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 Год записи и участие в создании альбома двух Харрисов (Mick Harris и Mitch Harris) наталкивают на совершенно определённые размышления. Собственно, это оно и есть - то, о чём вы подумали. Размеренно-вязкий старошкольный death/grind начинает практически сразу елозить по ушам. Другого ожидать не приходится, но это и не нужно в контексте данного релиза. Можно, конечно, провести параллель с "Harmony Corruption", и это будет кстати, но мне хочется указать на определённые связки с австрийцами Pungent Stench. С творчеством европейцев материал альбома роднит дёрганная ритмическая основа, проявлений коей было не так много на ровном релизе "Напалмов". Сравнивать же сию запись с ранними творениями англичан не совсем правильно. В общем, схематика сюжетной линии типична - массивные проутюженные риффы разгоняются и утопают в накрывающей их волне грайндовой экспрессии. Слушается всё это дело достаточно приятно, но не подумайте, что альбом несёт какие-то откровения. Даже наоборот - работа типичная, но этим и цепляющая. Заунывные фрагменты среднетемповых проходов сменяются позитивной и обнадёживающей канонадой бласт-битовых выплесков. У данной формы музыкального выражения творческих идей есть один существенный недостаток - почти полная предсказуемость, но от этого хороший альбом не перестаёт быть хорошим. Возвращаясь к сравнению с Pungent Stench, хочется отметить общий дух некоего максимализма при минимуме изобразительных средств. Данный лонгплей - приятный релиз для тех, кто в теме, а также, греющий душу анахронизм. |
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VESTIGES AND DECAY
THE EARTH IS LEFT THIS WAY
ASHES THE ONLY TRACE
NOW A LONELY PLACE
SHIFTING THROUGH REMAINS
NOTHING HERE TO GAIN
LIFELESS BARREN ZONE
AND I'M LEFT HERE ALONE
HUMAN LIFE IS OVERTHROWN
LOOK AT WHAT I ONCE CALLED HOME
THIS PLANET SEEN IS LEFT DEMOLISHED
ENTITY IS NOW ABOLISHED
ELIMINATION WE HAVE ACHIEVED
FROM FROM THE POWER OF MANS GREED
RUINS HERE AND THAT IS IT
EARTH IS LEFT A PILE OF SHIT
3. Life On Planet Earth Is Fucken Cancerous
SO MUCH SHIT IS CANCER CAUSING
DO WHAT YOU WANT WITHOUT PAUSING
ANOTHER FUCKEN TOXIC SPILL
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL IT KILL?
THEY KEEP IT HIDDEN FROM THE PRESS
WE DON'T KNOW IT BUT WE'RE IN DISTRESS
ANOTHER FUCKEN NUCLEAR TEST
THEN WE BREATHE IT THROUGH OUR CHESTS
TO THIS WE'VE BEEN EXPOSED FOR YEARS
IT'S NO SURPRISE TO ME
IT'S AFFECTING EVERYONE
BUT PEOPLE ARE TOO DUMB TO SEE
SO MANY THINGS CAN FUCK ME UP
THAT I DON'T GIVE A SHIT
I'LL LIVE MY LIFE THE WAY I WANT
AND NOTHING'S GONNA MAKE ME QUIT
RADON COMES FROM UNDERGROUND
FOR YEARS WE NEVER HEARD A SOUND
WHAT'S THE NEXT THING TO BE FOUND?
HOW LONG WILL I BE AROUND?
4. Contagion
YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ABDUCTED
BY THE SHIT THAT OTHERS TALK
FAILING TO EXPRESS YOUR OWN IDEAS
TAKE A FUCKEN WALK
LIVING BY WHAT OTHERS SAY
THEY BECOME AN INFLUENCE
CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT CUZ YOU'RE AFRAID
STUPID PEOPLE EASY TO CONVINCE
DOING THINGS YOU WOULDN'T DO
YOU'RE A FOLLOWER YOU DON'T CARE
TRY TO THINK AND BE YOURSELF
YOU'RE A CLONE YOU WOULDN'T DARE
YOU WANT SOMEONE TO LOOK UP TO
YOU WANT ALL YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED
OTHERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU
SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR GETTING INVOLVED
LIVING BY WHAT OTHERS SAY
THEY BECOME AN INFLUENCE
CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT CUZ YOU'RE AFRAID
STUPID PEOPLE EASY TO CONVINCE
DOING THINGS YOU WOULDN'T DO
YOU'RE A FOLLOWER YOU DON'T CARE
TRY TO THINK AND BE YOURSELF
YOU'RE A CLONE YOU WOULDN'T DARE
YOU WANT SOMEONE TO LOOK UP TO
YOU WANT ALL YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED
OTHERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU
SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR GETTING INVOLVED
5. Predominance
POWER IN NUMBERS SOME PEOPLE SAY
HAVE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU AND DO IT YOUR WAY
GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING THEY WANT TO BELIEVE
BUT IS THIS RIGHT, IS IT TRUTH OR DECEIT?
