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Vision Divine
« The 25th Hour »
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| 1 | My Angel Died
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| | 2 | The 25th Hour
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| | 3 | Out Of A Distant Night (Voices)
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| | 4 | Alpha & Omega
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| | 5 | Eyes of a Child
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| | 6 | The Daemon You Hide
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| | 7 | Waiting For The Dawn
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| | 8 | Essence Of Time
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| | 9 | A Perfect Suicide
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| | 10 | Heaven Calling
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| | 11 | Ascension
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| | 12 | Another Day |
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Michele Luppi - Vocals
Olaf Thorsen - Guitars
Federico Puleri - Guitars
Alessio Lucatti - Keyboards and Piano
Cristiano Bertocchi - Bass
Alessandro Bissa - Drums |
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All songs written by VISION DIVINE
Produced by Timo Tolkki
Engineered by Timo Tolkki and Luigi Stefanini
Recorded and mixed at New Sin Studios |
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| 1. My Angel Died
My angel died
He passed away tonight…
His feathers turned from white to a withered black
Then he turned his face and finally slept in grace
While a shiny light got his body leaving me abandoned in disgrace…
2. The 25th Hour
Alone in the dark of a blue cage
I struggle |
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 Одно время Олафу Торсену удавалось сидеть на двух стульях — он успевал творить как в Labyrinth’e, так и в Vision Divine. Но времена изменились, Олаф уже не тот, да и в "Лабиринте" давно не играет, почти все время уходит на Vision Divine. Лишившись в 2002 году Фабио Лионе, большинство критиков и любителей музыки предсказывали Торсену печальную судьбу, однако он вышел из сложной ситуации почти победителем — пришедший на смену Лионе Луппе оказался очень удачным вокалистом, с которым Vision Divine записали лучшую в своей карьере пластинку “Stream of Consciousness”. Через год, ожидая чего-то этакого, вышел очень слабый “The Perfect Machine” и вот новый альбом, который должен был ответить на главный вопрос — есть ли у группы будущее. В основе “The 25th Hour” концептуальная история, связанная с персонажем альбома “Stream of Consciousness”, помещенного в психиатрическую лечебницу на 40 лет и неожиданно там погибшего. Это ли сказалось на качестве новой работы, или просто из прошлого провала извлекли уроки — в конечном итоге не главное. Главное то, что “The 25th Hour” при всей своей концептуальности неплохо слушается, и, хотя ярких хитов не содержит (может только “Eyes Of A Child” выделяется своими лабиринтовскими корнями), требует время на понимание. Не спешите судить об альбоме по первому впечатлению, он стоит того, чтобы его внимательно послушать – и вроде бы сбивчивые аккорды в первых трех вещах заиграют новыми красками, гитарные соло покажутся не навязчивыми, а просто красивыми, ну а душевная баллада "Heaven Calling" сможет запасть в душу не хуже "Always Somewhere" от Scorpions. Однако на основной вопрос этот альбом так и не ответил, он скорее поставил многоточие, отложив серьезный разговор на будущее… (диск предоставлен компанией Mystic Empire). |
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Новая и уже пятая по счету работа итальянцев. Во время прослушивания этого материала стало очевидно, что группа заметно прибавила, получился великолепный, напористый пауэр с очень техничными элементами прогрессива. Без преувеличения, можно сказать, что «'The 25th Hour» - лучший альбом группы. Понравилось все без исключения, прекрасная гитарная техника, отличные клавишные партии, грамотная ритм секция и отличный вокал. Голос Лупи, кстати, звучит ничуть не хуже, а во многом даже лучше Фабио Лионе, который, к слову, уже успел поднадоесть. Итак в Рапсодии поет, так еще и на первом альбоме Лабиринта пел (где он только не пел, собственно, куда ни плюнь - везде один Лионе, словно на нем свет клином сошелся).
