Progressive Rock Metal 2002

Neu / New

16 Tracks

Recordings

Drums: Andreas Lill (VANDEN PLAS)
Bass: Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69)
Guitars: Stephan Lill (VANDEN PLAS)
Alfred Koffler (PINK CREAM 69)
Alex Beyrodt (SILENT FORCE)
Keyboards: Günter Werno (VANDEN PLAS)
Percussion: Pedro Weiss (Session Percussionist)

Sänger/innen und ihre Charakter

D.C. Cooper: Firegod (SILENT FORCE)
Sabine Edelsbacher: Watergoddess (EDENBRIDGE)
Lori Williams: Earthgoddess (Black Session Soul singer)
Andy Kuntz: Airgod (VANDEN PLAS)
Isolde Groß: Mercuria (Classical Opera singer, soprano)
David Readman: Narrator (PINK CREAM 69)

MISSA MERCURIA the basic idea

Missa means whole = holy Message
Mercuria is the name of the god´s messenger who has to deliver this message to menhood

The scenery is the following:

The Gods, representatives of the 4 elements are celebrating (having) a party in their molecule within the human body.

The 4 elements are:
Fire ( energy, drives, sexuality)
Water (spirituality, feelings, emotions)
Earh (all material things , mater = earth, the nature)
Air (the rational. logic, science)

All of a sudden a terrible explosion fulfills the room.
A deathly silence follows. The Gods have to notice, this is the end, the system is dead, menhood just killed itself.
But the task of the Gods would have been, to lead men into the state of happiness, balance and fulfilment, which could not be achieved yet, because men have (the right of) their free will...

The reasons for that desaster leads to a hot discussion between the Gods. Everyone tries to define his element in ist original version, and what men made out of it meanwhile.

The one, who is most affected is the God of fire whose energies were transfered to the God of Air, mainly by the endeavour of the big world-religions, who tried to reduce life to thoughts an false spirituality, to control men´s drives and emotions. The begin of the patriarchal system pushed the balance on the side of the male elements.

The female Gods complain about this. At first place the Godess of earth  whose recources are poisoned and disgraced, because people turned away from nature and ist laws.

The Godess of Water who is the ruler (Lady, Mistress) of the spiritual world, reminds of a truth, which got lost (disappeared), still hidden, unknown in our souls. Life won´t grow the right way without that wisdom.

As we find ourselves in a futurisitc fairytale, the Gods decide to ask the „spirit of ages" for the chance to get back in time before the BigBang, which can be done, because of a new intergalactical time-tax-reform. And they call for Mercuria, the messenger. Mercuria receives the order to transfer all informations into the human brain, which are necessary to avoid the selfdistruction of menhood.

This is a very difficult job, as the human brain only reacts on logic any more, and the knowledge, which is needed to understand the circumstances is much more than that, and can only be activied deep into humans subconscious.

The wise man tells an old fairytale, which was told long time ago, and gave the old wisdom from one generation to the next.

Mercuria finds a solution. The ancient way of rebirthing, the journey to hades. The confrontation with one´s own fears and restrictions.

To realize those, is the condition for selfresponsibility and the capacity (potency) to act. This is the only way to change the destructive system, that destroyes the world, into a cooperative one, that works within global, natural rules.

To do the job, Mercuria has to leave her love, the Firegod. If she fails to save the humans, there also will be no Gods any more... Their love and live can only survive (remain) if she succeeds.

With the help of the wise man, she leads us through all fears and dark visions, that prevent (keep) us from beeing ourselves. That way we can recognize the reasons for our destructive behavior against our own nature, and reach the state of freedom and peace in harmony with the universe.