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Сей альбом, что трационно для Pentagram, состоит из материала различных лет и эпох. В него вошли как перезаписанные треки, уже ставшие классикой, так и новый на тот момент стафф. Несмотря на такую разномастность, альбом слушается очень и очень целостно, нет ничего выбивающегося из общей канвы. Материал относительно лёгок для восприятия и навевает ассоциации со старым металом 70-х. Ставшая уже банальной фраза "саббатовская атмосфера" подходит к этой музыке более всех остальных, так как больше сказать особо нечего, да, в общем-то, и не нужно: в наличии те же, столь знакомые многим, пусть и чуть более замедленные, но узнаваемые риффы, неторопливая ритм-секция, которая, все же, иногда разгоняется, и тот самый вокал, повествующий о мраке мира сего, не забывая разбавлять лирику (около)религиозными размышлениями. Ну чем не та самая классика из 70-ых? Не верьте тем, кто скажет, что всё это уже давно стало шаблонным и закостенело. Эта музыка ничуть ни устарела, слушается всё так же "на ура" и даёт своим слушателям именно то, чего они ждут. Коммерческий застой? - Не глупите, ибо трад-дум играть можно многими десятилетиями, а денег с этого так и не получить (Saint Vitus тому пример).
PS: Очень жаль, что данная группа знакома большинству любителей музыки одним лишь кавером группы Draconian на песню "Forever My Queen". |
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The burning rays of the sun, yeah
Now look out
'Cause I'm finally sure
That this is the way
My life was meant to be
I'm stuck in a rut
And baby I can't get out
But I never asked now one
To sympathize with me
So I'll be blunt
I'll get straight to the facts
I thought I'd do well
But I just got stabbed in the back
Listen, the days will go on shedding their light,
but it's much to bright for me
From the burning rays of the sun,
The burning rays of the sun, let's go
2. Change Of Heart
[By Joe Hasselvander and Bobby Liebling]
Sometimes the way you neglect things
Brings me to the finish of the rope
Some I let slide
Some I can't hide
Maybe soon you'll see that my word ain't no joke
I'll drive you if you make me after all has been said
You'll never dump my thundercloud hangin' on your head
Look out when my caution light turns to red
You think it's bad out of work but it's probably worse dead
Come with me now
Changin' and how
I'll make you stay
You still run away
I'm confused now, I'm going crazy
I got the gun now, it's getting hazy
How did you know that I would leave
I'm fallen back now just to deceive
Crank my amps
Take a stance
My god, the music's never been this loud before, yeah
Some get high, pursue their joys
Fly into the night
Time to see your plane will crash
You're on the earth flight
Come with me now, changing and how
I'll make you stay, you still run away
How did you know this change of heart
I've gone insane now, I'm falling apart, yeah
I'm confused now, I'm going crazy
I got the gun now, it's getting hazy
How did you know this change of heart
I've gone insane now, I'm falling apart, yeah
3. Livin' In A Ram's Head
[by Bobby Liebling]
You hurt me with your mind games
And baby's so frigid, you're about to drive me insane
But I have no fear, 'cause he always sets the course
Yeah, watch it
Take a step out of the shadows
Take a peekin' at your game
Baby's sweet and good-looking
I know you're wicked just the same
Yet I have no fear, 'cause he always sets the course
I've been livin' in a ram
I'm doin' what I can - Well, alright
4. Gorgon's Slave
[By Joe Hasselvander and Bobby Liebling]
Down below the galleys where the faring men ate
Lay the granite for the tombs and the tools to carve slate
All the piracy flourished seeking shillings and eight
At the time there was no knowledge of the map of their fate
For at starlight and moonglow there were none to be saved
One digs too deep, he passes treasure to his grave, yeah
In the night they behave
Now they're Gorgon's slave
When the eyes of Medusa stare them into their grave
Yeah, yeah
Let the moondrops fall, hear the screams in the hall
For when there's no one to stand guard
Only future futility to hear their call
It's the beast you may think drives the sane to the brink
Now the Gorgon's suspended the life in them all, yeah
Though they boasted glasses were empty, none there were brave
Couldn't cut from the gut of the Gorgon's slave, yeah
In the night they behave
Now they're Gorgon's slave
When the eyes of Medusa stare them into their grave
They came to take the jewels and eight
Now forever they will wait
But none cut from the gut of the Gorgon's cave, yeah
Frozen down deep in suspended sleep and the mad cries rave
Let the moondrops fall, hear the screams in the hall
When there's no one to stand guard no one is saved
In the night they behave the Gorgon's slave
When the snakes of Medusa tie a leash to the grave, yeah
Alright, alright
In the night they behave now the Gorgon's slave
When the snakes of Medusa tie a leash to the grave
yeah, yeah
5. Review Your Choices
[By Bobby Liebling]
Man and woman try to keep a tie
While looking at what passes by
Village thieves and all the tramps
Somewhere someone left in some gaps
Look before you leap my friend
Should god take you in his hand
It's a very small price for you sins you spend
And there's a man with a pitchfork around the bend, oh yeah
Got my soul - Alright - Let's go
The evil churns, you'll start to burn
But will you crack, I know we can't turn back, oh no
Review all your choices now
There's no one around to show you how
But the hand coming down has reached its end