На альбоме представлено 12 разных по своему темпу и звучанию композиций, тут вам и красиво спетое под пианино вступление, и боевики «Eyes of a Child», «A Perfect Suicide», «The 25th Hour», и среднетемповые «Alpha & Omega», «Essence of Time», «Out of a Distant Night (Voices)», и медляки «The Daemon You Hide», «Heaven Calling», «My Angel Died», и замечательные инструменталы «Waiting for the Dawn», «Ascension». Но, должен сказать, альбом с 90% вероятностью зацепит вас не сразу, ввиду того, что сначала вам может показаться, будто он слишком вылизан и перенасыщен техникой. Не волнуйтесь, примерно после третьего прослушивания все эти предрассудки уйдут сами собой, и вы начнете получать наслаждение от прослушивания всех представленных тут песен.
Отмечу 3 самые хитовые, на мой взгляд, песни:
«Eyes of a Child» (5) - очень скоростная и динамичная песня, цепляющая сразу за счет своего напора, энергетики и прекрасных соло партий.
«The 25th Hour» (2) - боевик с отличной мелодикой и припевом
«Out of a Distant Night (Voices)» (3) - энергичная композиция с множеством переходов от быстрого к медленному темпу.
Итог: отличная работа, рекомендуется к прослушиванию всем любителям жанра. Вы не разочаруетесь. |
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My sanity broke through an unstable
Sudden lucidity
I saw my life as a circle
Like I never did before
A grandfather clock: It was ticking
Over and over…
Life: We perceived it straight like a line
Heading to the future
Life is turning around and around
A “Merry go round”
Where every new day’s just the same day
24 hours to be lived
Before everything rewinds
Oh,“Merry go round”
Way far beyond your perception
The 25th hour came for me tonight, yeah!
And breaking the time’ sly deceptions
I sailed through its wrinkled fold
Where spirits bound to rejection
Fumble and rove
Lies: Our lives are nothing but lies
So now I’m pretending
Time to find out who I am, where to go
A “Merry go round”
Where every new day’s just the same day
24 hours to be lived
Before everything rewind...
Oh,“Merry go round”
Way far beyond your perception
The 25th hour came for me tonight, yeah!
I want to break free
And open up my soul
When the hour comes I will let it in
And my doubts will be finally gone, gone…
All these voices talking inside of me
Every spirit whispering to my ears
“You’ve been her, she will be you
I’ve been you, you will be me
Together we will be them…”
A “Merry go round”
Where every new day’s just the same day
24 hours to be lived
Before everything rewind...
Oh,“Merry go round”
Way far beyond your perception
The 25th hour came for me tonight, yeah!
3. Out Of A Distant Night (Voices)
Cold as inhuman light…
Tell me why are you calling my name
How do you know…
Who I am and where I come from?
Can’t see your faces, can’t see your eyes
By the light of a pale moon
Weaving a magic row to my head
I can hear all the voices inside
Voices out of a distant night
Haunting my deepest thoughts from inside to aside
Voices… Let me hear what you got for me
Let me know… Give me the reason why you have called
And the reason why you hide
Steps on the floor I hear
I can feel your breath upon me
A flower scent
Don’t tell me I’m raving again
Can’t see your faces, can’t see your eyes
By the light of a pale moon
Weaving a magic row to my head
I can hear all the voices inside
Voices out of a distant night
Haunting my deepest thoughts from inside to aside
Voices… Let me hear what you got for me
Let me know… Give me the reason why you have called
And the reason why you hide
Voices (Voices…)
Turning inside my head (Turning inside my head…)
Voices (Voices…)
Voices around my head… (Voices around my head…)
All these voices out of a distant night
Hunting my deepest thoughts from inside to aside…
Can’t see your faces, can’t see your eyes
By the light of a pale moon
Weaving a magic row to my head
I can hear all the voices inside
Voices out of a distant night
Haunting my deepest thoughts from inside to aside
Voices… Let me hear what you got for me
Let me know… Give me the reason why you have called
And the reason why you hide
Voices (Voices…)
Turning inside my head (Turning inside my head…)
Voices (Voices…)
Voices around my head… (Voices around my head…)
4. Alpha & Omega
In a very distant time
I was made of flesh and blood
I was feeling puissant
So strong and so brave
There was nothing I could fear
My years were passing by
And the silent dust of time
Alights on me
I did not realize
How short our lives are
Into dark we jump
Once angels call our names
Distant faces of a rolling dice
Parts of the same game we leave far behind
Stop your trudging, making questions now
You’ll get the answers when alpha & omega combine
Let your senses fall
Don’t fear your growing haze
Listen to my secret words
And try to understand
All the Spirits you can sense
They come to give you a sign
All united here we are
To warn you now
We were what you are
You are what we were
You are what they’ll be
Still Angels call your name
Distant faces of a rolling dice
Parts of the same game we leave far behind
Stop your trudging, making questions now
You’ll get the answers when alpha & omega combine
Distant faces of a rolling dice
Parts of the same game we leave far behind
Stop your trudging, making questions now
You’ll get the answers when alpha & omega combine
5. Eyes of a Child
You man, tell me why you are so dour
Won’t you smile at me?
