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 С четвёртым альбомом стилистика шведской группы несколько изменилась: вместо чарующей мелодичности первых работ стало больше агрессии и жёсткости, материал получился даже немного брутальным.
Музыканты не стали ограничивать себя стандартными для black metal'а приёмами, а использовали весь спектр возможных техник игры на инструментах. Многие гитарные партии вместе с разнообразными аранжировками ударных звучат очень агрессивно и динамично, используя элементы, больше подошедшие бы для death-metal-стилей, но мелодичность композиций всё расставляет на свои места. Во всём этом присутствует и своя оригинальность, нельзя сказать что идеи явно у кого-то заимствованы. Вокальные партии исполняются стандартным для black'а скримингом, но голос вокалиста легко узнаваем с предыдущих работ.
Качество записи гитарных партий и ударных на высоте. Звук гитар — современный: плотные низы и яркий верхний диапазон. Сведено всё довольно интересно — видна работа звукорежиссёра. Единственный недочёт, по-моему, — это слишком заниженные средние частоты у гитар. С одной стороны это добавляет жёсткости и агрессивности звуку, а также делает ударные очень чёткими, с другой — лишает гитар мощности, но главное — слышится всё же некоторый провал в диапазоне. На самом деле, это может начать напрягать через некоторое время.
В целом альбом производит хорошее впечатление, сохраняется атмосфера предыдущих работ, созданная с помощью мелодичности, но разбавленная техничностью материала. По сравнению с другими black-metal-коллективами работа выглядит более «современной», используя далеко не только устаревшие приёмы вроде «чёс+бластбит», чем и обусловлена оригинальность. Для разнообразия звучания не требуются даже клавишные инструменты, которыми обычно стараются его создать. Но всё же меня не покидает некоторое чувство, что чего-то тут не хватает — многие композиции зачастую просто теряются в потоке мелодий и техник, из-за чего могут совершенно не цеплять...
В итоге — хорошая, качественная работа с довольно разнообразным звучанием, при этом строго в рамках своей стилистики. |
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Tearing the souls and wings of all seraphim
Angelgrinder-Makes it's way through the winged legions from heaven
Angelgrinder-Grinding its way trough the angel torso
Angelgrinder-Ripping their wings and drinks the warm blood from their throat
Angelgrinder-Split open their wormeaten skulls
[Lead:Thomas]
[Piano:Anders]
[Accoustic Lead:Thomas]
Feel the breath of a thousand lives
Grasping for air and the life it holds
Feel the heartbeat of a thousand demons
Pounding inside its chest with wrath
To silence the mighty demons within
It unleash its wrath upon angels and man
Roaring with the sound of heavy thunder
Moving with the extreme lust of death
Spawned before the dawn of time
In the shadows and the dark it dwells
Pulsating cold blood in the ancient veins
Pugnacious as never seen by man before
Malevolence is its only feelings and thoughts
Tearing the souls and wings of all seraphim
Angelgrinder-Makes its way through the winged legions from heaven
Angelgrinder-Grinding its way trough the angel torso
Angelgrinder-Ripping their wings and drinks the warm blood from their throat
Angelgrinder!!!
3. Satan Divine
[Re-recorded. Originally recorded for the first album "Kiss the goat".]
I have passed
Through the gates of purgatory
Impurity is in this land a holy word
Midnight-seances to summon the dead
Infernal redeemer I invoke thee
Forever darkness, forever hell
Forever darkness, forever hell
Imperfect god, you are nothing to me
To late to reconcile
I'm falling into the everlasting fire
Forever darkness, forever hell
Satan Divine
Satan Divine
Satan Divine
Satan Divine
God's power begin to tarnish
[Lead:Thomas]
Satan Divine
Satan Divine
Satan Divine
Satan Divine
4. Burn the Kingdom of Christ
Kingdom of christ and its false prophets
Founded upon lies, built through milleniums
Kingdom of christ and its weak horde
Living in lies and by written tales
[Lead: Thomas]
See through their lies-Annihilate their false prophets
Walk away from christ to embrace our true darkness
Our black hearts is burning with furious wrath
Living our dreams while christians still dreams in vain
Born through pain, Burn and die in flames!!!
Crucify the angels, Impale all priests
Destroy their temples and harvest all screams
Molest the nuns and spit on their corpse
Kingdom of christ must be burnt and forgotten
We will burn the kingdom of christ
With our flaming black hearts
We will rape the false prophets
With our Furious wrath
Satan will crawl upon the corpse of christ
Urinate on the feeble cross of the church
Spineless creeps of the holy word
Behold your damnation as you burn
Burn!
Burn!
Burn!
Burn!
We will burn the kingdom of christ
With our flaming black hearts
We will rape the false prophets
With our Furious wrath
Impurity, Desire, Glutany and Evil
Prophanity, Wrath and Vanity
Greed, Loath and Lust
Shall be the new commandments
Crucify the angels, Impale all priests
Destroy their temples and harvest all screams
Molest the nuns and spit on their corpse
Kingdom of christ must be burnt and forgotten
Satan will crawl upon the corpse of christ
Urinate on the feeble cross of the church
Spineless creeps of the holy word
Behold your damnation as you burn
Burn the kingdom of christ!
