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 Герои и одни из первопроходцев американского дума несколько сбавили мрачности навеваемой атмосферы, однако «качать» их музыка не перестала. По крайней мере, совсем. На одноименном диске присутствует как думовое молотилово, так и шустрые темпы, отличные мелодии. К выделяющимся трекам следует для начала отнести “The Misery Shows (Act III)”, кантри-балладу, где лирика попеременно сменяется мощью. Следующий за ней “R.I.P.” начинается отличным мрачнейшим думом и перерастает в классный хэви с отличными мелодиями, фирменным трагичным вокалом Вагнера и мистическим шепотом “Rest… in… Peace…”. К сожалению, это очень короткий трек. “Black Shape of Doom”, несмотря на пафосное название, чернотой судьбы не отличается. Это хороший такой хэви с типичными Trouble-риффами и небольшим рок-н-ролльным промежутком в середине. Также хороша “All Is Forgiven”.
Теперь про негатив. В свое время эта команда, игравшая довольно мрачную и тяжелую музыку, но с про-христианскими текстами, умудрилась подписаться на Def American - лейбл, который помимо весельчаков RHCP еще выпускал продукцию таких именитых чернокнижников, как Slayer и Danzig. Однако "Траблам", записанным в историю, как команда “белого”, светлого из-за текстов, металла, было пофиг. Они продолжали играть, ну и проповедовать немножко им было не в тягость. Несмотря на некоторый позитив, который когда-то несла лирика группы на фоне засилья сатанизма и насилия в текстах металлических команд 80-х, постоянные реминисценции к небесам и спасению души на данном альбоме начинают быстро действовать на нервы. Перлы вроде этого “Nobody knows the trouble that I’ve seen/Look around I hope that you’ll agree/Now it’s time to pay/Never too late to pray…” (E.N.D.) вездесущи.
Тем не менее, это отличный материал в лучших традициях хэви и дума (только всё же менее мрачный, с более яркими балладными и -ролльными мелодиями), который у поклонников этих стилей будет пользоваться, да и пользуется, наверное, уже 12 лет, большим успехом. Старая гвардия, как-никак.
П.С. Уже после прослушивания отметил, чем замечательна обложка. Группа запечатлена на фоне, скорее всего, собора, который уже начал потихоньку расслаиваться и рассыпаться, а внутри вовсю растет зелень. Тем не менее, наверное уж лучше быть там, чем в строящемся метрополисе, который отражается в уцелевшем стекле двери слева! |
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Когда Solitude Aeturnus только делали первые шаги на doom-территории, основоположники стиля по ту сторону океана в 1990 году вышли на качественно новый уровень своего развития. Trouble заключили контракт с крупным лейблом Def American и выпустили этот альбом, на котором шагнули далеко за рамки стиля. Это пошло группе только на пользу. Работа получилась разноплановой: разумеется, балом правит классический doom - это становится понятно уже с открывающей альбом композиции "At The End Of My Daze". Мрачное тяжелое звучание, саббатовские риффы 70- х, создается впечатление, что у микрофонной стойки сам Оззи, но не думом единым жив Эрик Вагнер & Cо. Trouble не так мрачны, как Candlemass, очень органично вписывается в композиции группы и хэви-металл (R.I.P.), и традиционный хард-рок, благо, вокальный диапазон Эрика Вагнера значительно шире, чем у Оза Великого. В "Misery Show" очень заметно влияние Джима Моррисона и практически отсутствуют тяжелые риффы, но в данном случае это только на пользу. За мелодии и исполнительское мастерство 8 баллов, за новаторство и инновации - 9. |
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Why then are you dreamin' here?
