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С момента живого погребения Sentenced и по сей день многие фанаты и поклонники так и не закопали стереотип обязательного сравнения "Приговоренных" и "Ядовито-черного". Хотя ассоциации и похожесть имеют место быть и существовать, сегодня Poisonblack уже полностью избавился от тени усопших.
"Выведем ржавчину, укрепим кости" - такой девиз, думаю, дал бросивший пить Лайхиала очередному опусу с незамысловатым названием...
Drive.
Неожиданно было узнать, что Вилле и Ко выпускают в свет новый альбом спустя год после "Of Rust and Bones". Штамп, конвейер, творческое несварение желудка? Нет, нет и... нет. По всей видимости, взрыву идей послужил отказ господина Вилле от пива, водки и прочей огненной воды. Свободный от алкоголя котелок варит совершенно другую кашу,а так как почетный гражданин Оулу является основателем группы и, по сути, главнокомандующим, то новая жизнь заискрилась и в самой музыке коллектива. 10 композиций (12 в японском издании). Альбом получился легким для восприятия, в меру тяжелым, гораздо менее депрессивным, нежели прошлые работы. Готики практически нет, а если и имеется, то в виде неотъемлемой части финского менталитета. Работа музыкантов не вызывает придирок,в окал мощный, можно узнать, находясь в полузабытье или сне - уникальный тембр, все же. Песенник состоит из драйвовых (кто бы мог подумать?), среднетемповых и медленных композиций. Однообразия как такового нет, хотя оно и может привидеться при первом ознакомлении. Ни для кого не секрет,что Вилле любит AC/DC, "Металлику", поэтому влияние творчества этих грандов тут заметно. Эдакий финский "Reload".
Техническая часть на высшем уровне. Аранжировка, сведение, мастеринг - все выполнено качественно, нарекания отсутствуют.
Никогда не думал,что услышу от вокалиста Sentenced такую самобытную работу. А почему в таком случае 9 баллов? "Driftwood" не очень понравилась. |
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The dusty grey keeps calling me
So I drive through the night
Another city, another scene
Straight ahead aimlessly-
The open road is my bride
This is life on the fast lane
Sparks fly, dynamite
Bullet on wheels, explosive
Hit the gas, tight right
And on I go
Black leather, paint glows red
Horny pair of legs beside me
Speed junkie, piston head
And on I go
Oil as blood under the hood,
pumping freely through
I live behind the wheel
The dusty grey keeps calling me
So I drive through the night
Another city, another scene
Straight ahead aimlessly-
The open road is my bride
This is life on the fast lane
2. Mercury Falling
Let's celebrate this suffering
While the grave is still warm
We've got no time to lose
Let's set fire on everything In
honor of flame to be gone
We've got nothing to lose
Kiss before the fall
Hearts beating fast
Let's make the moment last for
tomorrow''a doom is already gleaming
It's gone so fast
Let go, forgive the past for the
mercury of life keeps falling
falling down
Let's enjoy this suffering
disillusioned and free
We've still got time to choose
Let's desire everything
the name of extinction to be
We've got us to abuse
Kiss before the fall
Hearts beating fast
Let's make the moment last for
tomorrow''a doom is already gleaming
It's gone so fast
Let go, forgive the past for the
mercury of life keeps falling
falling down
3. A Good Day for the Crows
I fill the chamber bullet by bullet
Hoping this time it won't jam
To play a round of the northern roulette
and leave this world with a bang
Just on squeeze and all will cease
One for the gun to drown the last line of defense
I'm ready for hell
I'm so sick of it all
With a vengeance I have hated
I hear them crows call
For the death black wings I've waited
To come and peck the flesh off of my bones
I oil the rope to be sure the knot slides
Tie down the other end tight
Stand on a chair and close my eyes
Knowing this it's alright
A step.. just one and all is done
One for the rope to drown the last line of defense
I'm ready for hell
I'm so sick of it all
With a vengeance I have hated
I hear them crows call
For the death black wings I've waited
They're hovering close
-Oh so close
They've come to drag me down to the unknown
Let them peck the flesh off of my bones
I'm so sick of it all
With a vengeance I have hated
I hear them crows call
For the death black wings I've waited
They're hovering close
- Oh so close
They've come to drag me down to the unknown
They're close.. oh so close
Won't need no coroner to tag my toe
Let them peck the flesh off of my bones
4. Maggot Song
Through the six-feet of dirt they
claim to hear the sound of the pouring rain
Saying it's me up here pissing on your grave
The stench of shit gathers more of flies to run
their mouths
Them brainless know not
what they're talking about
It's the outcome of severe inbreeding
Back then, now and always
you maggots will be crawling by my side
Keeping the flame of hate alive
Until the hell freezes over I will
be the cold thorn right there in your side
I promise you rain tonight
From behind them aliases
pathetically trying to point their gun
To me it's none for all and all for none
It must be hard without them brain cells
to try and understand
With empty pig-ass-eyes to make a stand
Hooray for the severe inbreeding
Back then, now and always
you maggots will be crawling by my side
Keeping the flame of hate alive
Until the hell freezes over I will
be the cold thorn right there in your side
I promise you rain tonight
5. From Now-here to Nowhere
This is where it ends
I can't have the years wasted back
Re-invent something I've lost how to feel
The table is set for three
Indifference, you and me and we
sit there in silence
Don't care to speak
It's not temporary
It's our cemetery
And we are carved in stone