You know who's still coming around the bend, yeah
Yeah, around the bend, yeah
6. The Driver
[By Bobby Liebling]
Please mister driver
Find the survivors
Don't stop for nothing
Cause I must find out something, yeah
Climb down the fathoms
Find out what happens
When there's no sky above you
And no one to love you, yeah
And he dies
7. The Bees
[By Bobby Liebling]
Watch the people, they're up at six
You go to work and no one relax
Well this is it, yeah, I hope you saw
What's in this rotten world we're living for
Swarm Like bees, with their discontented pleas
And when fate stings another joy it brings
You'd better look around, yeah, at what your greed does
For maybe in your sleep you'll hear a buzz, right
8. I Am Vengeance
[By Joe Hasselvander and Bobby Liebling]
Many ways the mind will stand unnatural limits of pain
The child hopelessly searching sanctuary lost in the rain
The point that pierces and poisons, impregnates the vein
Later only to wonder why we're on the board
Just to conclude by being driven insane
Seems there's no way around it out, ha
For one must be the hunter, the other labeled prey
As sirens fade in the night, ha ha
I am Vengeance, the Game, Yeah
That's what I'm talkin' about
Always to continue the on and ons
Their trickery designed for our own brain,
But just one original can stay the same
Etched unscathed indelible to prevail for reign
And malice looks like you shadow
like the wolf to the bane, yeah
Performance forever keeps the search for fame
Close your eyes but never sleep
Keep alarm to the mind as life slowly creeps
to be sucked down the drain
Just please remember, and forget never
Better listen because - ha! -
I am Vengeance, the Game, yeah
C'mon baby, yeah, mmmm-mmmm-mmm
Father such a merciful
Said father such a merciful, yeah
Well father won't you have mercy on me please
Look here, I'm down on my knees
Have mercy on my soul
Watch this
Father such a merciful Pearcy
Your warped figure we see manifest the hurt, see? Ha!
Or should I think that maybe something's just a little
tilt to you divine nursery
And it may be possible this little tiny
devout-like spit to the griddle
The making over requires and order for some surgery
9. Forever My Queen
[By Bobby Liebling]
I ran away with myself
I think I ran a little too far
Your love is more than a tease
And I'm gonna give it all of my heart
Situations is all wrapped up
And no more needs to be said, oh no
You live in my world gotta heed me
And I know that you can cause you need me
There ain't nothin' gonna stop us now
We're willing and we both know how
And baby you're gonna be my queen
Cause the king always know just what he means
Well, alright
The future looks only a sea
Of the troubled times ahead for you and me
And the desert oasis just sand
For the kingdom and all of my plans
On no, said all will fall, yeah
10. Mow You Down
[By Joe Hasselvander and Bobby Liebling]
Sick of all you promises
Can't take no more lies
Won't be long so you'd better move on
'Cause I'm gettin' that look in my eyes
Gotta mow you down
You know that I see right through you
Just when I thought that I knew you
Time we shared together got suspended
Now I'm so glad it's ended
I gotta mow you down
You know that I see right through you
Just when I though that I knew you
You were a nasty old habit
Yeah, you can take it and have it, c'mon baby - hey!
Mow you down - Mow you down
I got to mow you down - Ah, c'mon
Get out of town
Sick of idle promises
Can't take no more lies
It won't be long, so you better move on
'Cause I'm gettin' that look in my eyes
Mow down
Look out
Mow down
C'mon baby
Mow down - mow down
11. Downhill Slope
[By Bobby Liebling]
Caravans and waves on the desert sands
But someone told me I'd better stay away
And you, you never learn
you, you never learn
You'll never learn, yeah, mmm-hmmm - yeah
The passing hour seem so long since you been gone
And the hand of time has withered like a life prolonged,
You, you never learn
Yeah, yeah, you never learn
You'll never learn
To prove yourself in this world of pain
You gotta give and take
I've never been one for the tricks of the trade,
but I know how to love, that I do
But you, no, you'll never learn, yeah
You, mmm-hmm, I said you'll never learn
You'll never learn, yeah
Mmmm- hmmm
12. Megalenia
[By Joe Hasselvander and Bobby Liebling]
Some of you say may claim to amuse
And once shown you'll insist it's a ruse
Then those who fought the battle could only lose
For in it time megalania rules, there's no use
More than simply a meal without a match
And though the crocodile has his snap neck latch
To a mortal man a fearsome catch
Ha! Even it would cower when the young would hatch
Mmm-mmm
Crocodile strides but only with bursts of speed
Just another handicap that the lizard didn't need
No need to stop at all, megalania challenge and then they all fall
At 25 or 30 feet only it fed on warm blood 'n' meat
And rand a torrid sprint with a 40 mile pace
Or kept the strength at a distance race
Don't trip or you'll find yourself a nice hiding place
One glance strikes the fear of god in you face
No logic pulls toward you time
For it came through the ice age with no reason or rhyme, yeah
What I said
Abandoned with the past down under
Even in the bush staggered with thunder
Mmm-hmmm, nightmare, everyone's here
A megalania again has appeared
That's right
I know the rumble, it's only him
Perhaps your torso, or just a limb
And crush and maul in the night of the iguana
Please commence the demon even though you don't wanna, ha!
Only mounties charter him well
Ten megalania back to hell, alright
13. Gilla?
[by Gilla]