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This liquid vision of euphoria
Living a life on borrowed time
Paying the price of immortality
Desperately avoiding our fate
Lead me through the halls of tortured souls
Alone, forlorn...human dignity dethroned
Forevermore – A life never ending
Time stands still as the immortals keep on breeding

Stumbling through
This complex puzzle that is my life
Thirsty for knowledge
But drinking from poisoned fountains
Flashbacks from my past
God knows how long I'll last
Images of you
Leading my soul astray

(Michael Amott)

Into the night, the darkest corner of my mind
Sink into my inner self, an erotic fantasy
A spiralling vortex, an instant alter ego fix
Here I am, the ruler of all, in this kingdom of sin

Sinister mephisto

As the pages burn
Secrets can't be unlearned
Silence can't be unheard
Knowledge is burden, power is onus
As the pages burn
Your memories fade
Freed from the grip of reality
Rejecting cognition

The human blood is far too thin
The life in it much too fragile
DNA code twisted into form
An ancient dream will now be reborn

Demonic! Science!
A high price for a passion so intense
Demonic! Science!

Angelclaw – A queen of the night
She reigns from her throne of stone
Bringer of evil, a destroyer of souls
Do what thou wilt, lust is her excuse

She'll use you up, suck you dry
This beautiful creature makes you high
Try to break the spell that is cast

As The Pages Burn
Secrets Can't Be Unlearned
Silence Can't Be Unheard...
Knowledge Is Burden,Power Is Onus,
As The Pages Burn!
Your Memories Fade!
Freed From The Grip Of Reality
Rejecting Cognition

A fistful of fear in my hands
A bullet of betrayal in my brain
No progress comes from pleasure
We smile in ignorance and learn in pain

Willful deceit was your plan
Desperately avoid the blame
Who will you answer to now?

Sands of time
Running through my fingers
My life slipping away
And I feel nothing
Swallow the tears

Eat the pain – It's worth the degradation – Eat the pain

Across the lake of fire
Through the deserts of decay
The flames are burning higher
In this land of death you're easy prey

Black Earth
Save - Our - Souls

You were born your brother’s keeper
Why can I see blood on your hands?
How became your brother’s slayer
Embrace again in death

At the end of all this hatred lies even deeper hate
Their darkness has defeated you – Your lifeline running backwards

You were born your brother's keeper
Why can I see blood on your hands?
You became your brother's slayer
Embrace again in death

At the end of all this hatred lies even deeper hate
Their darkness has defeated you – Your lifetime running backwards

Gripping you start to believe
All danger trust
In the end there is no relief
falling
You're breeding thorns

Cut off from the
The door is about to slam shut

There I was completely wasting
Out of work and down
All inside it's so frustrating
As I drift from town to town
Feel as though nobody cares
If I live or die
So I might as well begin
To put some action in my life

Bridge Of Destiny
Standing at the bridge of destiny
So long since I tasted fear
Lurking in the darkest holes
Awaiting my minds weakest moment
Old words from an old world
Against the laws of the nature
They say the truth is overrated

Dark shadows from above
Ravens fly, obliterate the sun
"It's a sign of the devil.
He will come for his servant tonight"
These are dark times
Suspicious minds breed like rats
Guardians of corrupt morality
Spread their filthy lies

Burning Bridges

So now the bridges are burnt...
A lesson learned?
Promises broken,
Tender lies softly spoken!
Changes in you...
Changes in me...

Symbolical and mystical
Between life and death we're torn
A constant struggle
Like an apocrypha
Nobody can be certain
A thousand days, spent in hell
The ultimate sacrifice
Your voyage starts

We walk through the ages
The world on our shoulders
A burden we carry
To the dark end of our days
A thousand eyes watching
Every step we are taking
Waiting to see us
Struggle and fall

In this city of broken dreams
Monuments of death arise
This is the Necropolis
Where the nameless live and breathe
Rotten tombs of ancient kings
Days of glory are gone
A mockery to the living souls
Confined in darkness

Disinfected torture chamber
price of fear
If these walls could talk and scream

No life outside
No in between

Cruelty without beauty

This is creation
A swirling mass
This captor of my life
Survival of the fittest
We are legion
One will and one heartbeat

This is anarchy

Weak and sick I crawl
In the dust of past mistakes
Leaving for the darkness
Of tears and cold heartaches
Suffer in this grief
Of forever burning hate
The ashes of my life
By the torment you create

Music: Michael Amott/Christopher Amott
Lyrics: Michael Amott

Like insects of the night, we are drawn to the light
Feeding off the starglow energy- controlling our fate

Bloodsucker selling hope to the hopeless
Newborn messiah or the devil incarnate?

