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 Я питаю слабость к традиционному хэви-металу, поэтому не мог пройти мимо этого альбома. Metal Law играют так называемый тру хэви-метал, разбавленный простыми мелодиями. Есть небольшая схожесть с Manowar. Вроде ничего особого, но альбом "Nigth Of The Wolf" всё же стоит внимания. Он звучит очень искренне и эмоционально, он цепляет несмотря на довольно дешёвое качество записи. Он захватывает.
Итак, начнём с вокала – здесь есть схожесть с вокалом всё того же Manowar. Сильный хрипловатый вокал. Приятен уху. В некоторых песнях появляется второй голос, один в один схожий с голосом актёра, который использовали Manowar в некоторых своих песнях (например, "Defender").
Музыка – забойные боевики и качевые гимны. Гимны особенно удались – звучат мощно и эмоционально. Особенно нужно отметить песню "Raise Your Fist" – это смесь мановарского "Warriors Of The World United" и арийского «Волонтёр» (как ни странно, но мелодика группы немного напоминает Арию времён первых альбомов), но звучит более вдохновенно, что ли, чем Manowar. Из быстрых вещей наиболее приятна "Hunter And Prey" – её припев просто вгрызается в мозг, а также "Metal Or Die" – залихвацкая и мелодичная. В общем, музыка очень хороша и довольно разнообразна. Нужно отметить частое использование мелодичных соло.
Тексты – тут не без изюминки: на фоне трушных текстов про металл, оборотней, маньяков-убийц выделяется песня "Thin Guy" – весьма странный и параноидальный текст (и музыка во вступлении тоже странновато-мрачная) и "The Old Man" – песня об одиноком старике, о потере смысла жизни и медленном угасании (такое ощущение, что у кого-то из группы умер близкий человек и песня посвящена ему).
Качество записи и звук – единственный недостаток группы. Выглядит дешёвым. Барабаны иногда заглушают остальные инструменты. Есть ненужные (слава богу, редкие) эксперименты вроде того, что гитара звучит посередине и её еле слышно, а вокал справа и слева. Но в целом, этот недостаток не портит впечатления. Сырой звук – атрибут настоящего «тру» :)
Подведём итог – отличная (но не без огрехов) и вдохновенная работа. Впечатляет и цепляет. Ставлю 8 (а не 10) баллов только чтобы быть объективным. |
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And to satisfy my greed
We are – hunter and prey
Night and day
Hunter and prey
The distance is shrinking, I can smell your fear
On your flesh I will feast
You flee in panic, you never look back
To me – the bloodthirsty beast
Now that I’ve caught you, I feed on your flesh
Your blood is tickling my throat
I use my sharp claws, to cut your skin
The mysterious sign of the goat
We are – hunter and prey
Night and day
Hunter and prey
We were – hunter and prey
Night and day
Hunter and prey
03. Night Of The Wolf
I’m on my way through the wood
And I feel that it’s time
The moon shines bright, I feel the might
That he brings me through the night
I run along the depths of the dark
Something in me, that is awakened
The beast of the night, terrorize
That’s what I am and I don’t mind
I’m not the one
Fall deep in that dream
I’m alone on my way
In the night – in the night of the wolf
In the night of the wolf
I’m not the one
In the night of the wolf
Fall deep in that dream
In the night of the wolf
I’m alone on my way
In the night of the wolf
The morning arrives and I realized
It is no dream, but the truth
In the night of the wolf, I’m rather alone
But I hope, that it will never be
In the night of the wolf
I’m not the one
In the night of the wolf
Fall deep in that dream
In the night of the wolf
I’m alone on my way
In the night of the wolf
04. Positive Pain
A taste on my tongue
Just like burning fire
Will it ever desist
My mind is insisting
That my only desire
Should be it never will cease
Positive pain / Clears my senses
Positive pain / Burns my brain
Positive pain / Takes me higher
Positive pain / Keeps me sane
A razorblade cutting
Its way through my skin
Will it ever cease
I cannot hold on
It hurts like a sin
All I need now is release
Positive pain / Clears my senses
Positive pain / Burns my brain
Positive pain / Takes me higher
Positive pain / Keeps me sane
Psycho:
“Hello Darling, nice to meet you.
It’s a pleasure to cut your skin too and
smell the taste of blood.
C’mon, let’s have a party, forever and ever.”