You are
You are here
At the end of my daze
Time to change my wayz
At the end of my daze
Alone in the universe
Seems our lives are cursed
See where eyes cannot follow
And believing there is tomorrow
It's here
It's here now
At the end of my daze
Time to change my wayz
At the end of my daze
2. The Wolf
Final night draws near
On the old house by the hill
Night draws near
Where the children all played at will
When the sun at last comes down
Hushing merry din
Mother won't you look around
Are the children in
Been so many years
Since we played with friends in the streets
So many years
No longer echoes of childish feet
Until we learn to love each other
When will it all begin
Mother won't you look around
Are the children in
I'm so afraid
The wolf knows where I am
I'm so afraid
The wolf knows where I am
Goodbye to the world
Seems just like the other day
Bye cruel world
All tired of our foolish play
When we get to the other land
Where mother long has been
Will we hear her say
Are the children in
I'm so afraid
The wolf knows where I am
I'm so afraid
The wolf knows where I am
3. Psychotic Reaction
See the man standing in the rain
Must be waiting for the train
All the people they stop and stare
But there's nobody there
Psychotic reaction
Hell in disguise
Psychotic reaction
The old man dies
Hearing words of things unspoken
The telephone is broken
All the people waiting in a line
Can you spare the time
Psychotic reaction
Hell in disguise
Psychotic reaction
The old man dies
See the man living in a tree
Hang a sign on me
Yeah, bad news on the doorstep - yesterday
Won't you come out to play
Psychotic reaction
Hell in disguise
Psychotic reaction
The old man dies
4. A Sinner's Fame
Been walking down that lonely road
So many things I'm looking for
Maybe I'm a loser
But I still wanna win
Where have I been
Sometimes I think it won't be long
And times I feel like leaving it all
Life's been so hard
Wicked man still isn't free
He's you and me
It's been so long
Since I have believed in
Reality
I tried to tell her
Envy not a sinner
The writer sings, he wants to die
The flowers came, they all were mine
Maybe I'm a dreamer
But I can't sleep at night
Where's the light
It's been so long
Since I have believed in me
Reality
I tried to tell her
Envy not a sinner's fame
I'm nigh end screamer
I never be the same
I tried to tell her
Envy not a sinner's fame
Yeah, I'm nigh end screamer
I tried to tell her
Envy not a sinner's fame
Uh, believe me
Tried to tell her
Envy not a sinner
5. The Misery Shows (Act II)
Sitting here wonderin' 'bout things
That only the Lord knows
Tryin' to feel all the pain you have inside
Misery shows
It doesn't matter how hard you try
It still shows
Please take his hand
The time has come to learn
Please take my hand
Let me take you to learn
I just want to show you
That you don't have to run anymore
I can show you your life has just begun
So many people trying to be free
Like the way it's meant to be
But our lives are filled with pain
Pain and misery
I'm so sorry it ended up this way
Soon the sun will shine on me
Please take his hand
The time has come to learn
Please take my hand
Let me take you to learn
I just want to take you
To places you haven't been before
I can take you will you let me in
6. R.I.P.
Looking through the window of destiny
Casement open to the skies - no more lies
Rosemary nods upon the grave
Could've been saved
From the garden of the brave
She cries
Rest in peace
Soft may the worms about him creep
Never heard the children weep - he's asleep
Rosemary nods upon the grave
Could've been saved
From the garden of the brave
She cries
Rest in peace
When saints go marching down the hall
Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall - when pigs call Rosemary nods upon the grave
Could've been saved
From the garden of the brave
She cries
Rest in peace
7. Black Shapes Of Doom
Deep into the darkness the world keeps turnin'
All my soul, within me burnin'
Raven's been knockin' at my door
With all the hopes that have flown before
Nothing more
Colours begin to run on you
Black shapes of doom
Colours begin to run on you
Black shapes of doom
Eyes of a demon that is dreamin'
This ain't no living human being
Raven's been knockin' at my door
With all the hopes that have flown before
Nevermore
Colours begin to run on you
Black shapes of doom
Colours begin to run on you
Black shapes of doom
Heard all the lying, my soul has spoken
Leave my loneliness - loneliness unbroken
Raven's been knockin' at my door
With all the hopes that have flown before
Evermore
Colours begin to run on you
Black shapes of doom
Colours begin to run on you
Black shapes of doom
8. Heaven On My Mind
People don't really know where they want to go
Sometimes it's hard to save your soul
We've been living' through the years
Drowning in tears he has seen my fears
Eyes can see no lies, hearts feel no pain
Hope it's not too late
Heaven's on my mind
I can hardly wait
Heaven is there for all to find
Snowblind friends can see no more
Acid rain keeps fallin' on the poor
Show me the way to the skies
Take me away, where souls will never die
Eyes can see no lies, hearts feel no pain
Hope it's not too late
Heaven's on my mind
I can hardly wait
Heaven is there for all to find
Sin speaks to the wicked man
Are we all wasting away
I hate myself for the things that I've done
Still we claim to know your name
It makes no difference
Which road you wanna take
Find your way back to earth
You just gotta have a little faith
And we'll live together - forever
Heaven is there for us all to find
9. E.N.D.
I'm calling to your attention
Telling you I've been in depression
Confused, lost and all alone
I turn to stone
I was feeling insecure
Didn't love me anymore
Help me, find a solution for
Eternal, Narcotic Depression
Watching my world begin to fall
Back against the wall
I began to lose control
He wanted my soul
Nobody knows the trouble that I've seen
Look around I hope that you'll agree
Now it's time to pay, never too late to pray
Could this be the beginning or just the end
Help me, find a solution for
Eternal, Narcotic Depression
Or is it the end
It's forever
And ever
The End
10. All Is Forgiven
When trouble comes your soul to try
With broken hearts we all cry
Times when love cannot smooth the road
You have to carry a heavy load
Please come again, you've been so kind
You can see and I am blind
Forgive me one more time
The world will be ours if you are mine
There are troubles, all our own
Paths we all must walk alone
Just to feel you have a friend
Who stands by until the end
Please come again, you've been so kind
You can see and I am blind
Forgive me one more time
The world will be ours if you are mine
We've been waiting for so long
Just like praying for rain
The Lord has remembered me
Mother feels no more pain
Every time I see your face
It reminds me of my past
To think one of my dreams
Has come true at last
My love, time goes on
All is forgiven love, as time moves on and on
All is forgiven yeah, forgiven