Giving our blood
To the doomsday machine
Fighting for ravaged land
A worthless gain
Marching on a dead end road

A violent new disorder
Feeding off mistrust

Spiritual Isolation - The ultimate frustration
Scratch the surface, tuurn another page
The ugly truth or another pretty lie
You deceived me, I believed you
Why did everything go...

So wrong...
For so long...

this is the age of dehumanization
perverted creation
damned, misled children
you never stood a chance
resurrecting a dead mission
for a paralysed race
damned, misled children
you never stood a chance

The human blood is far too thin
The life in it much too fragile
DNA code twisted into form
An ancient dream will now be reborn

Demonic! Science!
A high price for a passion so intense
Demonic! Science!

I spit in your face, preacers and leaders
Spewing false dogma to their believers
A nation of wolves haunting the sheep
Their fangs in your flesh
So painful and deep

Despise your heroes
Living a lie

Divine queen of evil
Sowing her seeds of hate
Mistress of pain
Diva satanica - Master of temptation

Medusa... abuser... both beast and beauty
Seducer... she'll use you... bring you to your knees

Dark thoughts rise up
Deep in your mind
The killing of hope
The end has begun

The locked psycho-door breaks down
The beast breathes freedom and fire
Blows bloody thoughts into your mind

Dark thoughts rise up
Deep in your mind
The killing of hope
The end has begun

The locked psycho-door breaks down
The beast breathes freedom and fire
Blows bloody thoughts into your mind

Living in the shadows
crawling in the dark
another face you will never see
another voice you will never hear

erase my mortal shell
to feed my dying soul
morbid glory shines on me

On the fields of desolation
We are all alone
Crying in each others arms
In fear of the unknown
Feelings of uncertainty
We are all doomed
To live in solitude
And never ending gloom

You can't kill me. I am living inside you.
I am a part of your existence
Twisted thoughts in a twisted mind
Provoking you

Black is my heart – dark is my soul
My hatred I can not control
Evil seed growing stronger

I don't know
I cannot see
Who we are now
How we used to be

Is it you?
Or is it me?
Look in the mirror

These gardens of angst
In which I stand
Lost and confused
Hungry for more
Eager to cross
This river of tears

Safe in this void

Who is your god – is he not mine?
Who is your devil – are we the same?
What makes you worse
What makes me better

Never to trust again – how long have I got?

In this darkened maze

The more I see – the less I believe
The more I hear – the less I care
this world we've created
has left me cold
this world is sedated
dying in its sleep

I feel nothing

Жанр: Melodic Death Metal
Страна-производитель диска: Germany
Год издания диска: 2011
Издатель (лейбл): Century Media Records
Страна: Sweden
Продолжительность: 54:56

Треклист:

Crawling in the slime
dirt infested minds
always second best, leader of the rats
spreading their disease

hiding behind trivial cynicism
venomous tongues spitting forth lies
so quick to criticize the life of others

Flying high on blackened wings
Vengeance in my eyes
Colder than steel instantly real
A new power flows through me

Reaching out for something
Knowing that it's there – Somewhere

Sudden implosion of silenced emotions
Buried beneath a scarred heart for too long
Delusions of hope fading away
Dying like leaves on frozen soil

My apocalypse is near
I can feel the end coming near

Verse:
We walk this earth
With fire in our hands
Eye for an eye
We are nemesis

We are with you
Countless vicious souls

This earth speaks of darkness
To come in the blood of man
The are breathing poison
All waters running black

Until the sun rises and sets on death
The sky burns red like sheer hate
The light in our eyes will fade

Here I am, back to the wall,
I picked the fight against the time,
Free at last I go my own way,
I will resist them, till the day I die,
I am who I am; my time has come.

I am who I am, take it or leave it,
A rebel at heart,

You choose your path.
Don't shift the blame.
You ran your course.
You lost sight of your aim.
Wrong choices linger,
Like scars remain
Long after the bleeding stops.
There's nowhere left to hide from the shame.

