The king calls upon his queen, Vashthi, to appear to be shown off to the crowd on the feast's final day, building up grand expectations from the feast-goers, but alas, due to whatever unknown reason, she refuses to show up and a ruckus is caused.
KING KHASHAYAR:
[spoken] My loyal servants, announce the queen’s arrival!
Mehuman! (drum solo)
Harvona! (drum solo)
Bizta & Bigta (drum solo)
Zetar & Avagta (drum solo)
Karkas (drum solo)
SERVANTS:
Khashayar Shah Khashayar Shah Khashayar
Shah Khashayar the Great
[repeat x3]
KING KHASHAYAR:
Now everyone you’re ‘bout to gaze...
Upon the most enchanting face,
of no one other than my Queen Vashti
with royal crown so everyone can see...
[musical interlude during which the servants go fetch Queen Vashti]
SERVANT:
The queen declines my king’s request,
please know we tried our very best
GUEST:
it seems she’d rather with her ladies be
than show her face for everyone to see
KING KHASHAYAR:
Is this a joke? I’m not amused!
Now all the folks will be confused!
SERVANTS:
Please, your majesty!
KING KHASHAYAR:
Why can’t the queen show up at least?!
Now what's the meaning of this feast?
SERVANTS:
Wait, your majesty!
[musical interlude and outro]
This number features an experimental metal section by Alexander Thinman. It probably will be replaced by more traditional instruments in the final version, but it was still really cool to see what it would sound like in a different genre. And having the songs covered in different genres is also something I am having in mind for the future.
All thte percussion instruments are played by Maciej Gizejewski (a.k.a. Mac G) except for the percussion solos for the king which are placeholders that will be replaced later.