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It's a mashup of Wither and Never Gonna Give You Up. Someone had to eventually Astley-fy a DT song, what with the instrumental versions and the Producer's Edition stuff out there.  Just so happens that Wither and NGGYU are the same key and almost exactly the same tempo.  Have at it, Frost*ies!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig4ez2xzu88

Have at it, gents.  The big ginger bearded one is Toma, my fellow axe-slinger, and the other, constipated singy one is Ross, bass player extraordinaire.

Here it is.  Warning- It's a heavy track with death vocals.  It does have a cheeky musical nod to King Crimson in the middle, though - bonus biscuits to whoever spots it.

It's a version of a song I'm playing with a recently-re-formed band I've re-joined.  Yeah, that's a lot of 're-'s.  It's called Sweet Rebellion, and it features the first time I've ever had a crack at doing harsh/growling vocals.  Usually the drummer does those bits, but seeing as I was having a go at recording the entire song solo, it was up to me to do those parts, and so I did.

The drums are programmed, and the sounds are from XLN Audio's excellent Addictive Drums virtual instrument.  The rest of the instruments are all me, as are all the vocals.  Some of the singing's a bit shaky, but it was all first/second take stuff, just to get something down to see how it all pans out, arrangement-wise.  I'll go back and re-do the vocals at a later time.

So, enjoy, and feed me back.  :-)