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 Этим альбомом злобные шведы в очередной раз доказывают, что настоящий Black Metal «жил, жив и будет жить». Группа по-прежнему играет скоростной, агрессивный, мрачный материал, ни на йоту не отступая от канонов жанра и собственного пути, выбранного в начале музыкальной карьеры. В звуковом шторме, который можно услышать при включении диска, явственно различаются мелодии, и довольно неплохие. В наличии имеются и маршевые боевики, и медленно-торжественные гимны Тьме. В исполнительском мастерстве группе также не откажешь: ударник выдает отличные яростные бласт-биты, экспрессивные и скоростные. Гитарные риффы, быть может, не так уж и замысловаты, но четкости и уверенности им не занимать. К тому же общая убийственная плотность звучания не оставляет места для инструментальных изысков. Особой похвалы заслуживает вокал: пусть и неоригинальный, но до крайности эмоциональный и искренний. Запись на вполне приличном уровне, разве что на высоких частотах появляется некоторое количество «каши». Оформление диска могло быть и получше: ничем не примечательная обложка, минимум графики и не блещущие особой художественностью фотографии музыкантов несколько разочаровывают. Англоязычные тексты полностью соответствуют музыке, выражая самые темные мысли и чувства, возникающие при прослушивании альбома. К тому же они не лишены интеллектуальности, и читать их довольно интересно. В целом же альбом представляет собой очередной true black опус, который нельзя назвать шедевром, но и к проходным работам-пустышкам его тоже нельзя отнести. Очень экспрессивная, эмоциональная и искренняя музыка, которая, несмотря на свое однообразие, будет замечательно слушаться под соответствующее настроение. (Диск предоставлен компанией CD-Maximum) |
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You fear the beast, my time is near
I am in everything, now punishment is here
Doomed is your heard...
I have been blessed, baptized in blood
I am your destiny, a nonloving god
I am the way
All shall kneel to me and pray
In hell the realm below
Through the sulphur gates, you all must go
There I am he, and he is me
I am your nemesis, your reaper to be
Death of the world...
A land, where sinners mourn
Suffering of souls never born
Bloodstain's slashing chains
I compel you to open your veins
Unholy thoughts, evil within
Sworn to malice and sin
Fear is the beast, the time is here
I am everything, now Satan's son is here...
Obey this manifestation
An angel draped in blood
Son of the underworld's might
Exalted eternal and bright
[Lyrics : Olivius, Music : Sjodin]
2. The Underworld
Grace fallen wretched reptile, I am the nemesis
Sworn to sin and suffering, I am deception's kiss
How bleak the light appears
Inside these walls...
Defiling wicked serpent, I am the fallen one
Born of hate and loathing, I am damnation's son
How grim the night shall be
When demons stir...
Corruptive, unforgiving, destructor of the pure
Blasphemic, omni slaying, creator of the war
I am the one that standeth tall
Overlord of the vice and oppressor of the whore
This night, I rise to claim my throne
All dies, as my disciples roam
This is the end of worlds!
This is the underworld!
This night, your world will be my world
No light shall shine forever more
This is the end of worlds!
This is the underworld!
[Lyrics : Hellqvist, Music : Sjodin]
3. Subterranean
A subterranean and hidden place
Deep in the dark realm
Where no man has gone before
Circling above the bloodthrone
From hell
I return from the grave
Under the moonlit sky
Dark and endless winters...
In the coldest mist so dark
My blood freezes to ice
The stench of death is all around
Under the endless night sky
From hell
I return from the grave
The blood is so cold
Burned is my soul...
But why should you fear
This path leads the way...
Subterranean - Spirits of the winter night
Subterranean - In the black depth I want to rise
In the coldest mist so dark
I bear the devil's mark...
Subterranean - Spirits of the winter night
Subterranean - In the black depth I want to rise
Within this nightrealm
Black winds embrace me
Cursed I reign
My words they mock thee
From hell
I return from the grave
The blood is so cold
Burned is my soul...
As diabolical and fearful place
High up in the north
Where death reigns forever more
There I'm seated on my blackthrone
From hell
I return from the grave
The blood is so cold
Tortured is my soul...
Subterranean - Son of the winternight
Subterranean - In the black depth I wait to rise
Subterranean - In the coldest mist so dark
Subterranean - I who bear the devil's mark
[Lyrics : Sjodin / Olivius, Music : Sjodin]
4. ...Of Suicide
Exit the light, into the night
As warm of darkness takes form
Mind eating serpent crawling within
Inside rages a poisonous storm
The vision is clear and the hour is now
Joy fills my heart now it's time to depart
The devil is in me, I'm fallen from grace
Satan is calling, death I now face
Son of suicide, in shadowland I rise
Son of suicide, forever in time
Son of suicide, in shadowland I rise
Son of suicide, lost within time
Hideous sight, spawn of might
I travel deep into myself on this deathlike night
My soul grows cold, black shapes unfold
The veil is torn, in darkness I'm reborn
I depart, I leave this shore
To shadowlands, deep down below
I venture forth, I bear the mark
I find my way, into the dark
Ominous void, black as coal
I turn to face myself, a cold and empty shell
A heart of ice, born of lies
The veil is torn, in death I'm reborn
[Lyrics : Sjodin / Johansson, Music : Sjodin, Backing vocals : Erik Bergkvist]
5. Entity Of Night
Entity of night, creature of damnation
Disciple of the fire, the guardian of lord Satan's empire
Too black to be seen, spawned by the furious winds
Alive but dead, with hate my eyes glow red
In my coffin, only unholy ashes remains
Once shining and bright, now thriving in hellish domains
Storms, earthquakes, raging seas
Visions of the end and what will be
Unleashed from the netherworld
Armed with shadows, my legions sets free
Knight of the netherworld
Lord of storms to be
Wraith of the underworld
Pandemonium opens for me
The entity of night, bringer of damnation
Scorching black pyre, the tormenting fire
[Lyrics : Sjodin / Olivius, Music : Sjodin]
6. The Night Of All Nights
Feel the tearing claws of the storms
The delightful smell of the dark well
In a cold and furious void
Where demons are bound to dwell...
