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 Ну, и что же мы имеем на дебютнике Skymning? Я бы сказал, что это пауэр-метал, приправленный щепоткой мелодик-дэта гетеборгской (ну, а какой же еще) школы. Щепотка заключается в нехарактерной для пауэра тяжести (да и то, не всегда), проскальзывающих кое-где мелодик-дэт-риффах, и характерном «недогроуле» вокалиста, который иногда пытается даже попадать в ноты. Кое-где при прослушивании вспоминаются Eternal Tears of Sorrow. Ритм-секция типично пауэрная, гитарные соло тоже... думаю, картина вам ясна. Практически все композиции исполнены в быстром темпе, и мелодичность в них зашкаливает, сводя агрессивность на нет, как и должно быть в пауэре. А это, несмотря на все оговорки, все-таки пауэр, господа, признаемся честно. Записан альбом не то, чтобы кристально чисто, но вполне на уровне.
В итоге получилась крепкая, мелодичная, мощная работа, но без присущего пауэр-металу пафоса (впрочем, решающую роль тут играет вокал). Однако часто к ней возвращаться мне вряд ли захочется. |
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Fall from the grace shatter the maze
Lie!
It's in their
Eyes!
I hear the call!
Why?
As a cold breeze sweeps from the north
Like a frozen shadow I'm flying on my horse
I will defy those who have lied to me
I will torment their souls, their wounds will never heal
I've heard the roar, I've held the sword
I've felt the axe, I've seen the gore
I've witnessed the plagues, the pain
They have caused
Our shoreless lives will come to an end
Our forces will rise to the edge
Serpents and servants crusading our land
Are met by the knights of deny
Lie!
We can see it in our
Eyes!
We hear the call!
We know why
As a cold breeze sweeps from the north
Like a frozen shadow I'm flying on my horse
I will defy those powers who have lied to me
I will torment their souls, their wounds will never heal
As a cold breeze sweeps from the north
With burning heart we're pulling our swords
We will defy those powers who have lied to us
We will torment their souls, their wounds will never heal
As a cold breeze sweeps from the north
With the flame in our eyes, I'm flying on my horse
I want to feel the ice burning on my skin
Raising the banners together we will win!
As a cold breeze sweeps from the north
With burning hearts, we're pulling our swords
I will defy those powers, I can see it in their eyes
Everything lies
Everything dies
2. Memories
Look in my eyes
What can you see?
Memories keeps my hatred alive
Memories will never die
A man without a face
Calling out my name
I was blinded by beauty as I looked at her
But I was the chosen one to carry all the pain
Beyond all help, I was stuck in this world
With no return I stepped over the edge
My hopes were to be saved
But my hopes were slayed
Walking through the burning eternity
I realized I was marked until the world could sleep again
Memories keeps my hatred alive
Memories will never die
A man without a face
Calling out my name
3. The Question
When he came out through the mist
He was alone living on hope
That he would find what he had searched for
For all his time the answer of life
But no one cared for his question
And they wouldn't dare to tell him why
Didn't know that he had asked the forbidden question
He screamed for help, he begged for help
He broke apart, he cried for himself
He asked the women, he asked the men
But no one could help him to get the answer
But as cried this helpless man
This poor weak suffering man
He heard a voice, words of wisdom
An inner voice?
A voice from above?
A voice from below?
A voice from all around?
Sacrifice to get purified to realize
How to get the answer
Sacrifice to get purified to realize
The meaning of life
Now when he had this important clue
He asked for himself could it be true?
A matter of faith, trust and belief
At his inner mind how to achieve this height
This man had come to get the final answer
The only matter now was time
He had to make it before his sands of time ran out
And he would soon find out
An inner voice?
A voice from above?
A voice from below?
A voice from all around?
Sacrifice to get purified to realize
How to get the answer
Sacrifice to get purified to realize
The meaning of life
The time was out and he had got the answer
The meaning of life was to die
4. The Final Battle
A time when darkness becomes all
When daylight is forgotten forever, ever
Into the ruins I walk
The snow is blood filled from battles before
He stares into my eyes
He knows we are the last ones left
The battle must go on
Until one of us dies
The last battle has begun
The knight draws his sword and comes close, attacks
Icy winds blow strong
By the ruins I fight my final battle
He stared into my eyes
He knows we are the last ones left
The battle must go on
Until one of us dies
He stares into my eyes
My sword falls into the snow
His blade is covered with my blood
As he pulls it out of my body
I fall down on my knees
My life is slipping away
The knight turns around
Walking away from the final battle
5. Above
Open the book of our lives
Read our souls travel through our minds
Give us the wings of a raven
And show us how to reach your heights
Open our hearts with your key
And watch how we will reveal our anger
Give us your hand and take us from this world
Open your clouds show who you are
Give us a sign!
