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Есть такие не ахти как раскрученные коллективы, которые на самом деле дают сильнейшего пинка под зад командам, которые через пару лет ставят на уши массы (Darkthrone, например, от Маниллы фанатели!) Пишут про них немного, но увлеченно. Хочется прикоснуться к легенде, но из-за этой самой незаслуженной нераскрученности героев нигде найдешь. Лет десять назад прочитал про Манилла Роуд в Рок-Энциклопедии, и только через пять-шесть лет довелось услышать вещь "Некрополис". Сидел и думал, что же это такое? Не самый тяжелый металл, легонький такой, вокал прикольный, парнишки двадцати лет. Никогда не скажешь, что это фанаты Стивена Кинга. Хотя, конечно, цепляет. Еще через пять лет достал-таки. Первым приобретением был "Courts of Chaos", о котором в другой раз. "Crystal Logic" был началом металлического Манилла Роуд, несмотря на то, что это не первый альбом, и предыдущий диск назывался именно "Метал"! Да, так что я там говорил про "вокал парнишки двадцати лет"? Не слышал я, как Шелтон рычит! Это, конечно, не гроулинг от дэт-металла, но с Кроносом из Веном он вполне мог бы потягаться! Тем более, что было бы еще за кое-что драться, ведь тематика песен Маниллы - сражения с силами Зла во славу богов Света. С магией ребята тоже заигрывают, но, судя по всему, в меру. Воинственный имидж слегка напоминает Мановар. Их же напоминает и вещь "Dreams of Eschaton", повествующая о ядерной угрозе в современном мире как о Рагнароке, конце света в сказаниях древней Скандинавии. Вторая лучшая песня на диске после "Dreams..." - одноименная "Crystal Logic", хотя всяческого внимания заслуживают также "The Riddle Master", "The Ram" и "The Veils of Negative Existence". Эпический металл начала 80-х, американского разлива. Прошу любить и жаловать! |
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Darkened city veiled in crimson mist
Entombed in time without decay
Never thought it would be like this
It feels like I'm living inside a dream
But my mind tells me I'm
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
Now I know what it's like to be
Inside the city of the dead
All I think of is breaking free
From all the spells chained to my head
Sword and axe are my destiny
I watch the stars turning blood red
There is light yes I've got to believe
For this feels like living inside a dream
I know now that I am
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
I have seen your cities burning
I have felt your daughters yearning
For the peace before the tides of war
I have witnessed funeral pyres
Burning bright with man's desire
I will fight the demon horde forever more
The world is full of mysteries
That men have never seen before
Magik lives in all dynasties
The light of love shines ever more
In the crypt of Atlantean Kings
I found what I was looking for
Magik Trident of Volusia's Sea
I know it's like living inside a dream
But don't you ever get
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
3. Crystal Logic
For all the sorcery that we have told to thee
They call us demons from Hell
But they refuse to see being of Satan's league
They'll never drink from The Well
I'm not burning, look inside
Crystal Logic's what you'll find
God's Magik shines so bright with Sword of Fire and Light
The madness never can win
If thee be pure of mind never give up the fight
And thou shall not burn in sin
I'm not burning, look inside
Crystal Logic's what you'll find
If Satan comes to thee then thou should call on me
And I shall be st thy side
For if thee do believe thy soul will be set free
God's words ring true in my mind
I'm not burning, look inside
Crystal Logic's what you'll find
We never ever will die 'cause Heavy Metal is life
And not eternal hell
We always will believe destroying Satan's league
We take a drink from The Well
I'm not burning, look inside
We live in confusion
A sign of the times
A morbid illusion
We deny thee Belial
The Holy Mother
And the Father of Light
Will never refuse us logic
Crystal Logic
Oh masters of darkness
Beware of our songs
For they shall destroy thee
And save only the strong
There's good and there's evil
There's no in between
For we shall slay evil with logic
Crystal Logic, Crystal Magik, Crystal Logic
4. Feeling Free Again
I got a feel for pleasure
I got a feel for pain
I got a feel for you girl
Hey baby I'm feeling free again
I got a feel for danger
I gotta feel insane
I got a feel feel for life girl
Hey baby I'm feeling free again
I never thought it'd be like this
Especially with you
I never thought I'd feel like this
Now I'm in love with you
I got a feel for sunshine
I got a feel for rain
I got a feel for you girl
