Higher Art of Rebellion

Liner notes of Vlad Dracul, written 1999: Higher Art of Rebellion Why did I choose this title? Well, what I really wanted to mean is very, very simple. To revolt and to succeed is a fine art, an exquisite piece of human demonstration of power, intelligence and non-obedience. It's like unfurling the storms that have been gathering for many years within us. History is our teacher, and the supreme art of evolution are we, humans. Sadly, we are the bottom line of evolution, a civilization in its early years. Wars, revolts and revolutions happen every day. We are part of them; this is the world as we know it. And this is now the voice of reason... Hence, some of you may wonder, what the hell am I talking about. It's all about us, our modern way of life, how we measure and compare everything and everyone. The banner of blasphemy has been raised once again, to let the others know, where we stand. It's about living, and life itself. We always ponder and speak about Death, the realm thereafter, what are souls may become or not, when we get rid of our bodies of clay. This time we stick to our Mother earth, to our material entity, it's time for a change. Ne cheama Pamintul, earth is summoning us, is our first choice to embrace the new millennium. History taught us how things really go; only a rebellion can alter the linear and stupid way of our development. We need to widely open our eyes, to look at our environs, to understand, or even try, if we lack of knowledge and reason. The essential part of our living, as far as we beckon to our rights, is something personal; everyone is responsible for his own evolution. Though, unconsciously, we humans follow since the very beginning, whatever it may have been like, a certain pattern of evolution. It is not unlikely that only in the past 50 years mankind has achieved more than in 2.000 years. Yet, these steps are so little... We repeat the same mistakes again and again, generalizing everything, although, as already told, life is a personal matter, and, besides, we can't find our goals, can't sort out our priorities in order to evolve from this spiral or civilization. The governments and their radical systems made this happen, but the worst thing occurred to our life on earth, since the asteroid, that perished the era of dinosaurs, as I guess it, is RELIGION. Worse are their ethics and morals, which pull us back in the race for evolution. We build everything on these pathetic lies, oh, poor deluded souls... Ok, I understood the story about the Santa Claus. It was funny back then in my childhood, but, hey, don't we grow up out there? Anyway, we, intelligent Homo sapiens, must defend us; protect our wisdom and noble goals from the impurities of this modern, social, democratic and anti-idealistic system that is all around us. In every matter and term we shall rebel and fight for our lives, if it comes to it. That's why I entitled the album higher art , we know more than violence and oppression, we fight for our ideologies in a different way, it is art, that we use as a weapon... of course violence would be something most of them will understand, but we are not like them, we grasp for renewal, that's why we must re-write history, if needed. We strive for Novus Ordo Seclorum, the New World Order, in such a beautiful way...this has no religious meaning at all, it will be the dawn into a new era, it represents the next step for mankind, the aeon of evolution and total passion. I really don't know how the future should look like, but I'm sure we're going to work tough on this matter. Then life would be a place to die for.., I mean, it would be worth it, life will have another meaning. Don't ask what you can do for your country; ask what your country can do for you... This will be the new motto, our new morale code, not religion or other felony...