Eviternal - SINGLE | James Paddock, Velvetic, Tristan Clark, The Final Event, AD_79 & Dee Leggett

Eviternal - SINGLE

by James Paddock, Velvetic, Tristan Clark, The Final Event, AD_79 & Dee Leggett

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.

name your price
Full Digital Discography

42

releases

Get all 42 James Paddock releases available on Bandcamp.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of fuckshitshitfuck, Eviternal - SINGLE, SIGIL II - The MIDI Soundtrack, Abyss of Time, Abyss of Time (Instrumentals), Swallow [ft. The Final Event & Keagan Dunn] - SINGLE, Impossible - SINGLE, The Penalty [ft. Marian Paddock] - SINGLE, and 34 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

£50.95 GBP or more

1.	Eviternal 06:57	lyrics	buy track
You are our final bastion Let these words be your inauguration You are a righteous bastard Protector from annihilators Canonised in all our minds You are our one true pride Demonised in Hell's own eyes You accept no compromise With Heaven withered We need new sanctuary A God to gather Us in boundless unity This legacy you will leave Will last into eviternity Throughout all tribulations Imperishable, deadly weapon Bow down, God of Creation Celestial slayer of our demons Cut through lies and catalyse Our salvation from this strife As bullets fly through battle-cries You have stood the test of time With Heaven withered We need new sanctuary A God to gather Us in boundless unity This legacy you will weave Will last into eviternity (Charge!!) Holding the fight With all your might Collapse the titans that sent us this plight Nations collide Souls all unite Against the foe of the archangels’ light [Guitar solo: Dee Leggett] Shed a light We are saved! Yeah! [Keyboard solo: AD_79] Defy all expectation A machine in perpetual motion (Yeah, yeah!) Your twelfth and final chapter Elysium's standing in rapture But heroes have their limits And heavy weighs your quest And though you're far from finished Don't deny your deepest-yet rest (Eviternity!) Your good works spread wide Across our community Every great stride Has bound us in unity This legacy, this release Look at what you've achieved Be assured the mark you leave Will last into eviternity (Eviternity!)
2.	Eviternal (Instrumental) 06:57		buy track

about

Happy birthday, Josh! 🎂

This is a song focusing on the protagonist of Doom (1993) and of his exploits throughout the "Eviternity" duology, two gigantic Doom level packs spearheaded by project leader Joshua "Dragonfly" O'Sullivan. These mapsets have gone down in recent history as two of the highest-quality-assured and universally-beloved levelsets ever released for the game.

Throughout this piece are numerous references to the names of the episodes, levels and new monsters present in Eviternity, along with musical quotations from works previously featured in the two sets, including the opening title track by me and the final boss track by Tristan Clark. Guest artists who were originally part of the Eviternity projects (among them Velvetic, Tristan Clark, and AD_79) also feature as contributing musicians, plus Dee Leggett, who was brought on after she recorded an incredible rendition of another of Tristan's tracks, "Velocity". To the keen-eared and diehard fans of the Eviternity series, I invite you to find all the references portrayed in the lyrics AND music!

The words, being somewhat more "epic" and celestial in theme than what I usually write, connect not just to the story and canon of Eviternity's two releases, but to how Dragonfly brought both a development team and community together – this is particularly represented in the final chorus.

I did want to leave things somewhat open-ended, though, so the overall lyrical message – of charging ahead full-pelt into the unknown, whether in pursuit of personal greatness, or of uniting a people – could be applied to any heroic person or character desired. While the grandiose "good vs. evil" themes are certainly present in order to connect transparently to the themes of Eviternity, I wanted the music to resonate with any listener with a hero in their life they'd love to honour in this way.

Even our heroes must rest.

credits

released September 23, 2024

•❅──────✧❅✦❅✧──────❅•

Songwriting:
James Paddock – music, lead vocals, lyrics
Kevin "Velvetic" Martins – music, production and mastering, all guitars, additional vocals
Leprous – excerpt from their song "Slave" heard at 4:31

Guest personnel:
Tristan Clark – all bass guitars
Dee Leggett – lead guitar solo
AD_79 – lead keyboard solo
The Final Event – harsh backing vocals

Album artwork credits:
Korp – artwork
Clayy – the original render of the "Origin" boss monster
Dragonfly – the tower structure featured in Eviternity map 21

Sound credits (sourced from freesound.org):
theuncertainman – "Charge!" voice clip
florianreichelt – battle shouts sound clip

•❅──────✧❅✦❅✧──────❅•