Hey baby I'm feeling free again
I got a feel for Magik
I got a feel for games
I got a love for life girl
Hey baby I'm feeling free again
I never thought it'd be like this
Especially with you
I never thought I'd feel like this
Now I'm love with you
I never thought it'd be like this
No no no not with you
I never tought I'd feel like this
Now I'm in love with you
5. The Riddle Master
What lies in the dungeons
Of Holy mens fears
For what would kings cower
And men drown in tears
What brings death and pleasure
Growth and decay
What makes life worth living
Who's the master today
That's how note read
Slipped under my door
The reason I know not
I have to know more
A poem to ponder
A challenge this night
The Riddle Master
Wants to master my mind
Oh no no no, oh no no no
Strange I was choosen, the fool divine
To battle the master
Of riddle and rhyme
Another mountain
For me to climb
I must find the answer
Before I run out of time
I have no solution
My mind blank with fear
The riddle has slain me
The master is near
Another demon
Walking the Earth
An Angel of darkness
Lucifer
Oh no no no, oh no no no
I can't believe it's true
I feel so damned coonfused
All I know is I must carry on and on and on
With blazing steel I'll fight
The evil in the night
Daughter of hell I shall not lose, not to you
Then it came to me
Just like a waking dream
The answer had to be Reality
The master does not laugh
Defeated by a man
Leviathan be damned, yea, yea, yea
6. The Ram
Seven-eyed wonder
Mystery to man
Riding the thunder
On God's command
Beyond the mountains
Lost in the sand
The golden statue
Of The Ram
Look for the lost and you just might find
That the cost is your mind
Ride the Serpent and make your stand
Cast no doubt to The Ram
Lost in confusion
Time slips away
Inside the illusion
Hear them say
Fight fire with fire
Give hell to the damned
Long live desire
Long live The Ram
Look for the lost and you just might find
That the cost is your mind
Ride the Serpent and make your stand
Cast no doubt to The Ram
7. The Veils Of Negative Existance
I sail the seas of negativity
To banish evil from this place
I fight with sword of fire and lightning
I am the guardian come this day
I will never put my sword down
I will never run away
In The Veils of Negative Existence
I am the master here to stay
My crystal shield will never fail me
It can withstand the devils rain
And with the Lords of Light to guide me
I bring forth vengeance in their name
I will never put my sword down
I will never run away
In The Veils of Negative Existence
I know it's not my mind at play
Upon the Island of Damnation
The Horde of Hades screams and wails
The blood of life and execution
Has put back light into the Veils
I will never put my sword down
I will never run away
In The Veils of Negative Existence
I am the master here to stay
Inside of the darkness
Between the planes
A tesseract dimension
Few know its name
On Prydwen, my longship
Of silver sails
Excalibur at my side
We shall not fail
8. Dreams Of Eschaton
I laid myself down into bed
To sleep away the night
A vision from inside my head
A sun with no sunlight
Death would grip humanitiy
A new Solar Ice Age
An Earth that no science could save
I woke sweatrunning down my face
I never felt so strange
To think that this could be our fate
To freeze in darkened pain
Then sleep brought back the dreams to me
Of wars to turn the tide
The world committing nuclear suicide
Inside this hazy world of dreams I've never known
I've seen the wrath come down and turn mankind to stone
And then I realized that this be Eschatus
A holocaust of flames to burn Midgard to dust
It has been called by many names throughout the years
Still they all mean the same, man burning in his fears
The Anti-Christ will come and rise up through the sea
The Dreams of Eschaton have shown this all to me
Before the Gods of Hell sentence you to die
Remember well my friend a warlord never cries
These are the words that I've heard inside my mind
When Ragnarok comes down we'll all run out of time
I hope that can see that this is not a game
We don't just sing to thee to win fortune and fame
The souls of all of us are priceless to the last
These dreams could be our fate of living life too fast
And so I say to thee watch the skies above
For when the darkness falls and rivers turn to blood
Then Arthur shall return to fight for peace and truth
To slay the beast of hell and save the righteous few
Before the Gods of Hell sentence you to die
Remember well my friend a warlord never cries
These are the words that I've heard inside my mind
When Ragnarok comes down we'll all run out of time
9. Epilogue
Sic transit gloria mundi