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Iron Savior
« Unification »
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1 | Coming Home 05:23
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| 2 | Starborn 04:37
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| 3 | Deadly Sleep 05:09
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| 4 | Forces of Rage 05:46
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| 5 | Captain's Log 01:02
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| 6 | Brothers (of the Past) 04:43
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| 7 | Eye to Eye 05:52
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| 8 | Mind Over Matter 05:35
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| 9 | Prisoner of the Void 04:43
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| 10 | The Battle 05:47
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| 11 | Unchained 06:09
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| 12 | Forevermore 05:15
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| | Total playing time: 60:01
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| 13 | Gorgar (Helloween cover) [4:07]
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| 14 | Neon Knights (Black Sabbath cover) [3:54]
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| 15 | Dragonslayer (performed by Excelsis) [5:09]
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| | Excelsis are a Swiss power metal band who won a contest to have a song included
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| 13 | Metal Invaders (Helloween cover) [3:48]
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| 14 | Gorgar (Helloween cover) [4:05]
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| 15 | Neon Knights (Black Sabbath cover) [3:52] |
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Piet Sielck - vocals, guitars
Kai Hansen - vocals, guitars
Andreas Kuck - keyboards
Jan Eckert - bass
Dan Zimmerman - drums
Guest musicians:
Uwe Lulis - lead guitars |
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Cover art by Kristian Huitula.
Also released in limited edition (5000 copies) book-style case. |
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| Coming Home
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
All vocals by Piet
The Caldarins - heirs of Atlantis - sent out a huge fleet to investigate on the Iron Savior's transmission. Finally they are entering the Solar system. But will they understand the fatal error of the ancient machine ...
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Что бы там не писали предыдущие рецензенты, Пит Силк со-товарищи соорудили офигенный альбом! Я вовсе не являюсь таким уж ярым поклонником пауэр-метал, но то, что это лучший представитель стиля в уходящем году - несомненно. 73 минуты пролетают хоть и не как один миг, но все же очень незаметно. Все очень профессионально сыграно и спето; вокал у Пита - как раз то что нужно в такой музыке. Любая (!) песня, даже начинаясь не очень выразительно, к припеву превращается в настоящий хит, настолько разнообразны и легки к восприятию здесь мелодии. Особенно хотелось бы выделить своеобразные гитарные "перестрелки" Пита и Кая Хансена - сначала играет один, затем другой, так несколько раз, а когда вступают вместе - это уже полный экстаз!! Короче: все поклонники спид-пауэр будут довольны (а недовольных - в сад!) |
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Не больно -то я разбираюсь в пауэре, но вот за что его уважаю, так это за профессионализм...Итак, Iron Saviour -
профессиональный такой пауэр метал, довольно-таки ровненький и монотонный.В целом вполне слушабельно ,драйвово и толково.Чем-то напомнило мне старичков Judas Priest и Rage среднего периода (когда это еще был пауэр ;) Голос , правда не очень выразительный, но это не очень сильно напрягает.
Явный плюс этого альбома - отсутствие схожести со знакомыми до боли и уже слегка приевшимися Helloween и Gamma Ray.
А так хоть что-то свежее( или это я просто пауэр-металла сало слушаю? ;)
В общем мне понравилось.Вполне сойдет для разнообразия изредка послушать....
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А вот Пит и Кай (Томаса поперли, на его место взяли молодого барабанщика Гаммы Дана
Циммермана) сбацали новую пластинку. Ну и чего мы тут имеем? А ничего особенного - разнообразия не густо, многие песенки очень похожи на материал первого диска, но сделано и записано все получше, звучание не раздражает, и действительно, почти любая песенка подойдет для хита. На мой взгляд, это лучшее, что пока сделала данная команда, всем любителям павера могу только посоветовать: купите лучший этот диск и не гоняйтесь за остальными - у Вас будет весь IronSavior со всеми идеями Пита Силка, тем более данный очень большой - 73 минуты.
