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Sigh
« Hangman's Hymn - Musikalische Exequien »
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| 1 | Introitus / Kyrie
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| | 2 | Inked in Blood
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| | 3 | Me-Devil
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| | 4 | Dies Irae / The Master Malice
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| | 5 | The Memories As A Sinner
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| | 6 | Death With Dishonor
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| | 7 | In Devil's Arms
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| | 8 | Overture / Rex Tremendae / I Saw the World's End
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| | 9 | Salvation In Flame / Confutatis
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| | 10 | Finale: Hangman's Hymn / In Paradisum / Das Ende
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| | 11 | Hangman's Preview
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| | 12 | Introitus (Demo)
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| | 13 | Inked in Blood (Demo)
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| | 14 | Me-Devil (Demo) |
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Mirai Kawashima - Vocals, Orchestrations, Piano
Shinichi Ishikawa - Guitars
Satoshi Fujinami - Bass
Junichi Harashima - Drums
Guest musicians:
Rob Urbinati (Sacrifice) - Guitar solo on track 4
Gunface (The Red Chord) - Guitar solo on track 7
Chuck Keller (Ares Kingdom) - Guitar solo track 5
Aurielle Gregory (Giant Squid) - Female vocals on track 4
Tim Conroy (Giant Squid) - Trumpet on tracks 1, 4, and 10
Steven Sagala (Enforsaken) - Choral vocals
Void (Samas) - Choral vocals
Zack Bissell (Radius) - Choral vocals
Glendalis Gonzales - Choral vocals
Claire Joseph - Choral vocals
Grant Taylor - Choral Vocals
Full album title is: "Hangman's Hymn - Musikalische Exequien" |
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Songs 1-3 "Act 1"
Songs 4-7 "Act 2"
Songs 8-10 "Act 3"
The cover artwork was designed by Adam Wentworth.
Many of the album's lyrical excerpts pertaining to the choir are from Requiem,
a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church. Understanding of Requiem
will give one a clearer understanding of "Hangman's Hymn"
Distributed in Europe by Osmose Productions.
Distributed in Japan by Soundholic Records. |
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| 1. Introitus / Kyrie
Introitus
I, defier of the deliverance,
I, denier of the destiny,
I divide the golden path,
I deride the losers' wrath,
Let it be done!
I know what I have to do.
Why do you hesitate?
I know what I have to lose.
Let it be done!
It's time to change my fate.
Befor |
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 Нет, ну эти товарищи просто не умеют мыслить стандартно, не умеют повторяться, никогда не опускают планку. Вот еще один ультракрасочный альбом с интенсивным функционированием всех уровней – композиторского, технического и черт знает каких еще. «Hangman’s Hymn» – вот так называется эта грандиозная авангардная заварушка. Название альбома в полной мере оправдывает его содержание – это всамделишные гимны, но, учитывая специфику группы, нетрудно догадаться, что они фирменно невыдержанные и в немалой степени раздолбайские. В этот раз мы имеем дело с быстрым и пафосным симфо-блэком, причем в этом симфонизме остаются отчетливыми и игривая гитарная составляющая, и драйвовые ударные. Альбом, однако, необычайно целен и монолитен для Sigh: буйство и непредсказуемость отражается главным образом в постоянно нарушающих инерцию звучания клавишных и непременно вмешивающихся всюду "странных" вокалах, смехе и т.д. и т.п. Кстати сказать, называть количество приглашенных для исполнения хоралов людей попросту неприлично… Качество записи отменное: сохранена мясистость бочек, в самом выгодном свете представлен жужжащий гитарный звук. Вот обратную сторону той цельности, которая прослеживается на этом альбоме, можно отнести к минусам данной работы. Все композиции звучат стереотипно по сравнению с предыдущими альбомами коллектива, каждая включает в себя строго ограниченный набор «фишек», использует сходные формы вторжения симфонизма, дальше которых Sigh не идут. Все это делает песни очень сложно отличимыми друг от друга, что для этой группы в целом несвойственно. Но эта похожесть песен – не однообразие серой массы, это однородный массив изумительно искусных музыкальных проделок. Союз агрессивной классики и даже куда более спокойного трэш-ориентированного блэка как новое (но долговременное ли?) лицо Sigh отлично отложится в памяти после прослушивания «Hangman’s Hymn». Заметны здесь и рудименты саунда «Gallows Gallery» – приглашенные гитаристы норовят напомнить о себе в каждый удобный для этого момент очередным соляком (да, как показывает практика, хэви/пауэр так просто не изживешь).