This night shall be the one
Unending torment I'll bring upon
This night shall be the one
When you face the infernal one
...Dark flames my heart
A grey fog swirls the landscape
Forever dark rivers flow
Summoned by the hell storms
Bring me damnation here within
When demons haunt the earth forever
Evil upon the black thrones
Death is in the wind
As the dark mist hides the trees...
Cursed in eternity
Lurking beyond the gate
The winters freeze my eyes
A sight... So crystal clear...
Summoned, by the dark ones
Forever... in demonic times...
This night shall be the one
I'm summoned by dark ones
This night shall be the one
Roaring damnation has begun
Facing the moon, a spirit returns
In a darker dimension, a fire burns
When demons rule the land forever
Evil upon the black thrones
Gather among the cold ruins
The place where death breathes...
Only evil eyes can see...
Summoned, by the dark ones
Forever... in demonic times...
This night shall be the one
I'm summoned by dark ones
This night shall be the one
The roar of damnation's beast
Under the clouds I reach for the sky
The bell tolls my death, I wish to die... Die!
[Lyrics : Sjodin, Music : Sjodin]
7. Endtime Divine
In the circle of fire, under a bleeding moon
Disciples of the pyre, harbingers of doom
By the scythe of genocide, by the blade of suffering
Through the gate of innocence, runs a tide of pain
Compassion dies and falls in the sign of the morning star
Dominions of the underworld, defilers from below
Come a thousand fallen souls, come a thousand deaths
Come the endtime's chilling winds, night of the possessed
Metamorphosis malign, the serpent clasps its jaws
Cometh the endtime divine, damnation, hate and war
Metamorphosis malign, an omen carved in stone
Cometh the endtime divine, infernal reigns were born
Plague bearing winds of reprisal, sweeps upon the world
Extinguishing rains of Pazuzu, in sickness all will fall
Annihilating sword of oblivion, engulfs the land forlorn
Devastating axe of damnation, beheading the newborn
Endtime divine, reaper of the skies
Endtime divine, bearer of the light
Endtime divine, harbinger of pain
Endtime divine, born of hell to reign
Raped lies the land of the genesis, torn lies the lamb of god
Dead lies the patrons of innocence, forgotten and never reborn
Stained lies the soil of Jerusalem, burnt lies the land of whore
Wet by the blood of the righteous, charred by the flames of old
[Lyrics : Hellqvist, Music : Hellqvist, Johansson]
8. Transformation
Come night, come night
Lift the chalice to the nightsky
Come wraiths and lords of hell
Come guide my eyes
Give birth to hate, enthrone the wicked and the vengeful
Transform the shape I'm in, from man to king
I am the thorn in the eyes of the world
I am the servant of sinister urge
I am the one with a heart forged in coal
I am the nonloving gracefallen soul
As I walk through the gates
The kingdom of hell awaits
As my sins are praised
In rapture my crown is raised
I am the thorn in the eye of the world
I am the servant of sinister urge
I am the one with heart forged in coal
I am the nonloving gracefallen soul
A world awaits, the arrival of my legions
A fading sun that fell, my time is here...
As I walk through the gates
A kingdom of death awaits
As the angels are reaped
I smile as the heavens weep
[Lyrics : Hellqvist, Music : Sjodin]
9. Storms
Dusk; light turns sickly pale
Bleached, fading, dying
Death; time is frozen dead
Shadows darken the sky
Foretold in nightly visions, the end awaits
As thunder roars, the darkened sky unveils
Crimson tears of the dark sky
Rain of blood, a storm bedeviled
The howling winds of the night dies
The world ablaze, embraced in fire and flames
Blackened, cold and charred, the shadowed angels bequest
Silent spirits roam, deathly still, amidst the treacherous landscape
Crimson tears of the dark sky
Rain of blood, a storm bedeviled
The howling winds of the night dies
The world ablaze, embraced in fire and flames
Born to bring damnation through purest hate
As fear is spawn, the knights of chaos awake!
Darkness incarnate, demons and fiends, vicious and vile
Rage upon the world, stained in blood, tainted and black
Swinging the scythe of death, immortal souls severed from flesh
Raped and torn to shreds, life itself crumbles and dies
Storms! The storms of hell arising
War! The end of time is near
Storms! The storms of hell arising
War! The end of time is here
[Lyrics : Johansson, Music : Hellqvist, Johansson]