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Primal Fear – это один из лидеров высшей лиги пауэр металла и вполне заслужено носит это звание и сейчас, заслужив немалую славу как у поклонников стиля, так и поклонников других жанров, даже более экстремальных чем пауэр металл. Костяк группы составляет вокалист Ральф Шиперс (ex-Gamma Ray, Tyran Pace), Мэт Синнер из легендарной немецкой команды Sinner, и ещё один гитарист оттуда же Том Науманн. За барабанами Клаус Шпирленг. Так как у Синнера уже был свой бэнд, то Примал Фир стало детищем Ральфа Шиперса, наконец-то нашедшего себе пристанище, хотя музыкальный материал создается всеми вместе. Пару слов о Ральфе как о вокалисте – этот человек обладает очень красивым, высоким и харизматичным вокалом, огромная привязанность и уважение к голосу Роба Халфорда (Judas Priest) делает Ральфа иногда очень похожим на своего кумира, когда он исполняет партии в скриминг-манере, однако его голос - это поистине золотой колодец! Что же представляет собой музыка банды? Это мощнейший сплав из немецкого хэви синнеровской закваски второй половины девяностых годов (например, альбомы «The End Of Sanctuary», «The Nature Of Evil» и «Judgement Day»), и английского хэви металла наподобие «Painkiller» от Judas Priest. В некоторой степени Примал Фир затрагивает стилистику тру пауэр металла своими несгибаемыми ритмами и гитарными запилами, или же стилистику тевтонского хэви, а в некоторой степени музон доходит до откровенных энгри металлических влияний. Я думаю теперь вы поняли что за перчик эта команда! Все те, кто ждали второго «Пэйнкиллера» получили его не от Пристов и Халфорда, а намного раньше - от Примал Фир, однако настойчивая работа музыкантов и правдивая вера в настоящий металл сделала эту группу уже более независимым и глубокоуважаемым явлением на современной пауэр металлической сцене. Касаемо рассматриваемого альбома тут стоит сказать что качество записи отличное, вокал соответственно на высочайшем уровне, тексты песен весьма разнообразны и интересны, гитарные риффы безумно драйвовы и необычайно оригинальны, а соло партии виртуозные и дьявольски цепляющие. Не подкачала и мелодическая сторона пластинки – полнейшее отсутствие минусов и слабых мест! Из особо сильных композиций можно выделить таких монстров как открывающий «киллер» «Chainbreaker», очень мелодичную вещицу «Silver & Gold», угарный номер «Nine Lives», средне темповый кач «Dollars», брутальный тяжеляк «Battalions Of Fear», а также песню с прекрасными партиями клавиш «Tears Of Rage». В целом, «Primal Fear» - это сильнейшая работа! |
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Мое мнение будет очень радикально отличаться от мнения всех остальных, поскольку я считаю этот альбом шедевром буквально из-за одной песни. И вещь эта - Formula-1. Композиция написанная поклонником королевских гонок Ральфом Шиперсом. Написанная со знанием дела, с ревом мотора, прекрасно вписавшимся в музыку, с безупречным сочетанием риффов и вокала, с великолепным соло Кая Хансена и Тома Нойманна... Вообще, эта песня шедевр уже потому что она о Формуле-1 :-). А весь остальной альбом - хороший пауэр в духе Gamma Ray и Judas Priest. Что-либо выделить затруднительно, но можно послушать Chainbreaker и Silver And Gold. Все остальное средненько, что в пауэре пора приравнивать к "плохо". НО! Будем милосердными, ведь это альбом 1997 года и это дебютный альбом группы. Оценка - 6 типа "грамотная работа", но за Формулу-1 лично я ставлю 10. Кстати, это лучшая вещь в альбоме на непредвзятый взгляд. |
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He's fighting for freedom
Defeating the enemy's pride
Keeping it all under surveillance tonight
Chainbreaker - he fights for the right
Chainbreaker
Watching the dark, he supresses the evil
Raising the spirit up high
Beware of the dead, this place is so lethal
He's living a dangerous life
Just like an outlaw
He's fighting for freedom
Defeating the enemy's pride
Keeping it all under surveillance tonight
Chainbreaker - he fights for the right
Chainbreaker
Devastating disillusion, no solution
Everlasting resurrection with dejection
Degradation desperation, lost emotion
Aggravation desolation in perfection
Just like an outlaw
He's fighting for freedom
Defeating the enemy's pride
Keeping it all under surveillance tonight
Chainbreaker - he fights for the right
Chainbreaker
Chainbreaker
Chainbreaker
Silver & gold
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
Ticking like a time bomb, I knew the time was right
Dead place of destruction and no paradise in sight
Burning down the seven wonders, trapped in anarchy
And there is no turning back at what we left
Where do we go?
