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 Датскую группу Communic не раз и не два пророчили в надежды современного прогрессива, хотя за что им раздавали столь лестные отзывы понятно не очень: обычный плотный европейский прогрессив-пауэр с парой неплохих композиций; достойной записью и вменяемыми гитарными соло партиями, и… все. Вообще, Communic не придумали (что было раньше – сказать не смогу, просто не слушал, да и после этого альбома желания особого не возникло) ничего нового – они просто взяли за основу американский Nevermore времен 00-х, изменив в оригинале трэшевую составляющую на прогрессивно-мелодичную в пропорциях 40 к 60. Ну и естественно, что поменялся вокал: Oddlaf Stenslad – это такой облагороженный вариант истеричного Уоррела Дэйна, поющий более спокойно, но практически с теми же интонациями. Материал плотный, ровный и унылый как степи Казахстана; вокал не напрягающий, но, в тоже время, и не особо цепляющий; как и подобает выбранному жанру, все композиции длинны ровно настолько, насколько легко и без всяких потерь могут быть сокращены процентов на 30-40 – то есть середняк, склонный к унынию по всем параметрам. Ну и такая же оценка… (Диск предоставлен компанией Irond) |
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Прошлые два релиза Communic-a прошли как-то мимо моих ушей, ничего особо интересного я на них не нашёл, но всё же решился послушать третью работу коллектива, и она меня очень приятно удивила. Первое, что «бросается на слух» - это значительно утяжелённые гитары, чистый трэш. Следом стоит отметить и утяжеление всего звучания, тоже в сторону трэша. В итоге получилась интересная смесь из трэша, пауэра и прогрессива. Интересно сделаны акустические вставки в песнях «Becoming оf Man» (3) и «Unpredictables оf Life» (7), которые мне напомнили саундтрэк к Diablo II. «Raven`s Cry» (6) вовсе отдаёт doom-ом. Альбом очень прогрессивный, это чувствуется сразу, от схемы построения гармоний до экспериментов со звуком. Тяжёлая и мрачная атмосфера буквально сводила меня с ума во время прослушивания работы, весь альбом пропитан неясной меланхолией и отчаянием. В общем, после этой пластинки я очень заинтересовался группой, постараюсь послушать старые вещи, может быть, я что-то недопонял в их посланиях? |
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Our most valuable possesion
Behind masked eyes, material claims
Was not a price high enough for this ...sacrifice
In search for better times, adorn gifts from virgin hands
Should be the price to the angelic hoast
Around center stone, they all made the final choice
Prosperity in exchange for blood
On ancient ground - They paid the price [x2]
Sacrificial rites, blueprint for eternal life
As the phenom would gather the clouds
Pleasure the Gods, then harvest salvation
Awaiting the feast of the Hunter's Moon
On ancient ground - They paid the price
On ancient ground - Awaiting the harvest
As the eldest rise, they gathered by
Giving their pray to the ancient ground
A sacrifice, for better times
In order to please the ancient ground
Most precious gifts, they could ever give
To the feast of Gods on ancient ground
They gazed in awe, while soil sucked dry
As the impassive stonehead, demanded more!
Circle of stones, in perfect alignments with the stars
With a gift of life, a passage to the otherworld
Within the enclosure, shines the eye on the altar stone
An instrument to read the signs of the moon
Preparing ritual
...sacrifice [x4]
How can they resist these gifts that we give
Our most valuable possesion
Behind masked eyes, material claims
Was not a price high enough for this ...sacrifice
On ancient ground - They paid the price
On ancient ground - Awaiting the harvest
...as the impassive stonehead, demanded more!
...sacrifice [x4]
2. The Abandoned One
Days are passing, weeks are counted
Two weeks, four weeks, six weeks gone
Where am I now, I'm missing home
Behind locked doors they await my plea
Do they all see through me, do they all know?
[Prechorus]
I'm sending this message to all
Hoping sometime it will reach a shore
Someone to find, bring back hope
I will wait - cold and forlorn
[Chorus]
Does it matter where we are
In an orphan home, or in a mansion of gold
All these people with no place to call home
Too bad no one cares
Who decides where the journey starts
A tidal wave will bring me safe away
Until I reach a distant shore
I've been away for a long time now
No one is waiting for me I know
Time will erase all my darkest dreams
I'm still counting days
[Prechorus]
I'm sending this message to all
Hoping sometime it will reach a shore
Someone to find, bring back hope
I will wait - cold and forlorn
[Chorus]
Does it matter where we are
In an orphan home, or in a mansion of gold
All these people with no place to call home
Too bad no one cares
Who decides where the journey starts
Days are passing, weeks are counted
Two weeks, four weeks, six weeks gone
Where am I now, I'm missing home
Behind locked doors they await my plea
Do they all see through me, do they all know?
No one is waiting for me, I know...
