Music

Ophidia

Ophidia is the second album of Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki’s Neverland. The album features Jon Oliva, Edu Falaschi, Urban breed as guest singers. Unlike the first album, Ophidia did not feature a live orchestra.

Tracklist

This Voice Inside
Silence the Wolves
Ophidia
Will of God
Invisible War
Places Unknown
No One Leaves the Hive
Speak to Me
Ashes to Fall
Final Odyssey
Into the Horizon
Chaos Wings (bonus)

Album Story

Ophidia was successful on its own terms. The band had the chance to tour with Jon Oliva’s Pain in Europe and scored significant gigs in Turkey. The band shared the stage with many important artists, from Opeth to Jon Oliva’s Pain, Destruction to UDO.

The story is about the evil lurking behind every thought, movement, and feeling in society as a core foundation of nature. No matter how naïve the feelings are, there is always something negative behind it—a hidden, darker nature.

There are also songs about other points of interest like This Voice Inside, written in memory of the late Robert Jordan and Places Unknown, for Mike Baker’s memory. After over a decade of his passing, he is still a truly missed friend who worked with Neverland back on Reversing Time.

However, Ophidia's recording sessions and the following tour also showcased incompatibility and friction between the members, leading to the loss of an important promotion window and the eventual record deal. Following the European tour, Dreamtone continued as the core five members to prevent further damage to the band’s success.

Album Media

Album Credits

March 2010, AFM Records

Oganalp Canatan: Vocals
Iris Mavraki: Vocals
Onur Ozkoc: Guitars
Burak Kahraman: Guitars
Can Dedekargınoğlu: Bass
Emrecan Sevdin: Drums
Güney Özsan: Keyboards
Jon Oliva: Vocals
Edu Falaschi: Vocals
Urban breed: Vocals

Recorded and Mixed by Erim Arkman & Evren Arkman at Garage Studios, Istanbul, TR
Mastering by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Artwork by Kyoung Hwan Kim
Booklet Artwork by Ali Yücel Özdemir
Photography by Esatcan Coşkun

Produced by Dreamtone and AFM Records

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