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Итальянская пауэр металл группа Белый Череп была основана гитаристом Тони Фонто в 1991 году. Дела шли не так быстро, как хотелось, и сначала Черепа выпустили пару демок и только после того как пара песен попали на металлические сборники, банду наконец-то заметили некоторые лейблы. И вот в далёком 1995 году выходит дебютный альбом «I Won’t Burn Alone», показывающий принадлежность Черепов к классическому пауэр хэви металлу, лишённому слащавости или глупой помпезности, симфо элементов и хэппи пауэрных фишек, наподобие грандов этого жанра Iron Maiden, Helloween, Manowar, Hammerfall и др. Коллектив является необыкновенным, потому как поёт в нём девушка Фредерика Де Бони. Работа отличается резким звучанием жёстких гитар, полным отсутствием клавиш, что делает музыку более тверже и суше, интересным вокалом, с долей маленькой хрипотцы наподобие Доро Пеш, хотя на ум приходит больше всего сравнение с Элизой Мартин (ex-Dark Moor, Dreamaker). Качество записи, как отдельная графа в рецензии, станет здесь самым негативным моментом. Проще говоря, звук у пластинки примитивный, глуховатый и не слишком плотный, хотя и достаточно приемлемый для стартовой работы. Единственным плюсом в нём будет то, что вокал записан довольно-таки качественно, и музыка его не заглушает. Говоря о технике музыкантов, я немедленно заявлю, что именно эта часть вышла на порядок выше, нежели качество записи и сам музыкальный материал. Музыканты очень радуют техничными и цепляющими соляками, сложными, хотя и типичными для пауэра барабанами и, конечно же, неплохими аранжировками, но, конечно, чувствуется нехватка клавиш. Текстовая часть музыки абсолютно не представляет из себя ничего нового и колеблется в зоне обычных хэви металлических текстов с частью грустной любовной лирики. Иногда можно заметить уклоны в философскую тематику, но она не получает должного развития, а потому выглядит исключительно простовато. Переходя к мелодической стороне альбома, нужно заметить, что мелодии создаваемые гитаристом Фонто не так уж и просты и, кроме того, обладают оригинальностью характерной только для этой группы, что уже подразумевает свой собственный стиль и почерк. Из самых интересных песен я бы выделил открывающую хитовую «Because I», драйвовую «Pray», забойную «Mama», средне темповую «Someone Call It Love» с грустной мелодикой, а также интересную изменяющуюся по ритму заглавную «I Won’t Burn Alone». В целом, альбом хоть и принят общественностью неплохо, но, по-моему, является средненьким и пригодным только для истинных поклонников. Группа White Skull это не просто ещё один пауэрный клон, это нечто новое, хотя и далёкое от высшей лиги. |
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Someone has been gunned down in 20th street
And, those who refused to pay were
Threatened with death
Are you gonna feel the ill ?
You will never meet me again
[chorus]
Because I / March in time
Because I / March in time
From the wooden chair beside my window
I only see that the million men feel the scare
And they're gonna leave the game
They will never see me again
I hear some voices from down deep inside me
But i only see that too many people're dead
Trying to find the ill that was
Taking them to the end
[chorus]
Because I...
Would you ever trust me
Would you ever meet me
No i'll live again and i won't be scared
No i'll fight until till the day i'll die.
2. Living On The Lighway
[Fonto]
I feel joy when i find myself
I realize that i'm on stage
Me and the guys we're doing fun
We should try to find our times
So here we are with our cars
Stuffing all we take with us
Madness sickness
...just a little drunk
We're ready to light the night !
[chorus]
[Mum says:]
"If you're now leaving don't forget your education
'Cause you are always so hurried
Absent-minded hey take care ! "
[Mum says:]
"If you're now leaving don't forget your education
'Cause you're always so hurried
And don't talk to foreigner and take care ! "
Here some voices from deep inside
Are telling me i'm in paradise
I feel good when i realize
We're living on the highway !
[chorus]
[Mum says:]
"If you're ..."
3. Pray
[Fonto]
In the beginning man has come first
But he was lonely and a little sad
He made his history and he was proud
But he threw the woman in slavery and shame
If I could have a choice
If I could make a wish
Joy could find a place inn my heart
Three hundred sixty five
The days that woman lives
And noone help her in her path...
