Return of the Tyrant is the second EP release by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Lord

Lord (band)

Lord is a heavy metal band from Wollongong, Australia. The group began as a solo project for "Lord Tim" Grose of Dungeon in 2003 and expanded into a complete band when Dungeon broke up in 2005. They have released three albums and an EP to date. Lord has appeared with major acts that include...

. The title track is an almost ten-minute sequel to the song "Tarranno del Mar", which appeared on the Dungeon

Dungeon (band)

Dungeon was a melodic power metal/thrash metal band based in Sydney, Australia, considered by some sources as one of Australia's leading metal bands...

 album One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond (Dungeon album)

-Recording notes:*Several of the tracks on this album deal with self-empowerment and personal struggle against adversity*The track "Epilogue" is a heavily-distorted instrumental version of the Australian national anthem Advance Australia Fair....

. Despite being over an hour in length, the band marketed this release as an EP. The release also features both an orchestral and radio edit of "Return of the Tyrant", plus versions of "Of Sins and Shadows" by Symphony X

Symphony X

Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...

 and "(I Just) Died in Your Arms

(I Just) Died in Your Arms

" Died in Your Arms" is a power ballad written by Nick Van Eede and introduced by his band, Cutting Crew, in 1986. It was their biggest hit, peaking at #1 in the United States, Canada and Finland, and reaching the top five in the UK, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland.-Background of the music and...

" by Cutting Crew

Cutting Crew

The Cutting Crew is a pop rock band formed in England in 1985, best known for their #1 hit, " Died in Your Arms".-Career:Vocalist Nick Van Eede founded the group along with Canadian guitarist Kevin MacMichael in 1985, and the two made demos that led to a recording contract, before bassist Colin...

. There are also acoustic versions of songs from the Lord albums Ascendence

Ascendence

Australian bonus trackJapanese bonus track-Personnel:MusicalLord* Lord Tim – vocals, guitars, keyboards* Tim Yatras – drums* Andrew Dowling – bass guitarwith* Tania Moran – backing vocals* Gareth Michael – backing vocals...

and Set in Stone

Set in Stone (Lord album)

Set in Stone is the third album by Australian heavy metal band Lord. It was released in September 2009 by the band's own label Dominus in conjunction with Riot! Entertainment...

and of the Dungeon songs "Against the Wind" and "Paradise". The original project was intended as two separate EPs, one featuring just the acoustic songs and another with the new track and covers, but eventually all the songs were released together.

Track listing

Personnel

• Lord Tim
  Lord Tim
  Lord Tim is the professional name of Australian musician Tim Ian Grose. Based in Wollongong, New South Wales, he is best known as the founder of the heavy metal band Dungeon. The band started in 1989, released several albums, and was considered one of the leading metal bands in Australia...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  s, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Andrew Dowling – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals, lead vocal track #3
• Mark Furtner – guitar, backing vocals
• Damian Costas – drums
  Drum kit
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  , backing vocals

with

• Tim Yatras
  Tim Yatras
  Tim Yatras is an Australian musician and composer, best known as a writer of several J-pop songs, as well as a former member of Wollongong based heavy metal band, Lord, and creator of the Black Metal/Rock/Trance act Germ.-Biography:...
  
  and Mav Stevens – backing vocals
• Gabrielle de Giorgio – keyboard (track #2)
• Byron Farrugia – voice acting (track #1)