Look at where you’re fallen, look at what you are…
Listen, I have come with a mission
To remind you
There has been a time when you were not like this
Close your eyes…
Close your eyes and remember
‘cause I came from the past
I’m a painting that shows what you’ve been
Years have gone by
Lost in your mind
Turn at the mirror and see with the eyes…
With the eyes of a child…
You man through my eyes you can go back
To your childhood
When the colors of your future were so bright
I see you forgot all the passion
You’re so distant
From the child you were before the twilight came
Close your eyes…
Close your eyes and remember
‘cause I came from the past
I’m a painting that shows what you’ve been
Years have gone by
Lost in your mind
Turn at the mirror and see with the eyes…
With the eyes of a child…
Hey man, you’re so old
Can’t you see that?
In your soul now
All your fields of passions have become so bright
Close your eyes…
Close your eyes and remember
‘cause I came from the past
I’m a painting that shows what you’ve been
Years have gone by
Lost in your mind
Turn at the mirror and see with the eyes…
With the eyes of a child…
(Close your eyes…)
(Close your eyes…)
Whoa… Child!!!
…With the eyes of a child…
6. The Daemon You Hide
My name was Marielle but you can call me
Mary You see, like the others I can’t fade away
Half life (half now)…I’m a spirit now…
I have no home, no place where I can rest in peace
I feel an empathy with your soul
I see you’re fallen deep down with
Your fears… Have your dreams been killed by the pain?
Your tears are digging your own grave
And the daemon you hide killed the angel you got
He tried to bring you light but you fell into darkness
All the blood that you sweat, every drop that he dried
Everything is lost… You just let him cry… You just let him die…
Out there, stars… There are millions in the universe
They seem all the same but they are different
Their lights and their different colours
They stand, they’re still, they die… Melting with infinity
Relieve the sorrow that you keep inside
Release what’s left in you tonight
Escape from the branch of thorns in your heart
Before… Before it’s just too late
And the daemon you hide killed the angel you got
He tried to bring you light but you fell into darkness
All the blood that you sweat, every drop that he dried
Everything is lost… You just let him cry… You just let him die…
I feel the sorrow you’re keeping inside
I see what’s left in you tonight
Escape from the wild branch of thorns in your heart
Before… Before it’s just too late
And the daemon you hide killed the angel you got
He tried to bring you light but you fell into darkness
All the blood that you sweat, every drop that he dried
Everything is lost… You just let him cry… You just let him…
7. Waiting For The Dawn
[Instrumental]
8. Essence Of Time
I shiver ‘cause you took my breath away
Unknown strange and beautiful raves of sin
Every thought you had became one with my senses
My vessel goes brought by the wind of seers
And now that I know the reason why… Why you came to me
Part of the same continuous line we are
What is a simple life compared with the essence of time
That will never stop?
I wanna leave it all behind
Now tell me: is it true or is it just a fake?
I’m here to live the same that you’ve got before
Just a different life, just a different perception
My life was lost, I challenged the fate in vain…
And now that I know the reason why… Why you came to me
Part of the same continuous line we are
What is a simple life compared with the essence of time
That will never stop?
