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Nebulae

by Hemina

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  • Hemina Digipak Backcatalogue (3 Albums)

    Night Echoes + Venus + Nebulae

    All albums feature 4-panel digipaks with artwork by Tristan Tait, Daniel Farr, Douglas Skene and Nathan McMahon.

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1.
Before 02:04
Before I knew that I could leave it all I'd longed for Each day with head in hands seemed like eternity I thought true love would make it easy if we played our parts Two souls hovering, floating, gliding for a counterpart I imagined hell to be like this except with a little more fire It takes no brains to work this out Free me before we die...
2.
Nightlives 07:15
I hear the voice of six billion or more There must be something more than this Dysthymic and low, numb to it all There must be something more A plane where the skies are tamarind My Eden From my dreamsigns I have been given a brand new day Ready and willing to build away In my nightlives I have been given an endless fuse So I can burn my nights with you In my waking world, I can't walk through these walls Or feed my hands to each other Eye-to-eye with my watch face, To me it's flickering... Lucidly I forge my nebulae! From my dreamsigns I have been given a brand new day Ready and willing to build away In my nightlives I have been given an endless fuse So I can burn my nights with you I imagined hell to be like this except with little more fire Harmony Solo: Skene & Coull Nightlives Finally I am now awake Yet my eyes are closed Still my dreamsigns guide me on to the otherworld Solo: Coull
3.
Freedom 03:27
Set the masses free and destroy minority The slate will be wiped clean And the world will sing of Freedom Sacrifice control Worlds will renew Juggling the options obscuring the view For thousands have always plundered the few But what could make this change? Freedom, is just an arm's length away Solo: Skene
4.
Lust 05:48
Marching out on the town tonight and standing tall I picked you out from across the room in this white light, so bright Come back to mine tonight and we can work it out, lay it out I catch a whiff of your scent and that porcelain skin Oh, it reels me in! Please let down your silk robe softly And take your rightful place in front of me My love for you is just consentual lust Marching out on the town tonight still standing tall Your shape overwhelms me, I can't breathe, I can't sleep (I can't sleep, I can't sleep) I've been through women before but I have never ever felt this at all You're under fire from all of my lust (from all this lust) Come back to mine tonight and we can work it out, again and again! Please let down your silk robe gently And take your rightful place in front of me My love for you is just consentual lust Solo: Skene Please let down your silk robe sexually And take your rightful place in front of me My love for you is just consentual lust Lusting for you...
5.
Soulmates 05:59
You opened up the door and welcomed me so shyly A mass of fringe; strawberry tinged and then I knew you Though perhaps naively you defined a girl to me All through my teens sans self-esteem, I waited long... At first I didn't know what this was or could be But now I'm sure you are the one who holds me tightly Walking together, growing strong Amidst this void we found our call Settle, I had not For all I dreamed of, I'd got Though some may claim it's fabled Tell that to my wife! Will I ever live my life in a lifetime With a lioness to share my pride and goals And I found her from the others There's a siren in the darkness With nothing else to be seen She is all that is there Her love in the dark Her laugh is the lightning She's the only one I call my soulmate An unlikely pair; fire and earth The stars would scoff at us, if we dare An innocent friendship, the start of Him and Her But I refuse to have my life spelled out Only we knew what was missing Only we can make us whole And I can trust you only I believe you may indeed be my soulmate Harmony Solo: Skene & Eltakchi
6.
Strength 07:52
I embrace loneliness with a withered smile All this sadness in my life will never take me higher Torment and terror plague my mind Thoughts slip away like petals from wilted rose I try to conjure up the courage to face my fear But I sit there hour after hour Shadows stir me with the fact that all that once was joy Has abandoned its fate to leave me in despair And then it happens, I see you I float on purity I breathe again For the first time (Melting the Ice that once dominated me) The sun rises through murky clouds Transparent is my soul through its smile beams of gold pass through my body The violent sounds turn to sweet melody Life has finally caught up with me I head to unseen waters Toward a light that is lovingly familiar A figure glimmers in the distant sunset The me I'd dreamed of with a little more strength Solo:Skene Harmony Solo: Skene & Coull Keyboard Solo: Eltakchi Before I knew that I could leave it all I'd longed for Each day with head in hands seemed like eternity I thought true love would make it easy if we played our parts Two souls hovering, floating, gliding for a counterpart And then it happens, I see you I float on purity I breathe Again For the first time and the last time And then it happens, I see you Into obscurity I breath Again For the first time (Melting the ice that once dominated me) Solo: Coull
7.
Loss 04:26
Romance was not manifest Candor; a lesson learned that Reaching out has always brought me pain Whilst darkened thoughts lead to an early grave You waved goodbye and bought a one way ticket out from My loss All earth's light could never feel my loss I want to thank you for sparing me The years or empty hope strung along for what seemed like a legacy Your face is tightly etched into my mind Like scar-tissued caligraphy Outro Solo: Coull
8.
Hope 06:24
Solo: Coull From the rubble of hardened steel rain A starfield of wonder awaits The nebulous warmth of a world far away The legend where all hope is born I'm with you my son and I'm with you my girl The palace where freedom awaits The nebulous warmth of a world far away The heaven I've dreamt of is sworn My world a sphere of ice And me its cold insides Stars warm my heart The distant nebulae I hope... Regaining hope to reignite the pilot light I hope to one day find me From the wreckage of fusion-faced worlds A cosmos of promise awaits The beckoning dust of a world worlds away The legend where all hope is born I'm with you my son and I'm with you my girl Our palace where freedom awaits The beckoning dust of a world worlds away The heaven that glimmers today Solo: Coull Hope to me is a place I can't explain I bathe in its light, my child, my love Feel through me, a place I can't explain Bathe in its light, oh hope is my dream! I hope to one day find the answers Why I'm here, answer me I hope to one day find the answers That live inside me...
9.
Promise 03:48
Harmony Solo: Skene & Coull Promise me you'll try eternally I need someone who will grow I'm not with you just for now Paint me something grander So I can dream on... Gaze into the stream, See the potential inside And look behind the eyes and into the soul that veils your thinly clad strides Unwillingly sacrifice your drive to move forth! What is it you fear?
10.
Otherworldly 13:07
A hidden trail that opens up a world One like no other; free of the bounds that rule Turn your back on something perfect Promised me forever only to lose this Through the wormhole and rise to another frame Frame of reference free of a world of blame The broken pathway, the road one should never take Safety first or last? Depends which game we play Is this happiness or is it hate? Tell me! Make up your mind, it’s too late? I’m telling you Reach down inside and realise what you’ve lost It’s simple to find, if you’ve even got a heart? You strung me along over this, over him?! You strung me along through this nightmare! Your turmoil and false-will will be your eventual demise Your reality and grasp on life – I’ll never sympathise Your wrongdoings now define you when you’re down from your high kite ride You’ll not have my remorse my love or my life I’ll cross the mountain You built for me Your being ephemeral? I’ll rise ethereal Nightfall! We meet in this dim light You’re judged on the pain you dealt Your being, trivial I’ll rise as night falls Stand tall! You cower in the corner You sob to reel me in Your being, simply gone I’ll rise otherworldy Sliding down, Slipping Swimming in light, It’s warm When I open my eyes, Lights are out when it’s cold, Black windows and dampness. My head is throbbing it hurts me, I want it to stop I hated myself chunks of thorns and dreams tear my heart away, it bleeds tear myself away why do i want these things that cannot be? Why does it hurt so much I smashed all the mirrors in the house Little silvery pieces I close my eyes, and I want to see light I want to see light I want to see light...