And now I can't desist
And now I can't reveal
Can't find the meaning of my life
It is still a metter of fact
I've got to try and come out
Woman can now only pray
What do you seek
What do you mind
What do you wish
Pray, pray, pray
What do you seek
What do you mind
What do you wish
Pray, pray, pray.
We're here at the point of no return
I've got to find myself in the storm
Women will be your undoing
When we raise.
And now...
4. In The Age Of Unreasons
[Fonto']
We ain't living our time in a video
Ain't winning our fights, ain't be so strong
I'd been never young in this world of pain
Blasting out the day you got away
Money for nothing that's what they dream
Teaching us the way you know what it means
Hearing all the day their screams so loud
They're pushin'in our mind only what they want.
The day is just began and i'm fuckin' tired
I can't bear this pain i can't stand this man
He's showing us the way what's right to do
But i know very well it's not the maximum
Money for nothing that's what they dream
Teaching us the way you know what it means
Haering all the day their screams so loud
They're pushing in our mind only what they want
Oh can you see a thunder in this lonely place
Can you feel the wind that blows you away ?
It's goin' to affect all our tiring lives
(it) makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on
Oh
Away
Now you're gone
You'd better run
'Cause we don't know
What's right to say
What will be fair
In this darkned world
Before i go just take my hand and smile again
'Cause we can't stand to face it any more
'Cause we don't know if it's worth to carry on
And we've wanted so much to change it all alone.
Can you see a thunder in this lonely place
Can you feel the wind that blows you away here
It's goin' to affect all our tiring lives
Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on.
5. Mama
[Fonto']
Mama please give me a good reason
'Cause all over makes me feel so bad and shiver
Nowhere, no place to take shelter
In this godforsaken place nobody cares
The random violence is on the street
People pushin' and shovin'
Faces like concrete
Another bomb has just been dropped and
Children saw another hideous crime tonight
[chorus]
World has gone insane [X3]
Mama we see the distruction
Is this the world we've been fighting for ?
My life, i'm fearing from my life
And i would bring back the joy again tonight
The random violence is on the street
People pushin' and shovin'
Faces like concrete
Another bombs has just been dropped and
Children saw another hideous crime tonight
[chorus]
World has gone insane [x6]
6. Someone Call It Love
[Fonto]
I look at the window
Time after time you're gone away
I've never missed you so much
It's all so sad
How can i live now
Is this the pain that makes man die
What lies behind the realty
Only far memories
Don't you remember I won't forget you
You promised me that things would never change
And now i think I can't live without you
I feel alone 'cause I can't reach you now
Who calls it love
Who wants it all I won't baby
Who calls it love I still can't have you
Who calls it love can't get you out of my mind
Love at first sight and
Night after night I've been loosing sleep
Remembering that moment and
How I've wanted you to kiss
Where do I turn now
Is this the pain that makes me cry
But here I stand again
Wishing you were here
Don't you remember I won't forget you
You promised me that things would never change
And now I think I can't leave without you
I feel alone 'cause I can't reach you now
Who calls it love...
7. I Won't Burn Alone
[Fonto]
Sparks in the sky tonight / devil in my mind
Forks push me in the fire / i don't care 'cause i
Know you are / a blasted town
And i decided / to take you down
Wicked souls you'll burn / crying your pain you'll course
In the endless night / i won't burn alone
I won't die / i won't cry
You're accursed / i won't burn alone tonight, tonight, tonight...
Witches in every time / goblin, elfs, spirites
Dancing all around / are looking for your town
They know you are / a blasted town
And they decided / to take you down, down.
Wicked souls you'll burn / crying your pain you'll course
In the endless night / i won't burn alone
Do you see / what i mean
Thru this night / start it right now
[chorus]
A million ways to make you feel like i do
Are coming now my friends
Are you praying now, no rest for the wicked
Or are you waiting for pain ?
Spark in the sky tonight / devil in my mind
Forks push me in the fire / i don't care 'cause i
Know you're / a blasted town
And i decided / to take you down
Wicked souls you'll burn / crying your pain you'll course
In the endless night / i won't burn alone
Do you see / what i mean
Thru' this night / start it right now
[chorus]
A million ways...
