MP3 Mike Lusk - DarkSide of Heaven

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Artist: Mike Lusk/ Ted Lazaris/Lyrics
Song Title: âDark Side of Heavenâ
Review by Stafford Davis
Award-winning writer
Genres: Pop, Rock, Jazz
Ariel Publicity/Review You


âDark Side of Heavenâ is the new theme song from the project, DragonMan by Ted Lazaris. Wide in scope, diverse in meaning, the song delivers on a variety of levels that will please fans across multiple genres.

Immediately, âDark Side of Heavenâ captures attention. Starting with gentle guitar harmonics and a tastefully synthesized string ensemble, the song takes off only a few seconds later when powerful drumming and heavy metal style guitars rev up the musical intensity. All this is in due service to prepare the listener to be stunned when the vocals come in and the music softens. âI got their blood on my handsâ sings the ascending chorus, dutifully repeated and accentuated three times in a country music tonality. Yes, thereâs a slight country twang mixed with melodic hard rock/metal music for some surprisingly affective and pleasing results!

As the soundtrack for the yet to be released movie DragonMan, the song conjures up images of loss and redemption in an audio setting that swings between two poles. One can only imagine what the movie will be like, but from the information accompanying âDark Side of Heavenâ it seems interesting. In short, it is the story of a teenage boy named Luke Starr that has unique abilities to venture into the psychological realms of an alternate inner space called Spellville. After exchanging blood with a dragon, Luke becomes part dragon himself and assumes the role of Dragon Man, yet his newfound powers are in somewhat of a conflicted state and Luke wrestles within himself to find balance. Ted Lazarisâ theme song does a great job of articulating this struggle both in a lyrical sense and a musical one.

The central motif and mantra-like chant is the âI got their blood on my handsâ chorus that through repetition becomes ingrained in the mind and will definitely draw the curious listener in deeper. While âDark Side of Heavenâ is excellently produced and executed, it doesnât offer too much in the way of innovation except for the aforementioned country/metal mix. However the song works brilliantly as a story telling vehicle for the DragonMan movie and will surely add to the richness of the final project.


Review by Stafford Davis
Rating: 4 Stars (out of 5)