I wanna leave it all behind
And now leave me
I need to stay alone
Just let me breathe
And think about this world father
I wonder why
Why is it wrong?
I just want to know
How can I still stand that
All… All that I suffered inside
Could just rewind and restart?
No… I’ve had enough
And you, God
How can you hurt me so bad?
Didn’t I pay fair enough?
Please, let me reach the dawn
I don’t want this to be forever
I was lost
I just felt too much alone
I needed to believe in Heaven…
“Welcome to real madness, welcome we’re with you
Open your heart, don’t hold back, we came for you
Welcome to real madness, welcome we’re with you
Open your heart, don’t hold back, we came for you”
And now that I know the reason why… Why you came to me
Part of the same continuous line we are
What is a simple life compared with the essence of time
That will never stop?
I wanna leave it all behind
…time…
9. A Perfect Suicide
Two pills: I’ll be free, don’t you think?
Is it the only way?
One rope for my throat ‘round that pole
One jump through the glass of that door
Flying down to the floor
One blade for my veins like a kiss
Time to close my eyes
Time to say goodbye
Time for some of you
To shed some hollow, deceitful tears
All my life’s been a joke
Plenty of misery
I’ve been chasing memories
Of the child that I keep in my mind
…A perfect suicide…
You’ll never see me crying…
That is a fair way to close with my pain
…A perfect suicide…
There’s only a way to go…
Out of this world where my hopes were foreclosed and lost
I can see your eyes full of scorn
Have you ever thought
I was so afraid and desperate
You hate what you fear, that’s the truth
That’s your call: I’m done
I’m one step closer to you
Time to close my eyes
Time to say goodbye
Time for some of you
To shed some hollow, deceitful tears
All my life’s been a joke
Plenty of misery
I’ve been chasing memories
Of the child that I keep in my mind
…a perfect suicide…
You’ll never see me crying…
That is a fair way to close with my pain
…a perfect suicide…
There’s only a way to go…
Out of this world where my hopes were foreclosed and lost
…a perfect suicide…
10. Heaven Calling
In the air
I can only hear the freedom
The night has gone
Now I know my sins are forgiven
I stand so still
I lay on a mouldy floor
One ray, one smile
Moon, did you say goodbye?
I tried to be ready, now I’m here
There’s an angel waiting
Cuddling my dreams, holding my head
Smiling at me…
Heaven is calling, the angels are spreading their wings
Over the blue horizon they will fade away
Heaven is calling and I can’t believe it’s my name
My father is there waiting for me
Overwhelmed I surrender to my feelings
Once again
Ain’t no way to guess your decision
Goodnight my dear
I’m ready to leave, I’m done
One ray, one smile
Oh, Moon, did I tell you ‘bye?
If I ever wake up, it won’t be here
‘Cause my angel’s waiting
He’s back to me, holding my head
Smiling at me…
Heaven is calling, the angels are spreading their wings
Over the blue horizon they will fade away,
Heaven is calling and I can’t believe it’s my name
My father is there waiting for me, for me, for me, yeah…
Heaven is calling, the angels are spreading their wings
Over the blue horizon they will fade away
Heaven is calling and I can’t believe it’s my name
My father is there…
11. Ascension
“Here I am…
Is this the end you always have been searching for?
The meaning of what you called life?
12. Another Day
[Bonus Track]
[Dream Theater cover]
Live another day
Climb a little higher
Find another reason to stay
Ashes in your hands
Mercy in your eyes
If you're searching for a silent
sky...
You won't find it here
Look another way
You won't find it here
So die another day
The coldness of this words
The message in his silence,
"Face the candle to the
wind..."
This distance in my voice
Isn't leaving you a choice
So if you're looking for a time
to run away...
You won't find it here
Look another way
You won't find it here
So try another day
They took pictures of our
dreams
Ran to hide behind the stairs
And said maybe when it's right
for you, they'll fall
But if they don't come down
Resist the need to pull them in
And throw them away
Better to save the mystery
Than surrender to the secret
You won't find it here
Look another way
You won't find it here
So try another day