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Immortal Souls
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Jupe Hakola - drums
A. Sarkioja - voice & bass
E. Sarkioja - lead & rhythm guitar
Pete Loisa - rhythm guitar
Kimmo Pulkkinen - Clean vocals on "You" and "Man Of Sorrow" |
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Fear Dark, 2003
Recorded at Sonic Pump Studio
Engineered and mixed by Dino Loreenne
Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios
Produced by Immortal Souls
Artworl and disign by Caleb Olson for Bootcore Graphics |
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| 01 Everwinter
“I face the wall of a storm, that freezes my soul;
..with heart open wide I walk in..”
I close my eyes and let the wind embrace with it’s flow;
As I sence warmth commece in within.
I walk alone in the snow beneath the starlit sky;
I am free from the load of sin..
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После превосходного "Wintereich" я решил познакомиться и с ранним творчеством ребят. Они и тут не подвели. Конечно, это явно их первые шаги. Гитары звучат еще недостаточно драйвово, временами даже несколько робко, качество записи чуть похуже, техника игры еще не столь кристалльно отточена. Однако, уже вовсю просматриваются тенденции, получившие развитие в будущем. Это, конечно, сила, скорость, драйв и жизнерадостность - визитная карточка группы, то что расцвело пышным цветом в "Wintereich". Альбом похуже последнего, но если бы не было этого альбома, "Wintereich" бы не появился. |
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Immortal Souls не изменяют своей стилевой направленности, это все тот же, по-зимнему холодный мелодичный дэт с упором на техничные гитарные риффы. После предыдущего "Under the Northern Sky" я не ожидал от этой группы ничего, кроме шедевра. Вступительная песня "Everwinter" оправдала мои ожидания. Но то, что последовало дальше, окончательно похоронило какие-либо надежды на предстоящее гениальное творение. Музыканты беспощадно эксплуатируют одни и те же мелодии, не внося никакого разнообразия в звучание. В результате, от альбома под конец откровенно устаешь и не появляется никакого желания прослушать его еще раз. Играют парни очень профессионально, технично, подкрепляя свою игру неплохими соло. Вот только песни здесь довольно однообразные и не запоминающиеся. Кроме вышеназванной вступительной композиции и второго трека "Welcome to North" отметить больше ничего не могу.
Этому альбому явно не хватает разнообразия и запоминающихся мелодий. |
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I feel the frost of holiness enter me..
Frozen from the world I’m in;
State of mind.. ..of divine!
Everwinter..
Frozen state of my mind;
Divine in the world I’m in;
Everwinter is nigh!
“Everwinter – Divine state of mind..”
In the heart of the north I have walked through the snow;
I look back at the trail that I came.
One set of footprints I see, but now I know I wasn’t alone;
Because the trails are not mine..
Into the purifying light I walk without fear;
I feel the frost of holiness carry me..
Frozen from the world I’m in;
State of mind.. ..of divine!
Everwinter..
Frozen state of my mind;
Divine in the world I’m in;
Everwinter is nigh!
02 Welcome to North
Welcome – I invite you to a journey of your life;
Snowstorm – On the frontier of dishearten mind.
Walk with me into these woods at this winter night;
Gaze upon the starlit sky to see the northern lights..
Frozen – Scenery gives a glimpse of hope;
Chosen – Trail that leads through the drifts of snow.
Upon your soul caress of winds purifying breeze;
Just beware don’t breath too deep or your lungs may freeze..
Welcome to north – Land of raging frost;
Welcome to north – This is the haven of cold.
Threshold – As we stand before the gates of north;
Stronghold – The halls of ice breath precence of lord.
We walk further into blinding light that heals the scars;
Natures roaring silenced under my fast beating heart..
Welcome to North – Land of raging frost;
Welcome to North – This is the haven of cold.
Welcome to heaven of cold;
Welcome to north – The land of frost..
Welcome to north – Land of raging frost;
Welcome to north – This is the haven of cold.
03 Sacrifice
All for the love..
I walk into moments darker than night;
Through the walls of apathy.
And all decay from which even the sun withdraws..
Oh – Light may fade, but the fire;
Fire’s burning still..
Oh – Don’t ask me to understand;
My need for your love.
And the sacrifice..
My soul in turmoil of emotion;
I try to focus and close my eyes.
As the reason tries to overcome what spirit has achieved..
Oh – Light may fade, but the fire;
Saturates the will..
Oh – Don’t ask me to understand;
My need for your love.
And the sacrifice..
Sacrifice – All for the love..
Oh – Don’t ask me to understand;
My need for your love.
And the sacrifice..
Sacrifice – All for the love..
04 Painbearer
Eve of the cold I take a walk outside;
To escape the inner fight..
Wind blows the snow over my troubled soul;
Pain that won’t leave me alone..
Under the burden that makes me insane;
I fade away..
They pull me into their lonely world of pain;
A horror parade..
Sorrow in my torn soul;
And a war within..
To whom can I turn?
Hollow in my thorn crown;
The load of grief..
The pain that I bear..
All the confessions poured upon my soul;
The turmoil inside..
To whom can I turn to on my own sorrow;
I pray for my soul..
Sorrow in my torn soul;
And a war within..