MASS COMMUNICATION
WILL SPREAD YOUR WORD
GO SPEAK YOUR MIND
YOU WILL BE HEARD
SOME ARE DETERMINED TO RULE THE WORLD
SOME ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME BUCKS
PLAYING IT OFF AS IF THEIR SUPERIOR
AND NO ONE GIVES, GIVES A FUCK
PREACH TO THE WEAK-HEARTED
BRING OUT THEIR LOVE
TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR
AS YOU STAND ABOVE
PREACH TO THE WEAK-MINDED
BRING OUT THEIR HATE
SOVEREIGNTY WILL OVER RULE
AND SOON YOU'LL MEET YOUR FATE
SO MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN DELUDE
THOSE WHO FUCKED IT UP WERE CRUDE
TOO MUCH MONEY OR TOO MUCH POWER
AS WE WATCHED THEIR SHIT GO SOUR
TOO MUCH MONEY OR TOO MUCH POWER
AS WE WATCHED THEIR SHIT GO SOUR
6. Recovery
PLANET MAIMED
DAMAGE DOME
NOTHING GAINED
NOTHING WON
EXTERNALLY
EARTH IS IMPAIRED
LOOKS AS IF
NOBODY CARED
I FIND IIN MY DISCOVERY
THE EARTH IS IN A STATE OF RECOVERY
AS WE LIVE ON WE MAKE IT WORSE
THE WOUNDS WE CAUSE MAY NOT DISPERSE
CAN EARTH EVER BE REPAIRED
OR ARE WE LEFT WITHOUT A PRAYER
WHAT WE'VE DONE WE CAN'T ERASE
NOW OUR WORLD IS LEFT DEFACED
7. Side Effects
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE UNPREDICTABLE
WITH THE CONTINUOUS USE OF IMPURITIES
HOW COULD THIS BE CONTAINED
WITH THE NEGLIGENCE OF AUTHORITIES
TAINTED WORLD LOSS OF PURITY
POLLUTION, CONTAMINATION WITH DURABILITY
FUCKED UP FOOD AND FUCKED UP WATER
CHEMICALS, BY-PRODUCTS IMPOSSIBLE TO ALTER
CONTAMINATED BY INDUSTRIAL WASTES
CONSEQUENCES MUST AWAIT
CONTAMINATION TO OUR BODIES
DEFILING HUMAN QUALITIES
NOT HARD TO CONTRADICT - THAT
BODILY HARM WE WILL AFFLICT
CONTAMINATED BY INDUSTRIAL WASTES
CONSEQUENCES MUST AWAIT
CONTAMINATION TO OUR BODIES
DEFILING HUMAN QUALITIES
NOT HARD TO CONTRADICT - THAT
BODILY HARM WE WILL AFFLICT
8. Mutual Trust
WE TRUST THE FUCKEN FOOD WE EAT IS SAFE
WE COULD HAVE JUST ATE POISON - TOO LATE NOW
MASSIVE PRODUCT BIG FATALITY RATE
WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY FEED THE PLANTS OR COWS?
EAT YOUR VEGGIES OR EAT YOUR MEAT
HUMAN LIFE THEY CAN DEFEAT
THERE IS NO WAY TO BE PROTECTED
HARMFUL SHIT SHOULD BE DETECTED
EAT YOUR EGGS OR EAT YOUR SOY
INSECTICIDES ARE NOT A TOY
POISON ME AND POISON YOU
NOTHING WE CAN FUCKEN DO
SYNTHETICS IN OUR BODIES
SYNTHETICS IN THE AIR
NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT
'CUZ NO ONE FUCKEN CARES
9. Focus
TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND WHAT DO I SEE
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE BEST OF ME
OUT TO WORK TO PAY MY BILLS
SOONER OR LATER I'M OVER THE HILL
BUSTING MY ASS NOW I'M THE FOOL
BECAUSE I'M PLAYING BY THE RULES
EXAMINING LIFE DAY BY DAY
WASTING AWAY IS THE PRICE I PAY
I CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND TAKE THIS SHIT
BECAUSE I'M FUCKEN TIRED OF IT
NOW TELL ME COLLEGE IS THE KEY
YOU CAN FOOL THEM BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ME
OR WORK UNTIL YOU'RE 65
HOW MUCH LONGER WILL YOU SURVIVE
PROMISE ME A FUCKEN PENSION
YOU FUCK OFF THAT'S MY DISSENSION
NOW I FOCUS, THINGS ARE CLEAR
NOT ACCOMPLISHING ANYTHING HERE
I LOOK AT MYSELF AND SEE MY REFLECTION
I'M HEADED IN A NEW DIRECTION
GO TO COLLEGE FOR 6 YEARS
THEN YOU GRADUATE
BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
BET YOU THINK ITS GREAT
CUT YOUR HAIR AND GET A JOB
SO YOU CAN RELATE
REALIZE YOUR YOUTH IS GONE
TO TURN BACK IS TOO LATE
TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND WHAT DO I SEE
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE BEST OF ME
OUT TO WORK TO PAY MY BILLS
SOONER OR LATER I'M OVER THE HILL
BUSTING MY ASS NOW I'M THE FOOL
BECAUSE I'M PLAYING BY THE RULES
EXAMINING LIFE DAY BY DAY
WASTING AWAY IS THE PRICE I PAY
I CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND TAKE THIS SHIT
BECAUSE I'M FUCKEN TIRED OF IT
NOW TELL ME COLLEGE IS THE KEY
YOU CAN FOOL THEM BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ME
OR WORK UNTIL YOU'RE 65
HOW MUCH LONGER WILL YOU SURVIVE
PROMISE ME A FUCKEN PENSION
YOU CAN FUCK OFF THAT'S MY DISSENSION
10. Popular Belief
WHAT IS WRONG AND WHAT IS RIGHT?