about

Dougie says: I would like to thank my wonderful bandmates for their talent, laughs, beautiful voices and warmth. We’ve been through some tough times but this is certainly our best work to date. Special thanks to my wife-to-be Jess for your love and guidance and sharing these magical times together. This record could not have been done without the friendship of Undies, Øyvind and Sasha; my soul brothers. Thanks also to my biggest musical influence and one of my best friends, David Eaton, without whom I would not be the musician I am today. To all our fans, I will never undervalue you and will always continue to be humbled and moved by your support. Cheers to Bugsy for the close friendship and support beyond the call of duty. As a special note, I hope you enjoy hearing an album in 2014 with some dynamic range! Thanks to Mum and Dad for your ongoing support, love and fandom too!

Mitch Says: I'd like to thank my amazing friends and family for the support over the years, my awesome bandmates which I would have not gotten this far without, my guitars which I have literally shed blood, sweat and tears over, my very own producer and musical coach (or so he thinks!) Garry Askew who has helped me through my musical endeavours the past year and a bit. Anyone who has ever taken an interest in my music and my personal visions that I share and to the people who listen to this amazing band and support us, you are the reason we continue to do this - to get our music and souls to you! One last thing, YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Jess Says: Firstly, I would like to thank my amazing bandmates for all the fun times, laughs and for your talent and everything you guys add to Hemina. I'm so lucky to be a part of something with such awesome friends. I would like to thank Doug for being in my life and for always believing in me. My best friend Tahnee, thank you for inspiring me in those early years with music and to all our friends, family and fans for your continued support.

Phill Says: To Mitch Coull, whose tasty guitar work has melted my ears over the lifespan of Nebulae and undoubtedly beyond; to Jess Martin, whose bass grooves and unwavering support of Hemina and its members has been essential to Nebulae, and last but not least Wuan Dougal Skene, the hardest working and talented gentleman I know, many many thankyous.

Last but not least as a whole we’d like to thank Michael Solo for believing in the music, Lissa Mulligan for being the best merch bitch and touring support we could hope for and Adam Underwood for his dedication to being a roadie and lighting n00b when not being the second coming of the messiah.

credits

released August 19, 2014

Produced by Douglas Skene and Hemina.
All music performed by Hemina.
All lyrics written by Douglas Skene except for ‘Soulmates’ with Jessica Martin & ‘Strength’ with Phill Eltakchi.
Drums performed by Edwin Saute at Studio Cobragougas Von Krumm.
Additional gang vocals on ‘Freedom’ and ‘Strength’ by Shane Ian Leadbeater.
Additional Gang Vocals on ‘Otherworldly’ by Adam Underwood.
Monologue in ‘Otherworldly’ by Alexander Iosjpe.
Additional FX in Nightlives by Bugsy S.S. Edwards.
'Nebulae' was recorded at Ploughman Studios, Australia in 2012-2013 by Douglas Skene.
Mixed and Mastered by Douglas Skene at Ploughman Studios, Australia in 2013.
www.ploughmanstudios.com

Special thanks to Bugsy S. S. Edwards for the extra set of ears, Sarcasm and Quality Control.

Photography by Adam Underwood, Douglas Skene & Jessica Martin
Booklet layout by Douglas Skene
Cover Design by Tristan Tait.
www.tristantait.net
Logo Design by Mitch Booth, Robert Medina and Douglas Skene.
www.metalobsession.net, www.blobvandam.com

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Hemina Sydney, Australia

Hemina are a 4 piece Progressive Metal band from Sydney, Australia. The band's sound has been described as a unique combination of hard hitting syncopated grooves, lush synth backwashes, multi-part vocal harmonies, memorable leads with a focus on songwriting and emotion. ... more

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