Wintersun - The Dragon Song (Legendary Early Demos)

"I wrote and recorded "The Dragon Song" back in 1998. It was the first song I created for my "Fantasy Metal Project." To record it, I used the Roland VS-1680 16-track hard disc recorder, which was a significant improvement from the 4-track and 8-track C-cassette tape machines I had been using before. I think it might have been the first song I recorded using the 16-track. I had been dreaming about the VS-1680 for months, reading all about it in music magazines and imagining the possibilities of what I could record with it. It was a dream come true when I finally got it. It immediately upgraded my production quality and was much faster and easier to use than the old tape machines. I could now explore more with guitar harmonies and add more synths and vocal tracks, and it also had some nice built-in effects. Not only did it upgrade the production quality, but it also allowed me to dream bigger and eventually helped me write the debut Wintersun album. "The Dragon Song" is still a demo, but it's one of my favorite compositions, so I created a little demo video for it. I hope you enjoy listening to the song!" - Jari

"The Dragon Song" is part of the Legendary Early Demos 5-album, 5-hour, 56-track collection.

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[drfjws]

How is it possible for a treasure like this to be hidden and unpublished for so many years?!

[thomask]

Moment of silence for all Wintersun fans who aren't around anymore to experience this (and all other new content).

[NGZN]

i swear Jari's songs are all masterpieces. This man is a real genius

[stillnesssolutions]

This ‘demo’ sounds better than a lot of bands final mixes

[thimovijfschaft]

I always tell people that the reason why I'm a Wintersun fan, is because of Jari's ability to tell stories with music.

Like there are bands which you like to listen to because they are heavy, or because of complexity. But Jari's music is the type of music where you just close your eyes and let your imagination go.

The level of visual landscapes this guy can create with music is just impressive.

[thomassparks]

Jari is the Smaug of musicians, brooding on his musical treasure horde for years. This is only that first chalice Bilbo filched upon their first meeting. In August we take back

[pbmdh]

This will be on repeat ALL DAY and nobody can stop me!

[nitromeda]

Luca Turilli dances around in joy ❤⚔️🐲

[PietroBernal]

That's a nice way to start the day! coffee + wintersun 😍

[tblllmi]

Amazing
Thank you very much for sharing this to us!!!!
For me this is so far the best song from the early demos😳😳

[windrider]

Ensiferum would pay great money for this Jari😅 Seriously this is even better than expected. This sounds epic as hell. You really got some fantastic material here, loved every bit of the Fantasy Project, and we are thankful that you are sharing.

[Arcsace]

Amazing "demo" quality.
It would be interesting if after all the demos are released, wintersun gets like the top fan selected demos and then they re-record the ultimate fan demo collection

[mangoherpson]

Wintersun has really cemented its place as my favourite band, I can’t wait for time II and your future releases. It’s hard to quantify how much your favourite musicians impact your life ❤

[tommydrums]

This has been the biggest release of metal I think we've ever seen in a single campaign event.

I haven't been on social media for months but I hope people aren't shying away from how massive this move is, just from a band management perspective!

When's the last time we saw a band release 2 completely reworked albums, a new album, and 5 hours of demos and early archives before??

I don't think we ever have.

[timoniemela]

It's as if Jari possesses time travel abilities. Listening to this, it's as if I'm living the early 2000's again. I love it. The Time package is surely worthy of its name!

[vikingblood]

Jari, what did we do so bad to you to have this masterpiece hidden to us?

[linkdude]

This sounds like the closing track to the most epic Ensiferum album that never was - holy crap. Jari, thank you for releasing this!

[Evsjs]

Sounds better than a lot of current metal songs
What a killer song \m/

[RideandPoetry]

Jari. You make all of us feel much better.. The waiting was long. But now, we are marching all together to a great musical future ! Thank you. Merci.

[rokarollareturns]

lets goooo!!! August 30th seems so far away!!!!