Лучшей композицией диска я склоняюсь назвать “In Devil's Arms”, где вновь отметился Gunface, гитарист дэткор-группы The Red Chord (отдыхает от неортодоксальности основной группы, надо думать).
Вообще же альбом, как всегда почти у Sigh, донельзя амбициозен: поделен на акты и требует знания репертуара Римской католической церкви…
Итак, Sigh держит марку, но, зная их прошлые заслуги, этот альбом назвать среди лучших их произведений язык не поворачивается. Да и в рамках жанра в этом году будут альбомы посильнее. Однако, опять же – качество, оригинальность… |
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Before it's too late!
Born again, born again!
What do you mean?
Born again, born again!
Please tell me!
Born again, born again!
Take what you will!
Born again, born again! You know what you have to lose!
I know what you have to lose!
Take me to your promised land,
I need to achieve my golden plan,
Take me to where you all stand,
I am ready to take my holy chance,
I, guilty for indulging all my lust,
I, guilty for discarding all my love,
I'll be reborn through the deadly kiss,
I'll be reborn for the eternal bliss,
I hold high infidelity,
I hold high inhumanity,
With the Midas Touch I seek,
For eternity I'll be free
Born again, born again!
I know I can't resist,
Born again, born again!
Yes, I'll be born again!
Born again, born again!
So take what you will!
Born again, born again! You know what you have to lose!
I know what you have to lose!
2. Inked In Blood
The days of misfortune now have gone
I'll say goodbye to my miser
All the black dreams they belong to the the past
I'm ready to wear my divinity
You know it's a trip with no return
May infidel be your name
You are going to get what you deserve
Even if your soul will be scorched in flame
My condemned soul will be caged in
With all my memories to be annihilated
In my blood the seed is planted
The shame in fear won't change its fat
You know it's a trip with no return
Enter our hall of fame
You are going to get what you deserve
Even if your soul will be scorched in flame
Don't forget your soul belongs to us!
High on this fortress I'm standing tall
The calls from depth I will cleanse them all
In a world of ice I will crawl
In the shelter surrounded by the crimson walls
Don't forget your soul belongs to us
Pay the price. Please stop it!
3. Me-Devil
I keep burning
The flame of the vengeance in the temple of the cold heart
A vengeance in grief is a vengeance in relief as they tore my heart
As they tore me apart
Take my oath now!
How could you escape from the devil that is part of yourself!
Take my oath now!
Let him take your mind
Now call up the devil in your heart
Calling up here the devil in my heart!
I need to retrieve those things that I have lost
Calling up here the devil in my heart!
I need to retrieve the things I've wept for
Calling up here the devil in my heart!
Before I drown in the deepest sorrow
Calling up here the devil in my heart!
The devil is my scar
Devil in me is ready to feed me
Ready to beat me
Ready to reap my soul
Aseed of greed. I
need to breed
I need to lead a life that states my thirst
Take my oath now!
Take my will now!
Take my heart now!
Take my soul now!
My fate is in ashes
The dreams it smashes
I'll choose to lose them
I'll refuse to choose them
Yes, I will win!
And then all the blessed are burned and scorched in the searing flames
Live in fame or die in shame?
So please take my oath now!
4. Dies Irae / The Master Malice
I hear their call from beyond
O so near
O so far
I am so right
But I am so wrong
Where to go
When to go
All the sins are justified
Will they ever learn
Poisoned virtues want me tamed
Poisoned virtues want me burned
I know who I was and I will be soon
Sword of salvation slashes my soul
Only the lies will help me survive (in hell)
They poisoned my flesh
They poisoned my blood
I know who I was and I will be soon
Sword of salvation scorches my soul
Blame me if you want and set me free
They blinded my eyes
They deafened my ears
Glad to burn in hell
Come see me Master of Malice
Glad to be caught by a spell!
Come see me
Destroyer of the light
Glad to burn in hell!
And then come taste my blood
Glad to be caught by a spell!
And please praise all my sins!