Destination unknown
Where can we stay?
The world's shaking away
For silver and gold, we're searching for souls
We are the light and we're kissing the day
Silver and gold, your future is sold
The dead zone in flames in the eye of the storm
Like a nuclear reactor your nightmare's getting real
Tanled in a web of darkness, time is standing still
Coming as invaders, sailed the seven seas
Burned and marked forever now but where
Where do we go?
Destination unknown
Where can we stay?
The world's shaking away
For silver and gold, we're searching for souls
We are the light and we're kissing the day
Silver and gold, your future is sold
The dead zone in flames in the eye of the storm
For silver and gold, we're searching for souls
We are the light and we're kissing the day
Silver and gold, your future is sold
The dead zone in flames in the eye of the storm
For silver and gold, we're searching for souls
We are the light and we're kissing the day
Silver and gold, your future is sold
The dead zone in flames in the eye of the storm
Silver and gold
Promised land
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
In time of greed and jealousy
When clouds fulfill the sky
The rain will fall
It's hunding the tears from my eyes
A trip right into fantasy
The colours of my soul
Will take me there
Where confident spirits will flow
Where I can find peace of mind?
Take me back where I belong
Give me back my pride
Building castles in the sand
In a place called the promised land
A place of pride and dignity
Where you can find no hate
So stay with me
And join me before it's too late
Come with me in the fantasy
I'll be your guiding light
Just trust your fate
And everything will be all right
Where I can find peace of mind?
Take me back where I belong
Give me back my pride
Building castles in the sand
In a place called the promised land
Take me back where I belong
Give me back my pride
Building castles in the sand
In a place called the promised
Take me back where I belong
Give me back my pride
Building castles in the sand
In a place called the promised
Place called the promised
Place called the promised land
Formula one
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
Acceleration, my body's pressed into the seat
Fascination, pipes are glowing in the heat
Am I the fastest one? Can I improve?
Making a late run, I still got the groove
Pole position, I'm on the top prepared to win
Rising tension, the lights are set, the start begins
Smoking wheels, I'm getting faster, take the lead
Shifting gears, the engines pushed up to top speed
Formula one - the class of kings on highest level
Formula one - come to see me win
Wheels are spinning, on slicks I have the perfect grip
Feel like winning, the fastest lap is now complete
I am the fastest one, taking this race
I'm overtaking, setting the pace
Feel the street, I take the curves, I love to slice
Beat my beat, I'll finish first and take the price
Formula one - the class of kings on highest level
Formula one - come to see me win
Formula one - will get into your blood forever
Formula one - let the show begin
Elated at victory I stand on the podium
The audience is roaring, they reach out for me
Showers of champagne are running down my neck
In honour of my country they play the nation's song
Acceleration, my body's pressed into the seat
Fascination, pipes are glowing in the heat
Formula one - the class of kings on highest level
Formula one - come to see me win
Formula one - will get into your blood forever
Formula one - let the show begin
Dollars
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
I saw a cadillac driving to the wishing well
A sweet illusion or a secret from hell?
I was paralyzed, kind of hypnotized
And the time stood still
If dollars were dirt, gold and honey
I'll be watching you
If dollars were dirt, gold and honey
I can see the truth
There's no one scared and nothing left
Was it my lucky day or am I a jerk?
Your shadow's still here, do you live in fear?
Is this superstition?
If dollars were dirt, gold and honey
I'll be watching you
If dollars were dirt, gold and honey
I can see the truth
Your shadow's still here, do you live in fear?
Is this superstition?
If dollars were dirt, gold and honey
I'll be watching you
If dollars were dirt, gold and honey
I can see the truth
If dollars were dirt, gold and honey
I'll be watching you
If dollars were dirt, gold and honey
I can see the truth
See the truth
See the truth
Nine lives
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
Hiding the truth, everlasting youth
Running the thin line 'till dawn
The impossible waits, the kiss of death
Silence, the secret will hurt
No more time to fulfill
Enter darkness and thrills
I need more time to understand
'Till we're reaching the end
Nine lives
You'll never forget
A shadow in white, we hold the night
Will you forgive me?
These cat eyes can cure, I know that for sure
The king of the jungle bewares
As I hit the trace a love's changing face
I'm searching for you everywhere
I will take care naturally
One more chance faithfully
I need more time to understand
'Till we're reaching the end
Nine lives
You'll never forget
A shadow in white - we hold the night
Will you forgive me?
Nine lives
You'll never forget
A shadow in white - we hold the night
Will you forgive me?