To whom can I turn?
Hollow in my thorn crown;
Can I turn to You?
The Painbearer
05 Edge of the Frost
I wander through the wind and snow deeper into the unknown;
Old spruce trees and the sights of snowy fields I pass by;
The forest of my mind..
With fear I look the shapes and silhouettes;
One of them I stop to stare.
Black eyes of night looking back at me;
Raven of despair..
I stare into raven’s eyes and see reflection of my life;
I see the sorrow and the tears, the demons of my fears;
Memories that tear..
The snow glimmers like stars before my eyes;
The glow of my fate.
Black eyes of night looking back at me;
Raven of hate..
Raven.. On the edge of the frost;
I still remember it’s eyes black as night;
Raven..
Raven.. On the edge of the dark;
I can still feel it’s cold eyes upon me;
Raven..
I wish the visions be gone and to see them nevermore;
As in the dark appers a light, the red of sunrise;
The filtering light..
Raven breaks the silence with a shriek;
And spreads it’s black wings.
The grace releases me from my pain;
Raven of grief..
Raven.. On the edge of the frost;
I still remember it’s eyes black as night;
Raven..
Raven.. On the edge of the dark;
I can still feel it’s cold eyes upon me;
Raven..
06 Cold Streets
I feed the fire in the night and wish the memories away;
As with tears I watch the flames of departure.
I still think of you and it makes it even harder;
I can’t remember but the good times we had..
It was the love that become hate and all the wrong words were said;
I never wanted this to be, but still it is.
Seems like these nights are getting each time longer;
Longer they are when I pass them all alone..
I walk alone the cold streets.
Love is gone, cold streets.
Love is playing it cruel game upon my broken heart;
Loneliness is my only game on these cold streets..
The freezing wind from the sea blows it cold over me;
The sea lies frozen in ice as do my soul.
Seems like these nights are getting each time colder;
Colder they are when I pass them all alone..
I walk alone the cold streets.
Love is gone, cold streets.
Love is playing it cruel game upon my broken heart;
Love is no game on these cold streets..
I walk alone the cold streets.
Love is gone, cold streets.
Love is playing it cruel game upon my broken heart;
Love from ubove is what I need on these cols streets..
07 You
“I wait alone in the dark, for the gates to unfold;
Far and distant You are, far and distant..
..and so cold.”
You – Thee so weak in belief;
Everything you must see;
But I’m the breath of wind..
You – Science your own fate;
In your world you resonate;
While I’m the balance in within..
I’m a man of the ways of this world;
And when the night falls the wolf reappears..
You – Still it was You for me;
How can I believe;
Never knew like of You;
You for me..
You – All it is done for me;
How can this be real;
My refusal of You;
You for me..
You – Lie, steal and deceive;
And only time you come for me;
Is in your moments of pain..
You – Blessed are thou who have not seen;
And yet have believeth;
I’m beginning and the end..
I wear the white clothe through the day;
And when the night falls the wolf reappears..
You – Still it was You for me;
How can I believe;
Never knew like of You;
You for me..
You – All it is done for me;
How can this be;
My refusal of You;
You for me..
You are a man of the ways of this world;
But still I shine on the crimes you once did..
You – Still it was You for me;
Can I now believe;
Never knew like of You;
You for me..
You – All it is done for me;
How can this be;
My refusal of You;
You for me..
08 Suicidalive
I watch the snow flowing down gently from the open sky;
It makes me feel more alive.
I’ve been lying here alone, isolated from the crowd;
After my suicide..
Feels like my all emotions die, in depression I lie;
And they ask the questions why.
I can’t remember the scene, from the tragedy I see;
Just the red in the snow..
They try to hide the tears and look away;
But they just stare at my scars..
My broken heart pumped the blood;
Out of my broken veins.
Knife alone in the snow;
Red of life run to waste..
A new start I will seek, mind is strong but body weak;
I await my heart to heal.
Just like staring into light, I am blinded by this fire;
As long as life there’s hope for me..
They try to hide the tears and look away;
But they just stare at my scars..
My broken heart pumped the blood;
Out of my broken veins.
I lie alone in the snow;
Red from life as He came..
Alive!
09 Man of Sorrow
”Another lonely afternoon.. I just wait for tomorrow;
With longing and sorrow..”
I still see your eyes before mine;
Thou our time’s far behind.
In you; No more life..
The cloak of night ends the day;
Leaving me in the darkness.
As these memories comes to seal my fate..
Your blue beautiful eyes;
And starlit smile.
Haunts me through sleepless nights..
I still keep hearing your last sigh;
Your sincere forgiveness.
And all I could do was to watch you die..
I am the man of sorrow;
I invite you to my pain.
My lonely eyes reflecting;
Their appetite for revenge..
My thoughts keep drifting back;
To when you were gone.
I fell into this maelstrom..
“Revenge is mine”: says the Lord;
And if I could leave it to Him.
I would be so much greater being..
I am the Man of Sorrow;
I drown in this pain.
Your tearful eyes lie open;
As you wither in my arms..
Farewell – this is the end..
This pain – you were took away..
I am the man of sorrow;
I drown in this longing.
Your last sigh of forgiveness;
More love in death; than I have alive..