8. Nasty
[Fonto']
From the dawn to 18,00 i live
Trying to find the woman in me
And i can't believe you're leaving me
From the day of the "big ruin" i
I gotta know 'cause i need to argue
And i can't believe it occured to me
[Chorus]
But all the things i look around are nasty
Hear me when i say that you were nasty
Hear me what i think "all the things i see are nasty"
All the things i look around are nasty
From 18,00 to midnight i live
Trying to find the power in me
There is no doubt that you're leavin' me
And from the day of the "big ruin"
I gotta know 'cause i need to argue
And i can't believe it occured to me
[Chorus]
But all ...
9. Hey Boy
[Fonto']
Hey boy don't tease me
You've gotta know how i feel
You've gotta know the real me
Hey boy don't hurt me
You wanna live like james dean
But you should unless be free
Hey boy don't tease me
You've gotta know how i feel.
I'm not pretender
I don't want what we can not reach
It's all confusing
I only know my spirit is wild
What can i do now is
Invent a whole new world [x2]
Each time i'd been mad
Couldn't see the big attack
It took time to realise
I was never satisfied
Each time i'd been sad
Couldn't see what was all that
But i've got a solution in my mind
A solution in a young wild mind
Hey boy don't tease me
You've gotta know what it means
You've gotta know how i feel
Hey boy don't hurt me
You look at me and just sneer
But you should unless be free
I'm not pretender...
10. White Lady
[Fonto]
Don't you remember
We spent the night
You can't refuse me
I can't survive
The pain of living twice at same time
Destroyed my senses, undertook my mind
Heaven in my dreams
Hell in real life
The pain of knowing you can't be mine
You can't imagine how do I feel
That's the way you're gone ahead
Don't you remember
We spent the night
You can't refuse me
I can't survive
I've heard your silence
I've heard your no
I feel just like slidin' in the black hole
Heaven in my dreams
Hell in real life
The pain of knowing you can't be mine
You can't imagine how do I feel
That's the way you're gone ahead
Heaven knows... Just another city'n'place
Heaven knows the pain.
11. Save the Planet
[Fonto]
Look at the sky now can your richness buy it all ?
There's no price you can state or politicians to pay
No million dollars spent
And i raise my head and
Look for happiness but
I can't statr i can't stop
I can't go i can't walk
War is all around.
You see you're living in wellness and freedom now
But you think at once it will change
All around leaving you astray
And you raise your head and
Look for happiness but
I can't start i can't stop
I can't go i can't walk
War is all around.
"planet earth is calling all of us
Have you ever heard her pray ?
We will be living through ruins
We won't survive ".
You think it's all dirty and nothing means
So you cry something and try to find a new reality
I know i know your fears
You got you got your tears
But i've got an illusion 'cause i wanna
Reach the sky and
Get real high.
Time slowly pass by and it's all the same
The rich get rich the poor get poor and that's the way
I know iknow your fears
You got you got your tears
But i've got an illusion 'cause i wanna
Reach that blue sky
And get real high
Whatcha feel today [x4]
11. Save The Planet
[Fonto]
Look at the sky now can your richness buy it all ?
There's no price you can state or politicians to pay
No million dollars spent
And i raise my head and
Look for happiness but
I can't statr i can't stop
I can't go i can't walk
War is all around.
You see you're living in wellness and freedom now
But you think at once it will change
All around leaving you astray
And you raise your head and
Look for happiness but
I can't start i can't stop
I can't go i can't walk
War is all around.
"planet earth is calling all of us
Have you ever heard her pray ?
We will be living through ruins
We won't survive ".
You think it's all dirty and nothing means
So you cry something and try to find a new reality
I know i know your fears
You got you got your tears
But i've got an illusion 'cause i wanna
Reach the sky and
Get real high.
Time slowly pass by and it's all the same
The rich get rich the poor get poor and that's the way
I know iknow your fears
You got you got your tears
But i've got an illusion 'cause i wanna
Reach that blue sky
And get real high
Whatcha feel today [x4]
12. The Train
[Fonto]
Have you ever seen my train ?
It's running always fast
Have you ever heard my train
It's calling all of us, all of us.
Oh do you feel the train ?
Do you feel my train
It's taking all of us
Whereever you want to go
What do you feel
What do you like
What do you want
What you fear
Cowboy don't you shoot
Indian don't you plot
I want to leave it all
We are leaving from here now
It's flying flying flying flying flying flyiiiing
The big wall !!!