From the womb, to the tomb
An eternal struggle for the holy truth
We are not the first, nor shall we be the last
We shall be followed by thousands more
Study the scriptures - Intensify the faith
The works of men much greater than you or I
From the cradle to the grave
Thousands of immortal souls just waiting to be saved!

I am hunting for your soul
It dwells within your heart
I lacerate the pounding flesh
Your spirits shall be mine

So rise my spirit rise!
Revel in this dead mans' body
Grip his soul, sip the blood

Since the day that you were born the wheels are in motion
Turning ever faster – Play your part in the big machine
The stage is set, the road is chosen
You fate preordained
We are watching you – every step of the way

Never too late to stand your ground – Revolution begins
In you – In me – Revolution!

The end is near.
Panic is closing in.
Sick with fear they run

Watch freedom's fall.
What have we become?
Cannot fodder

born with eyes
but they are not to see
living on your knees
choking on spiritual agony
follow the traces of blood
throughout the past centuries
you choose not to see
bow down and worship me at the alter of shame

Meet your maker
Rising from the ashes
Like a phoenix to the sky
So intense, so glorious...

Uncontrollable desire
For our souls
The great lawgiver

I've got a secret
I just can't tell
I've created my own hell

feeling now
It protects your perfect world

Imitation

The shape of all my doubts... My fear...
Come closer... Trust me...

Here I stand, in the falling rain
There is no joy - inside these tears
I see the world trough a twisted and bitter stare
To be where I've been - to see what I have seen

At the mercy of our conscience
Confined within our fate
Never really questioned why
We are refugees in a dying world

To become a part of the end

Are we the ones, the ones to blame?

This is killing us
Fighting the truth a losing battle
we believe in nothing
just hatred for each other

tragic sinister serenade
twisted melody shatters reality
dying hopes for a better day

[1999] Burning Bridges

Fly with me on a starlit sky
I'll set you free... Yes, it can be
A dream unchased is a life at waste
Never let them conquer your pride
Our love is warm here
Like the image of a distant sun

Monuments of dying dreams
As far away as Eden
These hours standing still
Finding comfort in a distant past

Slaves of yesterday
You are blind
Blind to the sunrise

Everything so clear now
It’s written on your face
In a world within a world
I can smell the bridges burn
Sharks ever circling
They never go away
In these dark, murky waters
So hard to navigate and so easy to hate

Processed. Diluted.
Virtually enrecognizable
I was lost there - no direction
A scattered viod

Chorus:
No more
It's over

Hideous crimes, atrocities
The slaughter of millions - beyond belief
Those were dark times, so different from now
The law of evil ruled our fatherland

I was but a pawn in their game
Why should I feel any guilt?
Still when I close, close my eyes

I'd sign - a contract with the devil
I've tried - for so very long
I'd die - to become immortal
that's why I sing this song
Am I a wannabe? - have I no dignity?
I'd give up all my life.. to be
In the book of heavy metal! Yeah! (Metal)
In the book of heavy metal!

A precious child with an innocent mind
Born to suffer, in this life or for another

So hopeless and relentless falls this remorseless day
The dark remains of a violent world

The day you died my tears ran dry
I feel you, I hear you echo in my soul

When I was born the seed was sown
I will not obey, my life is my own
Battle those, who wish to enslave me
Expose the lies, that enrage me

I don't believe in heaven, I don't believe in hell
Never joined the herd, could not adjust well
Slave master, it's not for me

Step inside the circle of fire
Flames of desire enlighten the night
Follow your instinct
Burn and writhe in ecstasy

Love will turn to hate
Heat will turn to ice
There is nothing in between

Fearless on my final quest
Find truth beyond the flesh
Fleeting past my dreams of unfulfilled desire
My strength unwavering
My journey just beginning
A desperate race through the corridors of hell

Chaos emerges – Surrender I will not

We walk this earth
With fire on our hands
Eye for an eye
We are nemesis

We are with you
countless vicious souls
Fight! - Fighting for freedom

Liar, liar
Conceal the truth
Severed tongue
With a serpent's fire
Beggar, pursuer
Master of deceit
With your own interest at heart

Broken bodies stiff from storms
Our spirits scarred to ice
The only witness left alive
The raven and its staring eyes

Taste the blood
Hear their cries
Horrifying genocide

From a distance, the truth is so obvious,
Answers are all so clear.
Logic stays at arm's length
When engulfed in the present, here.
Desperation draws near...