It's all going to get better now
Fool's paradise - the promised fields
Thinking positive, not the opposite
After the tide, a new dawn will rise
It's all going to get better now
The beholder comes, to clear my head
Thinking positive, not the opposite
Six feet under, the end to it all will come
[Prechorus]
I'm sending this message to all
Hoping sometime it will reach a shore
Someone to find, bring back hope
I will wait - cold and forlorn
[Chorus]
Does it matter where we are
In an orphan home, or in a mansion of gold
All these people with no place to call home
Too bad no one cares
Who decides where the journey starts
3. Becoming Of Man
In a capsule it came
Bellicose as it is
It infected the system
To build a new day
Silently it resists
Waiting as an embryo
The perfect moment to infect
To build it up more superior
A superior becoming
Inside this void it feeds
A conception of the ideal structure
Contained in the flesh
A fountainhead of the rise
Hear my becoming
For I will be...
Hear my becoming
For I will be...
A mutant of the new world [x4]
On this depraved orb I'm wandering
I see others like me
Have we all been transformed?
By this strange lunar halo
No! - The carrier now I am
No! - Of this unearthly syndrome
The carrier now I am
Of this unearthly syndrome
That tears my body down
To recreate the master plan
As I wander the fields of abode
A grey and old man I've become
The birds won't sing anymore
To fragments of dust I dissolve
Crumble to dust
Becoming of man
Hear my becoming
For I will be...
Hear my becoming
For I will be...
A mutant of the new world [x4]
On this depraved orb I'm wandering
I see others like me
Have we all been transformed?
By this strange lunar halo
On this hideous orb I'm wandering
I see others like me
Have we all been transformed?
By this strange lunar halo
No! - The carrier now I am
No! - Of this unearthly syndrome
Locked down as in the capsule it came
All traces of life has been erased
In frozen sleep I seek forgiveness
For my sins have not been paid
Will
I
Ever
Be
Reborn?
4. Payment Of Existence
Do you think they could have a secret agenda
An iron hand over the last remains of humanity
The final breath of life, allusions of the end
Are we all part of this scheme?
Another coin in payment for your soul
Another bone in the lifegiving soil
Reincarnated - as spawns of the darkness
All we crave to passes will leave a hole into deep
As payment to exist they lost their soul
Bones buried beneath
We are ... slaves of creation
Reincarnated, a revolution
We are ... merged into perfect form
Regeneration came with a steep price
Into a realm of wealth and comfort
How can we even resist this claim
A manifestation of a perfect empire (your kingdom come)
Where pain and disgrace are absent
Do you think they could have a secret agenda
Protect the nation, with hidden intentions, for reasons why?
One day when the devil calls your name
And when he does you will think of me
Another coin in payment for your soul
Another bone in the lifegiving soil
As modern Gods claim sacrifice
The flames will feed on the doomed
Vested interest controls the flow
Transaction on the wire
All we crave to passes will leave a hole into deep
As payment to exist they lost their soul
Bones buried beneath
We are ... merged into perfect form
Regeneration came with a steep price
Reincarnated - as spawns of the darkness
Reincarnated ...
... Regeneration [x2]
5. Through The Labyrinth Of Years
Along the fragile edge of darkness
Down to chaos seething below
Rise in the grace of moonlight
The stranger came in the night
I've been waiting for so long now...
Hungry as the sea
Turbulent as the storm
Deepest eyes of mystery shine
A guiding light sent for me
I've been a trader of so much pain
Now a harvester of life
All are born as barren souls
To a life free of all sins
A place where evil awaits for those
The labyrinth of years must go
Time has come to cleanse the soul
Our home far behind the sun
A place to plant the eternal seed
As fragile as roses you'll grow
I've been lower than so called Hell
Been used, and I've been scorned
I used to count myself as one
Into million stars I've become
I've been a trader of so much pain
Now a harvester of life
Time has come to cleanse the soul
Our home far behind the sun
A place to plant the eternal seed
So fragile...
Time has come to cleanse the soul
Our home far behind the sun
A place to plant the eternal seed
As fragile as roses you'll grow
Your ship can never sail
Without a proper wind in its sails
This wind you now will feel
Coming strong
And it will never leave you
Abandoned ashore
As long as my name remains
There will always be a safe port of call [x2]
All are born as barren souls
To a life free of all sins
A place where evil awaits for those
The labyrinth of years must go
Time has come to cleanse the soul
Our home far behind the sun
A place to plant the eternal seed
So fragile...
Time has come to cleanse the soul
Our home far behind the sun
A place to plant the eternal seed
As fragile as roses you'll grow
You'll grow...
I've been a trader of so much pain
I've been waiting for so long now
I've been a trader of so much pain
Now a harvester of life
6. Raven's Cry
Last night I had a dream
About the existence to it all
Vague visions in the black of night
Made by shiver, made me reconsider
That night I had a dream
About a raven so black and glimmer
It came to me in the dead of night
The raven's cry, a cold, soulful need
In the black of the night
The raven of darkness
In the black of the night
Then it all faded away
I fear I woke, so many thoughts
What we inherit, when will we perish
Need to change for those who come
Our existence, the final extinction
The final extinction
Lost a loved one, we know time will come
Gave birth to my own special one
Pick a number, stay in line
I'll give you strength, for you to light the way
In the black of the night
The raven of darkness
In the black of the night
Unfledged but still divine
We all know there is a price to pay
Time will come where it all will fail
A shelter in Heaven for those who pray?