Will our truth be a lie?
Take us to your dimensions!
Let us soar on your spaces above
Oh thy mighty demons in the sky
We feel you show us who you are
Can you hear our cries, can I see thy mighty demons now
Where are you my makers?
I'll heed your call if you show me who you are
Show us the worst inner fears
What is breeding in me?
Lead us on the path of fate
Remove the bars that chain us to this world
What have we done?
To be created into this inferno
Raise us to your level
To the towers of beyond
To the castle divine
6. A World In Flames
Fire - the flames reach higher
Fire - abomination fire
War - the one which will end all life
Through the misty forest
Smoke comes from the greatest fire
Fire between trees surrounds
The lake by the greatest battle
I would spread my wings and fly
If only I possessed the powers
Powers to get away from this
Evil world in flames forever
Through the misty forest
Smoke comes from the greatest fire
Fire between trees surrounds
The lake by the greatest battles
I would spread my wings and fly
If only I possessed the powers
Powers to get away from this
Evil world in flames forever
Fire - the flames reach higher
Fire - abomination fire
War - the one which will end all life
7. Just Another
Just a man with killer instincts, just a man to history
Fooled by the words of reality
He couldn't overcome his fear
A man who couldn't handle the truth
But instead became insane
He couldn't see what meaning there was
To slave for others
He had to kill those unpure
So he could serve the immortality
One after one they fell for him as the
Knife got painted so shiny red
He had to kill to satisfy those in his head
And break out from the
Prison in their hell
He's just another who had to bet his
Soul to the burning eternity
Just another, just another - just another!
Just another, just another - just another!
The steel he's carrying in his hand
Which so many lives has taken
But who can blame him for what he's done
When mankind just shuts her eyes
Who wants to see a man go down
Who wants to look into his eyes
His soul is gone and his heart is petrified
When the pain caught his body and
He watched himself in the mirror
He got the courage to grab the knife
And take his own hated life
The voices are forever gone
His name people now take seriously
He's just another - he's just a serial killer
Just another, just another, just another - just another!
Just another, just another, just another - just another!
8. Stormchoirs
Feeling the ground shaking of chaos
Watching the skies turn red of pure anger
The dead warriors have risen
Sensing the war is here
Wolves, beasts and dark creatures gather!
Fight the unholy war together!
Darkness has arrived, for your lords fight!
Filling our veins with hate, exposing the fate
Day turns to night destroying the light
The slaughtering has begun!
I stand almighty over conquered lands
I've buried thousands of souls with my hands
Listening to the sound of war
Listening to the sound of the stormchoirs
9. At The Fields Of Megiddo
The dragon, the beast and the false prophet
They were the unholy trinity
They had to fight when the seventh seal was broken
And the sun turned black, and the time got frozen
At the fields of Megiddo, against the forces of God
They were fighting for the evil, as always one step behind
At the fields of Megiddo
At the fields of Megiddo
The fields of Megiddo
It's where the mightiest battle ever will be fought
Rise up from the sea so
Rise up through the ground
Now the two beasts are coming and
Now prepare for the gathering
The final fight between good and the evil
Was meant to be won by the other side
Now when chaos rules the suffering has begun
So it was written, and so it shall be done
At the fields of Megiddo
At the fields of Megiddo
The fields of Megiddo
Are haunted by the powers of war
10. The Warrior Poet
We live in chains we live to die
We are possessed, we can't decide
What's in our hands?
Our ancient lands are being watched by traitor's eyes
Our lives are written in the chapter number one
But the book is sealed, the pages are falling apart
But the truth will be spread by the legend
Your heart is free, have the courage
To follow it into your dreams and beyond
Unite the clans and Tartans, the land
Be our leader, be free
Just lead us now towards their fall
Defeat the crown, the king of all
Don't lose your heart, just follow your Tartans
And your soul will take us
... On the way to life, we're marching
On towards the edge of all strength
We, the sons, the fathers, we've won
Our lives, our souls, our hearts are marching on