If I could pull the fabric of time
And bring the future near,

Trapped in a downward spiral of pain
Horrific memories, your life flashing by
There is no life left for you to live
You've had your share and more
Act of transfusion - blood child!
Transmigrate into the future or the past

Eternal damnation awaits you my love

You want this revolution
the more we will fight

With all of this
Up in the air

Legions marching
Ready to fire

Infestation
Of spirit and flesh

Indignation
Is all you left me with

Domination
Your ultimate goal

Breathing life into these lungs
Turn into flesh
This is the ending I fear the most
I feel their eyes staring at me

with carnivorous visions
The memory us
They're all alone

Genre: Rock
Style: Thrash, Death Metal
Year: 2001

Tracklist
Enemy Within 4:21
Burning Angel 4:17
Heart Of Darkness 4:52

Перед выходом этого альбома ходило много толков. Внезапная отставка Анжелы и появление Алисы из The Agonist не многим пришлись по вкусу. Поговаривали о том, что музыка станет уже совсем не той (как говорят умные люди: "Серьезно?! Но ведь команде всего 18 лет, с чего бы это?!"), что новая вокалистка не справится со своей задачей (спеть точь-в-точь ,как Анжела? А кто это вообще сможет?), что гитаристы не запишут такие же крутые риффы, как раньше, а ударник не сыграет все положенные бласт-биты. Конечно, я утрирую. Много людей, и среди них я, понимали что перемены - какие бы они ни были - стоит принимать с радостью и восхищением. Ведь не интересно услышать от своих кумиров продолжение старой темы. Гораздо интереснее по-новому взглянуть на них, увидеть в их новом творчестве что-то такое, что раньше не проскальзывало даже мельком...

Поэтому, преисполненный оптимизма, я записал "War Eternal" на плеер, улегся поудобнее, поправил сломанный шнур от наушников, чтобы он не выдал ни малейшего треска, затаил дыхание в предвкушении встречи с Шедевром, и нажал клавишу "Play"...

Первые мои мысли после первого прослушивания я решил не записывать. В самом деле, рецензия вида "Превосходно! Чудесно! Неописуемо прекрасно! Замечательно! Шедеврально! Чудесно! Восхитительно! Бесподобно! Божественно!" смотрелась бы более чем странно. И только сейчас, охладив свой пыл многократным повторением отдельных песен, я попытаюсь выразить свои мысли в читабельном варианте.

Честно говоря, альбом с подобной музыкой не испортил бы никакой вокал. Плавные мелодии на акустической гитаре, оркестровки, хоровые вставки - как небольшое вступление перед ураганным МДМ. А затем уже начинается самый настоящий фарш из умопомрачительно чувственных соло, жестких/рваных/мощных/ритмичных риффов, молниеносных бласт-битов, тарелок, бас-педалей и прочих необходимых атрибутов ударной партии.

They stand on the outside looking in
They stand on the outside looking in
They stand on the outside and feed you shit
They stand on the outside and feed you shit

They keep you in the dark
Poison poison poison your mind

Tear down the walls
Wake up the world
Ignorance is not bliss
So fed up with second best
Our time is here and now

I am the enemy
I am the antidote

Weaving a web – of lies and deceit
It's a dangerous game – we play

All this time – the pain eating us away
All thsi time – the memories refuse to fade
A rotting shell of dying trust
We share this hell at any cost

You must be dreaming or going out of your mind
There?s no way of changing,
The world over one night
Maybe you need to recover,
From all the things you?ve been through
Maybe you need to discover
That it ain?t much left to do
Ride, ride, ride the wings of tomorrow

Their judging eyes watching me
It's all I've ever known
When I try to open up my heart
I am ridiculed and torn apart

Your damn jokes I'll never get to hear
Behind my back at my expense
There's something inside me

Слепые глаза не видят будущего

Giving our blood
Жертвуем нашу кровь
To the doomsday machine
Машине судного дня.
Fighting for ravaged land
Боремся за разорённую землю -