Positive pain / Clears my senses
Positive pain / Burns my brain
Positive pain / Takes me higher
Positive pain / Keeps me sane
05. Slaying Creature
I’m a creature out of nowhere
That comes to end your lives
Bearing sword and battleaxe
Slaying children, men and wives
I’m a beast without emotions
When the anger takes control
There is nothing I can think of
That is blacker than my soul
Yes – you may call me a monster
Yes – you may think I’m a freak
But may not my violence just be a shelter
And in truth it’s lore that I seek
My wrath is always rising
At the sight of human’s filth
Your hearts shall stop their beating
Your blood shall all be spilled
Yes – you may call me a monster
Yes – you may think I’m a freak
But may not my violence just be a shelter
And in truth it’s lore that I seek
06. Raise Your Fist
“Once upon a time on this battlefield
We’re fighting for the metal
Destroying our enemies wherever they are
You better...
...Raise your fist into the air!”
Longing for the future, scream in pain
Desperation, all in sight
Reeling through the ruins,
one way street at night
You’re wondering why, leading our way
Raise your fist before you close your eyes
Just one explosion in your head
Hand in hand we stand together,
proud and strong forever
I watch the dead, walking their way
Raise your fist into the air
Rising from hell, sacrifice the brave
Leather and spikes, unchain the night
Fire and passion, like never before
Never ending darkness, scream in pain
The writings on the wall
Stone cold, cold desperation, bad information
The last in line, leading your way
Raise your fist into the air...
We’re fighting, freedom forever – Hail!
We’re struggling, standing together
Looking for action, our will is untamed
Raise your fist into the air...
07. Infesting Beliefs
Trapped in a prison called faith
Brainwashed and trained to violate
To destroy instead of to create
They are like a bad disease
Making you fall on your knees
Believing nothing but their lies
What they spread – infesting beliefs
Until no free minds remain
What they spread – infesting beliefs
Just believe and you’ll be saved
You think you’re living your own way
As long as you do what they say
It’s your intellectual decay
They want you empty, deaf and blind
To put their thoughts into your minds
There’s one god for all mankind
What they spread – infesting beliefs
Until no free minds remain
Your mind is lost in fantasy
Made by he who leads your destiny
Enslaved by false morality
Confess and reach for sanity
What they spread – infesting beliefs
Until no free minds remain
What they spread – infesting beliefs
Just believe and you’ll be saved
08. Thin Guy
In the night, I cannot sleep as ever
And fading moonlight falls down on my face
There is someone at my window
Such a thin guy with green feathers on the skin
To decide it we have no time now
I offer you now to come along with me
Then you can be rocking, so silent, so dreamy
You can’t lose there, you can only win
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King from the moon
Let’s begin now the flight to this dimension
You will lose there every feeling of your pain
Far away time is of no importance
Hurry up now, my little friend, and let us fly
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King from the moon
He was the Metal King...
09. The Old Man
There is an old man lonely
on the bench every day
The dogs only growl low and
seldom anybody turns around to him
His glances are empty and unconcerned
His old jacket is patched
His wife is not here anymore
He didn’t understand anything
He only said: “It isn’t true”
The rain pelts on his face
The old man doesn’t move
Many people are passing by
He thinks: “It’s better to die”
A little girl comes running
Sits down beside the old man and laughs
Her mother angrily pulls her away
The old man doesn’t say any word
He thinks: “It isn’t true”
Die, die, die – it’s better to die, lonely
Die, die, die – it’s better to die, lonely
Next day he is no longer
Sitting on the old bench
His seat was left empty
Nobody minds at all
Die, die, die – it’s better to die, lonely
Die, die, die – it’s better to die, lonely
Die, die, die – it’s better to die, lonely
Die, die, die – it’s better to die, lonely
10. Metal Or Die
Metal or die / Be blessed or be dead
Those are the words / I repeat in my head
Metal or die / Be a genius or be mad
A demon told me once / It was all he ever said
Wherever we decide to be
Somebody is at our side
His hands cast living fire
His soul is as black as the night
Wherever we go – whatever we do
His hands are guiding us well
We feel as if we’re hypnotized
He put us under a spell
High above the mountains
The demon watches us all
Spreading his wings and grinning
Whenever he hears our call:
Metal or die...
We’re doomed to do his bidding
And to obey him ‘til the end
Through his power we gain strength
In infernal union we stand
High above the mountains...
Metal or die...
Screaming guitars and the thunder of drums
Are the weapons during our quest
They cannot cause you lethal wounds
But through them we’re eternally blessed
11. Master Of Thunder
Forks of lightening, clouds of thunder,
he appeared
The master of all things whose name
we all once feared
Smoke and fire break
Where his figure stands
We can’t do anything
But his commands
Our master has arrived / In our world
Bloodshed and hate / Is what he brings
Blessed are the ones / Who adore him
They shall be carried / On his wings
Flames get higher, screams get louder – judgement day
The master of all things proclaims:
“It’s time to pray!”
While burning the false
There’s wrath in his eyes
His punishing hands
Stifling their cries
Our master has arrived / In our world
Torture and pain / Is what he brings
We are the ones / Who adore him
We shall be carried / On his wings