Beyond my sorrow
Beyond my fear
Beasts are born so brave but blind
Beyond my shame
Beyond my tears
Beasts are born to fight their gods
Beyond my love. Beyond my hate
Beasts are born to bite my eyes
Beyond my anger
Beyond my thorns
Beast with horns will be born
[Guitar Solo by Rob Urbinati]
I am the one to deny the destiny
To deny the deliverance
I am the one to deride death
To divide their dreams
I don't need fear or I don't need shame
What's the point of salvation
when nobody will be saved?
I don't need fear or I don't need shame
Whats the point of salvation
when we all know where we're heading for?
Glad to burn in hell!
Something has died inside (of me)
Glad to be caught by a spell !
When I'm feeling so down
Glad to burn in hell!
How can you change me so deep?
Glad to be caught by a spell!
Hear my whine and see me weep
5. The Memories As A Sinner
Torture within
No sign of fear
Torture within
No sign at all
Repeated sins, I'll never regret
Destined to win, or destined to fall?
What I have lost to attain this fame
What I have lost to play this game
I have chosen to take their blame
That their unholy blame for my holy name!
I know I will live in fame even if I die in same
I know I will live in fame even if I will never be the same
See, I'm of the chosen few
Now I've touched the truth
What a fool you are to dream about the future that won't come
Shame I have tamed, to live with this fame
We welcome you here!
Die, all the believers die
Die all the deceivers die
Die an eternal death
Die, you you live for lies then fight for lies
In then end you will die for lies
Never wake up!
I'll laugh last
Live in your dream!
No fear draws near
Only death will wipe my tears away
I'll burn in hell rather than weep in heaven.
Curse me if you want
I will never fear it
I pray for power and glory
I want them all in my grip
The golden invitation you got for the one way trip
Remember the place in hell is reserved for you;
now I will walk alone
I will fight alone
What a fool you are to believe in the world that never exists!
Fame I have chased and shame I have faced
We welcome you here!
Take my oath now!
6. Death With Dishonor
Let the weakling see the truth
Their lives lie there to be abused
Hiding behind the inner peace
All the pleasures will you lose?
Salvation is an illusion they give you with malice
The truth remains concealed in the chalice
You know fears just deafen your ears
You know fears just blind your eyes
I may be burned as a sinner
I may be hunted as a saint
I may fall down as a winner
I may bleed but am I insane?
We never fail to sate your greed
Your fate to bleed with the demons seed
So listen to us now, you know what fear is!
Obey! I don't believe in glory after death
I need it now. I want it now
I don't believe in torture after death
I'm glad to be burned if it's my fate
I don't believe in fame after death
You need it, you want it now!
I don't believe in losers illusions
I refuse to live in dreams
I deny their lies on which you rely
The gate is closed, it's to late
My mind's eyes defy, they fly so high
I won't wait for my fate
Vengeance now, time has come
Vengeance now, it's your war
Vengeance now, time has come
Vengeance now, start your war
Every thing is going as I planned
Everything is going as WE planned
7. In Devil's Arms
In devil's arms they called my name
Then promised me heaven,
Then promised me fame.
In devil's arms
All the sins were swee,
All the dreams were bitter.
The dreams, such a deceit,
In devil's arms their words were sacred like the lies were holy,
Whey fell so slowly.
In devil's arms pestilence killed my soul.
I had to under stand death isn't my goal.
I can't killed the evil I thought I had tamed,
I can't kill the devil, you thought you had tamed.
I paid the price but they're still hunting me.
I paid the price no more can I see.
Scorched in this burning hell
Now I'm yearning for freezing.
I must tell them I'm dying.
I should have known what I was playing (with).
I was a puppet on a string.
Life was what I asked for,
But death was what I got instead.
And I know death won't ease my pain.
My (Your) soul will wander forever.
In devil's arms, I sense my death charm.
Do you see the mercy in our eyes.
In devil's arms, I sense my death charm.
My sleep is silent in devil's arms.
They stole my face, the stole my name.
They stole my soul, they stole my game.
They shattered my plan, I saw them grin.
Then they changed my fate and praised my sin.
Regret when you're dead!
Regret when you lost in return for what you have got!