WHAT WILL GUIDE US TO THE LIGHT?
DID ALL THE YEARS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL
PAY OFF OR WERE YOU JUST AS ASS?
WILL IT BE HEAVEN, WILL IT BE HELL,
OR IS IT THE EARTH IN WHICH YOU DWELL?
RELIGION'S JUST HERE TO KEEP YOU SANE
WHEN PEOPLE START TO WONDER HOW MAN CAME
RELIGION IS CREATED
BY MAN ITSELF
PUT THE BOOKS
BACK ON THE SHELF
RELIGION HELPS THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
TOO MANY PEOPLE THRIVING OFF SCRUTINY
FOLLOWING TEACHINGS, READING BOOKS
POPULAR BELIEF WAS ALL IT TOOK
FOLLOWING TEACHINGS
READING BOOKS
POPULAR BELIEF
WAS ALL IT TOOK
11. Scrutiny
NO PLACE ON THIS EARTH TO FIND ETERNAL PEACE
BUT IN THE EARTH ITSELF
ON MY QUEST, CONFLICTS WITH OTHERS ON BELIEFS
OF HOW DEATH IS TO BE
TO CALM THE MIND... AT THE TIME OF DEATH,
A BETTER PLACE WE'LL GO
ONCE A PART OF THE EARTH. SOON TO BE ANOTHER
SCRUTINY
LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER, LOOKING FOR A REASON
WHY MUST WE CONFLICT UNTIL ALL IS DESTROYED
IS IT MEANT TO BE OR EXTERMINATE THE LEGION?
I WISH WE'D WORK IT OUT, IT'S GETTING ME ANNOYED
HOW MUCH LONGER CAN WE SURVIVE AS MAN THRIVES OFF
POWER AND SUPREMACY
LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER, LOOKING FOR A REASON
WHY MUST WE CONFLICT UNTIL ALL IS DESTROYED
IS IT MEANT TO BE OR EXTERMINATE THE LEGION?
I WISH WE'D WORK IT OUT, IT'S GETTING ME ANNOYED
LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER, LOOKING FOR A REASON
WHY MUST WE CONFLICT UNTIL ALL IS DESTROYED
IS IT MEANT TO BE OR EXTERMINATE THE LEGION?
I WISH WE'D WORK IT OUT, IT'S GETTING ME ANNOYED
HOW MUCH LONGER CAN WE SURVIVE AS MAN THRIVES OFF
POWER AND SUPREMACY
CREATED BY THE EARTH NOW TRYING TO OVERCOME
MAN UNRELENTING TO YIELD AS WE VEER TOWARD
OUR OWN DESTRUCTION
AS WE DIE - AGAIN WE BECOME THE EARTH, WHERE WILL
WE GO WHEN IT'S DESTROYED ???
SCRUTINY ...
12. Underestimation
THE DANGERS WE'RE EXPOSED TO DAILY
NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME
WE TEND TO UNDERESTIMATE SHIT
THAT COULD REALLY FUCK US UP
WE MAY NOT KNOW IF SOMETHINGS TESTED
WE MAY FIND OUT THAT WE'RE THE TEST
THEY TELL US WHAT THEY WANT TO TELL US
THEY DON'T WANT A NATIONAL PANIC
WHAT IF WE WERE AN EXPERIMENT
A MEASLY 100 LIVES TO SAVE A MILLION
UNDERESTIMATION IS THE KEY WORD
OF THE STUPID MOTHERFUCKERS WHO THINK
THEY RULE OUR WORLD
OFFICIALS COULD WORK AGAINST US
AND COVER SHIT UP
AT TIMES WE THINK THEY'RE WORKING FOR US
BUT THE REALITY DEVELOPS
13. Granted Wish
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