Birth, life, and then will come death!
Eyes of silver reflect the last breath
I see generations fall
Admire it now before the last remains fade
We will cause human's empire to fall
Empire to fall!
Born - sanctuary denied
Forlorn - mesmerized in fear
Behold the raven's cry
Black wings bringer of pain
Behold the raven's cry
Through its silver eyes I saw the fall
In the black of the night
The raven of darkness
In the black of the night
The raven of darkness
In the black of the night
Hear the raven's cry
7. Unpredictables Of Life
Two leafs linked by blood
Drifting away from the tree
Will they ever be able to
Take control of their own existence
With different prosperity
They enter the world alone
Equal but so unlike
Leaving home in their own direction
Stripped down to the concrete
Wet, cold and alone
Neon lights, addicted
Definition of home... so material
Some are born into wealth and prosperity
All you need, for riding "the gravy train"
Struck by power
Pouring another liquid fire
As second fly a storm arise
In this unpredictable life
Set in control of your inner demons
In memories vague, loosing fate
In this unpredictable life
Set in control of your inner demons
Act of fate
Do you think I care?
It has always been Me, Myself and I
Even a stray dog will be my friend
Before I reach your level
Don't put me down, please leave me alone
We were both born with nothing
Why am I the family's black sheep
Stripped down to the concrete
Wet, cold and alone
Neon lights, addicted
We are all...
Material - Scorn
Material - Hate
Material - Waste
Material - World
Material - Terror
Material - Pain
How can it be, I want to conceive
Don't give my sympathy, ignore me
Worthless life, while someone sits up high
Don't moralize, ignore me rather
Stripped down to the concrete
Wet, cold and alone
Neon lights, addicted
Definition of home... so material
Some are brought into life as society's waste
A cess-pool of trash that we all tend to forget
Struck by the power
Pouring another liquid fire
As second fly a storm arise
In this unpredictable life
Set in control of your inner demons
In memories vague, loosing fate
In this unpredictable life
Set in control of your inner demons
As second fly a storm arise
In this unpredictable life
Set in control of your inner demons
In memories vague, loosing fate
In this unpredictable life
Set in control of your inner demons
Act of fate
Material - Scorn
Material - Hate
Material - Waste
Material - World
Material - Terror
Material - Pain
8. Stone Carved Eyes
Monuments, rise upon arrival
Bizarre theories
Questions and controversies remain
Left clues to their origin in the stones
Did isolation create this enigma?
Anyone who tries to break the code
Will have to sacrifice their precious life
We can not make our holy God cry
Fire will flood from his mouth on the hill
Anyone who tries to break the code
Will have to sacrifice their precious life
We can not make our holy God cry
Fire will flood from his mouth on the hill
Paradise, surrounded by an endless blue
Alone in this world
Waiting for salvation to come
Outcasts, for reason still unknown
Voyagers, found it empty and abandoned
Anyone who tries to break the code
Will have to sacrifice their precious life
We can not make our holy God cry
Fire will flood from his mouth on the hill
Any one who tries to break the code
Will have to sacrifice
Their one chance in life
And when the darkness falls on shores
Olden rites from a secret lore
Stone carved eyes leaves a shadow mark
Deep in these eyes reads a prophecy
A lost continent of liquefying stone
Burned through the crust
And erupted into the Earth
A lifeform unknown
Looking out on the coming wave
Waiting for what to come
Mold the statue of pure fear obsession
Afraid of what to come, mold the statue
Afraid of what to come, mold the statue
So observe meant to please the Gods
Afraid of what to come, mold the statue
So obscure meant to please the Gods
... The Gods
And when the darkness falls on shores
Olden rites from a secret lore
Stone carved eyes leaves a shadow mark
Deep in these eyes reads a prophecy
Moon dance in the skyline
Where the oceans meet
Trigger the mind of the staring stone eyes
A lifeform unknown
Looking out on the coming wave
Waiting for what to come
Mold the statue so pure
A lifeform unknown
Looking out on the coming wave
Waiting for what to come
Mold the statue of pure fear obsession
And when the darkness falls on shores
Olden rites from a secret lore
Stone carved eyes leaves a shadow mark
Deep in these eyes reads a prophecy
A view of reason
Rotation of the sun
To fulfill their God's prophecy
Mold the statue of pure fear obsession
Disappearing in the vast-seas
Wiped away by a tidal wave?
And when the last tree went down
They left a mark for the future to find
Afraid of what to come, mold the statue
So obscure meant to please the Gods
Is this a clue to the modern race
Who left this mark
Of fear in cold stone...