Nine lives
You'll never forget
A shadow in white - we hold the night
Will you forgive me?
Tears of rage
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
Out here alone
I will wear a thousand faces
I'm still waiting, the master of disguise
Can't you hear me calling in my deepest desperation?
I talked to the angles
'Cause I'd broken every rule
And if you hurt me there's a way back to you
I found a reason out in this mystery
A touch of heaven, I opened up my soul
Don't leave me waiting until my heart is gone
It takes two times
There's no holding back now
Until I found you again
The tears of rage
Into the real world we said our last goodbye
Betrayed ourselves only for our selfish pride
I'm disillusioned
Threw my heart into the flame
A touch of heaven, I opened up my soul
Don't leave me waiting until my heart is gone
It takes two times
There's no holding back now
Until I found you again
The tears of rage
Five in the morning, I'd lied to myself
Time to surrender as I see your face
I just want to hold you
I could make you mine again
A touch of heaven, I opened up my soul
Don't leave me waiting until my heart is gone
It takes two times
There's no holding back now
Until I found you again
It takes two times
There's no holding back now
Until I found you again
The tears of rage
The tears of rage
Speed king
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Good Golly, said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin' to the east and west
Lucille was oh so real
When she didn't do her daddies will
Come on baby, drive me crazy
Do it, do it
I'm a speed king - you gotta hear me sing
I'm a speed king - see me fly
Saturday night and I just got paid
Gonna fool about ain't gonna save
Some people gonna rock, some people gonna roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
I'm a speed king - you gotta hear me sing
I'm a speed king - see me fly
Good Golly, said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin' to the east and west
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
I'm a speed king - you gotta hear me sing
I'm a speed king - see me fly
Battalions of hate
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
Blood is running down the street
The war's still going on
The soldiers are marching to the beat
They never will come home
Fear and terror mutilate
Your personality
So be prepared to die
Find your tranquility
Emotionless they fight and kill
Destroying is their only will
Battalions of hate - gloryfied crime
Battalions of hate
Aggression, anger, hatred, pain
We're sick of all your lies
War is just a senseless game
And we must pay the price
War is like a prison cell
It's a room without a door
It is like living in hell
No one really knows
Look into the eyes of death
Battalions have taken your last breath
Battalions of hate - gloryfied crime
Battalions of hate
Battalions of hate - gloryfied crime
Battalions of hate
Battalions of hate - gloryfied crime
Battalions of hate
Battalions of hate - gloryfied crime
Battalions of hate
Running in the dust
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
I'm on my way in a foreign land
The crime rate's up to twenty five percent
Dessident people everywhere
And I can't find no comfort here
All alone, no one's there to help me
No control, there's no one I can trust
'Cause they were running in the dust
Running
'Cause they were running in the dust
Running
I'm walking through the streets with a stranger's look
Their eyes staring at me as the darkness cooks
They ask me for a dollar, a gun behind their back
Their faces switch from friendly to attack
All alone, no one's there to help me
No control, there's no one I can trust
'Cause they were running in the dust
Running
'Cause they were running in the dust
Running
I miss my country, my friends, my family
I will struggle to go home
I'm settled for peace now, step out of insanity
But my dream has ended in a blast
Standing here alone in this blood stained land
As I realized danger's close at hand
A gunshot kills the sound of silence
An angel's life has ended up by violence
'Cause they were running in the dust
Running
'Cause they were running in the dust
Running
'Cause they were running in the dust
Running in the dust
Dust
Thunderdome
(Sinner/Naumann/Sperling/Scheepers)
I've seen their faces at different places
They mingle with the crowds or hide away
Two slimy creatures, suspicious features
In camouflage they're waiting to attack
They start their mission in sound and vision
And drag their victims to the hill of fear
Don't tell me I'm insane
I've seen this human slaughter
And there will come the day
We'll have to leave our vale
Hear our cry
Is there someone who can help us?
Why, tell me, why
Do they bring us to a place called
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
In disaffection we watch the action
We take for granted what we're living for
But unexpected and not accepted
Their power is increasing more and more
Don't tell me I'm insane
I've seen this human slaughter
And there will come the day
We'll have to leave our vale
Hear our cry
Is there someone who can help us?
Why, tell me, why
Do they bring us to a place called
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
I smell the rotten bodies
No one's left, everything's so muddy
Give me hope to survive my future
Is this place diseased by creatures
Hear our cry
Is there someone who can help us?
Why, tell me, why
Do they bring us to a place called
Hear our cry
Is there someone who can help us?
Why, tell me, why
Do they bring us to a place called
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome
Thunderdome