[Guitar Solo by Gunface]
8. Overture / Rex Tremendae / I Saw The World's End
Yes, I saw the world's end burned by them who want us to repent
Fear in my pain will rise again, insane
The end in flame is what we need!
Then I saw my brides smile
Blinded by lies their sanity dies
The feeble to deride
Deny the evil in disguise
I saw myself buried deep in the nameless grave,
But who will weep?
I saw all the stars fall then all the hopes they will reap
I saw the innocent in anger,
They were so sinless, hung so high
Then I saw the angelsin black
They were so sinful with a dirty smile
Live for lies!
Fight for lies!
Die for lies!
Change the fate, before its to lato late
We'll see the worlds end (You will!)
I open my eyes to see through their lies,
But you know it's the world's demise!
I saw all the flowers wither and all the winners die in pain,
Crippled by those men insane
I saw the gold turn to dust,
All my lust lost in flame,
But hailed by our violent shame!
I saw the skies turn blood red as the forgotten prophet once said
I saw the funeral for all those precious things that had been slowly cursed
Then I saw the world in flame,
No way to save it when I saw it
We all must burn!
We want the end!
Born in shame then purified in flame
Buried in a grave with no name,
Be lost in the void!
Salvation in flame, deception in shame
All the things I touched must burn
Deviation to be tamed
All the thing I touched must be cursed
9. Salvation In Flame / Confutatis
Mercy for a loser, I beg you please
Nothing will be left when the furious fire in gone
Hear me whine and then see me weep!
All my sorrow it will swallow,
The curse on those who are afraid of the curse
Death to those who are afraid of death
I sense the nightfall covers my fear
I sense my twilight is drawing so near
Die all the believers die
Die all the deceivers die
Die, an eternal death
Your blood is boiling
Your flesh in burning
To be freezing are you yearning?
Die as a sinner or die as a saint!
Either way you'll never be free again
When you finally see the fire,
All the gates are already closed
No way you escape the fire
That's what you get for your desire
Dieas a sinner
Die! Or will you die as a saint?
Did you think you would die upon the cross?
Live for lies!
Fight for lies!
Die for lies!
Die! I watch them burn,
All the things I got,
I will let them go,
To be lost for eternity
I'm waiting for the very end
Standing still, with no will
Fear the curse, then curse the fear
Before all my hope in the dark disappears
Visions I saw only in my dream,
Now spread before my very eyes
Die as a sinner, or die as a saint?
Died you think that you were playing your own game?
I'll just watch them burn for all the treasures I did yearn
10. Finale: Hangman's Hymn / In Paradisum / Das Ende
Fire scorches my flesh
This is real!
What was I to lose, just to burning in this hell
I, insane, shall die in shame
Am I insane to to die in pain
My pried has died
Death from inside,
Deadly cyanide spread so wide
Fearful fate, I know, lies in fire
I'll cry in fire then die in fire
See my desire wither in fire
Perish in flame,
Then call me a liar
The ghost that is alive,
Alive but dead,
Dead but unburied
It haunts to haunt my avatar
It makes me regret forever
Fear with no reason rises inside
Why I lied then let my pried die,
I'm so scared but I don't know why
Death as a saint I shall deny,
I shall defy, I shall deride
See my desire perish in fire,
Wither in fire, and then call me a liar!
Die all the believers!
Die all the deceivers
Die an eternal death!
Die in misery!
Die for insanity
Hear the Hangman's Hymn
I wanted to change the world,
It was too late, now meet your fate!
I saw the world's end
You did! I called up the devil!
What a fool!
Did you think that you would die upon the cross?
I thought I'd be blessed!
You don't want fame after death?
I don't want it, I don't need it!
Born again
I thought I was a chosen few
I had touched the truth
Don't forget your souls belongs to us
What a fool you are now burn in hell
You know it's your fate!
Are you glad to be burning in hell?
Welcome!
I'm yearning to be freezing!
Are you glad to be caught by a spell?
Welcome!
I'm bleeding! You called up the devil!
What a fool!
I called up the devil, what a fool
This is the end of the dreams for you!
This is the end of the dreams for me
11. Hangman's Preview
[Japanese Bonus Track]
12. Introitus (Demo)
[Japanese Bonus Track]
13. Inked In Blood (Demo)
[Japanese Bonus Track]
14. Me-Devil (Demo)
[Japanese Bonus Track]