- All My Fears
Confessed my faults, and seven sins
Washed my soul for good from all the pain
Finally free... from all my fears
I can see the light... once again
Paid all my dues now it's all done
The darkness of my soul, is blown away
No path to choose, no need to run
- Apostrophe For A Legend
A new star is born
Shining while we sadly mourn
A new star is born
Shining while we sadly mourn
The legend is gone
Gone to rock for evermore
- Believer
Burning fire
In your eye
Melt away overnight
Carve your life
Sharpened knife
Like a thrill
In a fight
It's the moment to blow our minds
- Beyond the Stars
Fly me
To the sky
Let's hide
Beyond the stars
Drive me
To the promised land
Where hope
- Braving The Seas
Sky trembles behind
Mourning clouds
And the weather is getting dire
On board, swindlers and crew
Singing loud
Some old sailor's songs
To lire
- Candles Cry
On the brink
The edge of human race
The world is burning but I have to sing
To all the nations
To every beating heart
It’s time to remove your make up and your smile
We’re told to fake, and told to lie
- Child of Prophecy
On the wind, a whispering
Hear the word of warning sing
Heed the voices calling from the past
Comes a child of prophecy
Born to all and bound to lead
Holding high a beacon in the black, at last
Following the dark, here now the one to guide us
- Desert Call
Снова Африка к нам пожаловала, но на этот раз уже в жанре progressive metal, ориентированный на восточные корни. Музыканты из Туниса, которые никогда не затрагивают темы каких-либо политических и религиозных вопросов, буквально сразу же сразили наповал своим вторым по счету полноформатным альбомом «Desert Call».
На удивление отличный релиз, заслуживающий звание особенного прогрессива, который не то, чтобы можно, его просто нужно послушать. В нем есть все, что полагается, все выполнено на высшем уровне. Подача материала и манера вокального исполнения с сильным уклоном в европейский и западный прогрессив, мощный каркас которого пробивается сквозь полчища восточных элементов. Если бы не все эти самобытные национальные веяния, то даже невозможно себе представить, что команда-то африканская.
Материал сильный, в меру тяжелый, в меру мелодичный, в меру колоритный (то есть в этом плане музыканты не переусердствовали, что весьма радует). Я, признаться честно, уж и заскучала по такому прогрессивному великолепию, но... так часто и так явно релиз напоминает известных Symphony X, да еще и где-то там, в кустах гитарных партий спрятаны некоторые мотивы Dream Theater, а если покопаться еще глубже, то можно найти и Mullmuzzler – сольник Джеймса Ля Бри.
Кстати, за вокальной стойкой - Zaher Zorgati, для которого эта работа явилась дебютом. В отличие от Elyes Bouchoucha - клавишника и вокалиста по совместительству, исполнившего партии вокала на предыдущем альбоме группы – Zaher обладает более мягким и мелодичным голосом, что помогает им держаться подальше от влияния Symphony X, во всяком случае, по отношению к вокальной части. Нельзя не отметить, тот факт, что в качестве продюсера альбома выступил небезызвестный клавишник группы Adagio - Kevin Codfert.
- Endure the Silence
I'm just an eagle
Caught in a wind of madness
I get attracted to that fire in your eyes
I'm gravitating
Turning and revolving
I cannot fight you
Flee from your light
- Fade Away
I can see no future I just see the end
The end of love and the beautiful world
We built together in late September
When we first met and fall in love
Do you remember? All the stars above
Do you remember? The burning love
We shared together for nights to remember
- I want to Die
Pain in my mind
Is turning so alive
Those demons that breed in your eyes
I've just found out
Inside our secret garden
Morning love dew has turned to wicked tears
If your love was just a lie
If you leave with no goodbye
- Into the Light
That moment
When you think you're broken
Many words unspoken
Waiting for the sign
You're drowning
Thunderclouds are growling
And your soul is howling
- Ironic Destiny
I'm feeling anger
Run within my veins
For the ones who died
lost their lives in vain
Pain ain't no hope no more
misery is spreading faster
fallen angels cry
Blood, tears, and sorrows
- Let It Go
Heavy lines have start to spread under your eyes
To remind you that you'll never outrace time
But you've heard the calls
What rises falls
Destiny's unfair
Every wish you had
the dreams that you let go
- Memories
Deep breath and sweet whispers,
Burning passion bursting from your lips.
A deadly addiction.
No, I never thought that blaze could fade.
Suffering and suffocating, trying so hard to forget
But I just can't forgive.
Suffering every minute, every moment, every night.
- Merciless Times
Somehow I came to realize
That life was more than just a game
Unconsciousness have ruled my life
'Til now I never had to care
It's time to grow time to react
Dreaming while my life carries on and I stay behind
- My Inner War
Once... while I was walking
I saw an angel down on earth...
Taking... my fears away
He sang... some song from heaven
Love... nothing but love
Can break this spell of loneliness
He... told me his story
So cruel... but not so far
- No Turning Back
All the failures I had, all the things that I regret.
Dirty deeds that I have to forget
No turning back.
Now my choices I have made
Standing tall, I will not be afraid.
Those things I left behind
Like the dust swept by the wind.
- Requiem For A Goodbye
Cry then maybe I might
Give you another try
Falling your tears glow
And then die
Die in the indifference of mine
Underneath you pain
I won't believe your lies
Enjoy your demise
- Sour Sigh
Breathe in and sigh
Wake up the beast I have inside
Dark thoughts of death run through my mind
Drums of wars marking the stars of the battle
I just don't feel the same
It's cruel and cold
A soldier in war
- Stardust
The wind in the willows
Following your shadow
The People are silent here tonight
Ohhhh
I’m turning 'round and 'round, I’ve been roaming all along
Searching for the light
Stardust in the sky
- Storm of Lies
Look into my eyes
Search inside and you'll find
Nari lhiba tech3el fiha
Ma tetfa mouhal
All these lies from you
I was such a fool
- Tales of the Sands
Time took away
That glow in your eyes
Slew from your tears
Joy turned to pain
Love to hate
Oh
- Tempests Of Sorrow
Crossing the desert alone,
the endless bright oceans of sand.
No walls and no borders on sight
Seeking the truth.
Inside my soul, silent mourns
Blind my mind, inside my heart,
tempests of sorrows drown my faith.
- Under Siege
Clouds of dust are rising to the sky
Legion marching all over the place
They omen doom
Death and decay
Run for your life now
If you want to survive
War has come
- Wide Shut
My eyes wide shut
Jumping in the void
Falling so fast
I touched the ground
Not a solution just an escape
I might awaken again
Oh
At least I have tried
- Words Are Failing
I fear the light
Following the rhythm
Of the silent night
Give me reasons to open my blinded eyes
And Stop the crying
Tell me if theres more to living than this life.