digitally already on all relevant streaming and download platforms. The original goal of the band was to forge the different musical styles of both iced earths dark melodies and blind guardians powerful vocals into one sound. Demons and wizards is the selftitled debut album of the power metal supergroup demons and wizards a sideproject of the metal bands blind guardian and iced earth, released in february 2000. Isnt it great to see how life begins things may change, let the joy begin can you hear this new life crying breed it out, it will be worth. The album was recorded with the help of jim morris, who plays lead guitar on almost all tracks, and by mark prator on drums. Ive stained the land milleniums ive prayed now i know theres no release. Ive stained the land milleniums ive prayed now i know theres no release since paradise is lost i hold a crown i know your name but i am just your fallen angel of doom thus heaven denies refused for all time i am not guilty at all deadlands, wast. The albums approach is set with its leadoff track, the wizard.
Deadlands, wastelands darkness will cover my mind and oblivion shall reign i made up my mind and oblivion shall reign through the night deadlands, wastelands. Demons and wizards demons and wizards album wikipedia. The song the lyrics make noticeable reference to the story of the biblical figure of lucifer, who was cast out from heaven. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4.
Find album release information for demons and wizards uriah heep on allmusic. This is a great song, with guitar that seems to strum at a million miles a second. In fact, according to the musicians, the band name is meant to describe the two styles. Schaffer writes the music and kursch writes the lyrics. Ive stained the land milleniums ive prayed now i know theres no release since paradise is lost. Demons and angels was suggested by schaffers wife as a description of the difference between schaffers demonlike guitar and kurschs angellike singing. The result of heeps newfound chemistry was the demons and wizards album, which in june 1972, reached no. Heaven denies 1010 the first track is just a minute long chantlike intro, which kicks into the blistering guitar of heaven denies.
This is the album that solidified uriah heeps reputation as a master of gothicinflected heavy metal. The songs the wizard and easy livin were released as singles in the uk and north america as well as many other markets. Heaven denies is based on miltons paradise lost, about the downfall of lucifer. Thus heaven denies refused for all times i am not guilty at all. Uriah heep demons and wizards listen full album youtube. Both records have been reissued in 2019 on time with the groups extremely successful return to the worlds stages. Baixar iii demons wizards musicas gratis baixar mp3. Diabolic has the right attitude to make a strong statement as the first song that people will hear after 15 years. From short, sharp rock songs to lengthy, musically dense epics, demons and wizards finds uriah heep covering all the bases with style and power.