5. Unrelenting Scourge of War
Angels descend from heaven with swords in their hands
From the depths of hell- Satans infernal legions ascend
The Conquest of the world I soon shall proclaim
Victorious we'll stand, feel the blood boils-WAR!
The battle begins- our legions are foaming with wrath
We draw our hellpikes and swords as our fury increase
[Lead:Thomas]
You shall...
Fear!!!You shall fear me as I reap your soul
Cry!!!You shall cry as I spit on your cross
Bleed!!!You shall bleed for me as I tear off your wings
Scream!!!You shall scream as I slowly crush your skull
Witness your own downfall to the wicked kingdom
Where I am your reality-both day and night...
I shall torment thee until the day the last star falls down
Burning angels with bleeding wings- what a sight!
Massacre of the ones of light and hope has no end
Flesh and blood, What a scent!-I feel it in the air
Crawling demons from the very pits of hell
-comes for the weak souls of those feeble creeps
Blood and guts cover their once so white and beautiful garb
I am the supreme commander in the legions of hell!!!
[Lead:Thomas]
You shall....
Fear!!!You shall fear me as I reap your soul
Cry!!!You shall cry as I spit on your cross
Bleed!!!You shall bleed for me as I tear of your wings
Scream!!!You shall scream as I slowly crush your skull
[Lead: Fredrik]
[Lead: Thomas]
You Shall.
Fear!!!Cry!!!Bleed!!!Scream!!!
Angels descend from heaven with swords in their hands
From the depths of hell-Satans infernal legions ascend
The Conquest of the world I soon shall proclaim
Victorious we'll stand, feel the blood boils-WAR!
The battle begins!-our legions are foaming with wrath
We draw our hellpikes and swords as our fury increase
[Lead:Thomas]
You shall...
Fear!!!You shall fear me as I reap your soul
Cry!!!You shall cry as I spit on your cross
Bleed!!!You shall bleed for me as I tear of your wings
Scream!!!You shall scream as I slowly crush your skull
Witness your own downfall to the wicked kingdom
Where I am your reality-both day and night...
Servants of god- warriors of the christian faith
So this is all you can do-pathethic insects
Loyal to all that is good-defender of morality
I curse thee to everlasting agony in hellish flames
6. Wrath of the Antichrist Horde
Humans screech in sorrowfilled pain
The last breath of the dying humanity
Angels speak their comfort in vain
Heavenly sedated by the lies of christianity
The earth shall be as black as Our souls
Winds and spirits whisper Our name with fear
From underneath We gather strength
And attack...with wrath!!
From within, north and south- from east and west
We summon the opposites of angels and heaven
To destroy all ideas of biblical faith
-Never to be ruled by hypocrites
-Never to serve under god
Feel the wrath of the antichrist horde
Feel its hatred, its power and might
We see fragments of lost days, of old ways
And witches burnt in the holy flames
It increase Our infernal hate
so that We can succeed
By the death and suffering
of seraphs We feed
[Lead: Fredrik]
Feel the wrath of the antichrist horde
Feel its hatred, its power and might
Feel the wrath of the antichrist horde
Feel its hatred, its power and might
Spoken words will turn into a void of silence
Only cries and sounds of battle can be heard
Children smiling will turn into a pile of flesh
An image of despair and pain shall remain alone in silence!
7. Ungodly Passage
I call upon Death
-Guide me through the ungodly passage
Grant me this wish
-I'll do what thou command for eternity
Beyond the passage
-Unknown pleasures awaits my coming
To enter the passage I must finally die!
Hate is my only light, Grief my only reality
Pain is my only friend, Death shall set me free
I'm living in a dreamless void called life
On the borderline to insanity I wander
Bestow unto me my escape from humanity
My bane will come-walk me to the other side
Cold.
No pain.
Released at last.
My bane finally came for my soul
I call upon Death
-Guide me through the ungodly passage
Grant me this wish
-I'll do what thou command for eternity
Beyond the passage
-Unknown pleasures awaits my coming
To enter the passage I must finally die!
Hate is my only light, Grief my only reality
Pain is my only friend, Death shall set me free
I call upon Death
Grant me this wish
Beyond the passage
I am no longer human
8. Kingdom of Infinite Grief
...Ad Infinitum...
Vast and dying land
Beneath the livid sky
Beyond the horizon
In the presence of death
Signs of great battles
Of glorious age is shown
Requiem of the moribund
Is outcried
Mayhem and chaos as far as you can see
Utter pain is shown in the eyes of the fallen ones
Rotting wings of burned archangels
Is spreading its stench throughout the air
The bloodstained plain
Thronged with dead angels
As the wind blows
Through their broken and rotting wings
The livid sky clouds the sun
And embrace the fullmoon
In the dead-pale shine of the moon
You can behold a new kingdom.....
[Lead:Fredrik]
Kingdom of Infinite grief
is spreading like plague
[Lead:Fredrik]
Harvesting innocent souls
To expand its dominions
Vast and dying land
Beneath the livid sky
Beyond the horizon
In the presence of death
Signs of great battles
Of glorious age is shown
Requiem of the moribund
Is outcried
Mayhem and chaos as far as you can see
Utter pain is shown in the eyes of the fallen ones
Rotting wings of burned archangels
Is spreading its stench throughout the air
9. Odium Vincit Omnia
[Outro]