From now-here to nowhere
Oblivion approaches
I've said my piece.. want nothing from you
From bitter to worse
Oh so revengefully yours
We've done our time - Just let us go
This is where it ends
I'm getting the hell out of here
Leaving nothing behind - It was never real
The hole is dug for three
Suffering, you and me and we
lay there in silence
No need to speak
It's finally here - No anguish, no fear
And we are free at last
From now-here to nowhere
Oblivion approaches
I've said my piece.. want nothing from you
I love you
I hate you
I'll sing when you're dead
I loathe you
I need you
I'll scream and regret
From now-here to nowhere
Oblivion approaches
I've said my piece.. want nothing from you
From bitter to worse
Oh so revengefully yours
We've done our time - Just let us go
6. Sycophant
So you thought you had it made
All on that shining silver plate
Now you're turning a brand new page
Not a word disappearing without a trace
You've spawned just rage
Have a nice rest of your life for
it's all you've got
Until it rains ice in hell
the shit will keep on rolling out your mouth
No more of you - It's zero tolerance
Can you hear the final bell it
tolls for you that there is no doubt
We are through now - This is where it ends
Black is white-Red is green
Spit it out! Say what you mean
Trust is earned not ingratiated
The bridge is burned, the past contaminated
Annihilated
Better to be hated for what you are
than loved for what you're not
Until it rains ice in hell
the shit will keep on rolling out your mouth
No more of you - It's zero tolerance
Can you hear the final bell it
tolls for you that there is no doubt
We are through now - This is where it ends
7. The Dead-End Stream
Flowers in bloom
It's a beautiful day
Headed for doom
Destruction and decay
Stare at the sun
the warm rays of light
Nowhere to run
We've already lost the fight
Hand in hand we wait this all to end
Everything dies - Withers away
There's no afterlife
No nothing's here to stay
Hope is a lie
we in vain beg and pray
While floating down the dead-end stream until it's time
to drown away
Life is so sweet
So seize the day
Destiny's sealed
And soon to pine away
Enjoy while you can
Breathe in, breathe out
Try and understand, the only way is out
Gun in hand we wait this all to end
Everything dies - Withers away
There's no afterlife
No nothing's here to stay
Hope is a lie
we in vain beg and pray
While floating down the dead-end stream until it's time..
No one gets out of here alive -
No one comes back to testify
So enjoy while you can my child-
We only got this one time
Everything dies - Withers away
There's no afterlife
No nothing's here to stay
Hope is a lie
we in vain beg and pray
While floating down the dead-end stream until it's time...
8. Futile Man
Still too much I recall of them
gnawed out bones which the
mattock of time buried beneath
the pavement
And to wade in the shades won't clear the air,
won't erase the stench of them dead
Will the solace be found from
the north of the ditch
Dug deep with my own beaten shovel
For sure it is not in the notes of the self-pity moan
Could it be at the end of the double barrel
The time is nigh
Until the end I'll deny that there's sense in this life
I am what I am, a futile man
And till the end I'll deny that there's meaning behind
I am what I am, a futile man
Now, hear my child this weight will land on your shoulders
You too will pay this debt of despair
I'm not here to teach you or to show you the way
It wouldn't make any difference
The time is nigh
Until the end I'll deny that there's meaning behind
I am what I am, a futile man
And till the end I'll deny that there's sense in this life
I am what I am, a futile man
Still too much I recall of them
gnawed out bones which the
mattock of time buried beneath
the pavement
And to wade in the shades won't clear the air,
won't erase the stench of them dead
Until the end I'll deny that there's sense in this life
I am what I am, a futile man
And till the end I'll deny that there's meaning behind
I am what I am, a futile man
9. Scars
Down this road again and it feels like beneath
the dust of time
Down this road once again and it seems this will be until
the end of my time
Oh how I wish you were here
to make the sighs of despair disappear
Oh how I wish you could see
in spite of it all what you mean to me
Along this road once again
still it seems like it leads nowhere but away
Along this road once again
still it seems that it has been always this way
Oh how I wish you were here
to make the sighs of despair disappear
Oh how I wish you could see
in spite of it all what you mean to me
Scars are made to remind
Oh how I wish you were here
to make the sighs of despair disappear
Oh how I wish you could see
in spite of it all what you mean to me
And oh how these years have been long
while humming the notes of the dead man's song
Oh how I wish they would fade
all of them wounds I know it's too late
Scars are made to remind
10. Driftwood
Left wading neck-high in dirt
by the flood of wastewaters
Completely soaked to the bone
Floating restless in time pining out
Through the unending struggles
Straight towards the unknown with nothing to hold onto
Always against the stream
Beating through debris
But as long as the scenery keeps changing
it's alright
Always against the stream
Riding on the belief
That as long as the scenery keeps changing
it's alright
Left sailing the sea of dirt
on a raft that is leaking
Moved by the stench of the wind
Waiting the high-tide to come
to finally sink in
In the scum-tsunami with nothing to hold onto
Always against the stream
Beating through debris
But as long as the scenery keeps changing
it's alright
Always against the stream
Riding on the belief
That as long as the scenery keeps changing
it's alright