P.S. Ребят хватило на 13 своих вещей, 2 кавера: Gorgar - Helloween'a (звучит мощней оригинала, правда тогда вся эта музыка только начиналась) и Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
(я эту песню не люблю, отмечу, что получилось похоже), а на немецком limited edition была
записана одна из песен (правда немного в сокращенном варианте) швейцарской группы Exselsis
только в целях рекламы данной малоизвестной команды. |
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Купила я этот альбом почти сразу же, как он вышел в надежде на самое лучшее, хотя и расстроенная уходом Томена из группы. Но он оказался полным разочарованием. Во-первых с первых звуков песни Coming Home ощущается какая-то несыгранность музыкантов и на протяжении всего альбома сохраняется ощущение, что альбом записывался в явной спешке, так же как и сводился. Дэн Циммерман явно оказался никудышной заменой Томену, а воображения у Пита так и не прибавилось - ни в музыке, ни в лирике. И даже писк Кая Хансена не может испортить впечатления, так как хуже некуда. Не понимаю я только одного - зачем создавать клоны своих предыдущих творений, причем явно дефективные. |
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On fire they rode to flee from the fall Their future was doomed they've foreseen it all
Mythical world of the ancient empire secret and hidden but some day we shall return
Ancient calls from anywhere in time we have to follow the sign Distant voices - sources unknown Where to they lead us Where will we go On the scent for the lost Coming home
Riff Solo: Piet
Chasing a shadow in stardust and haze Where will we find traces of our race
The engines are roaring we're leaving ground once more is it for real - will we fail like so often before
Ancient calls from somewhere in time we have to follow the sign Distant voices - sources unknown Where to they lead us Where will we go On the scent for the lost Coming home
Main Solo: Piet/Kai/Piet/Kai/both
Mythical world of the ancient empire is it for real - will we fail like so often before
Ancient calls from somewhere
Star of the old guide us - give us hope Star ...
Starborn
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
Lead and backing vocals by Piet
Choir vocals by Jan and Piet
The fugitives of Atlantis are searching the vastness of space to find a new home. For several generations this trek of the last survivers has been on the quest. They are the starborn children of Atlantis.
Bound to the stars, bound to a land Unspoiled and virgin This journey has to end Out in the cold, lonely we feel Outcast and homeless In coffins made of steel
Far beyond - so far beyond a strange horizon History - the past is lost but we will live on
Still on the quest Forever we're riding No place to rest In deep space we're gliding Starborn children - their destiny Starborn out in the cold - their sanctuary Faster than light we cruise the unknown Into the dark we've been thrown Starborn and lost in the cold
Where can we go, where will we find Shelter and silence From all we've left behind So many times we thought we had it all But we had to follow The stars and their call
Memories - of all we've left will fade away Atlantis will - be lost in war and will decay
Goddess of fate Forever we're riding Light up the shade In deep space we're gliding
Starborn children - their destiny
Solo: Piet
Goddess of fate Forever we're riding Light up the shade In deep space we're gliding
Starborn children - their destiny
Deadly Sleep
(Music and lyrics by K. Hansen)
Lead and backing vocals by Kai and Piet
Choir vocals by Piet
The sleeper outlasted 300.000 years in stasis sleep. Now, when the savior has returned, he must awake to fulfill his destiny.
Kai:
Welcome back home, it's been so long, we've missed you, been searching for honor and glory out in the dark I have fought for survival as thunder and gunfire were roaring
Back home, the time and the place of my own my future is calling I know i do believe there is no other place i can go
I must return from my deadly sleep the only chance I've been given - my destiny take me home, take me home
Black as a hole is the soil I was walking as black as the troops were before me relentless attack as my eyes started bleeding, get razed to the ground by the soaring
It's time, you better be leading me home our future is calling I know I am the answer to all the remaining unknown
I must return from my deadly sleep the only choice I've been given,-my destiny take me home
Solo Kai
Piet:
Roaring, embracing the thunder Twisting and turning around Locked in I will not go under Save me before I will drown
Solo 2: Kai
I must return Take me home - take me home Take me home - take me home Take me home - take me home Let me go - let me go Back to my home, back to the people I know Out in the cold but where can I go I don't know Where can I go I don't know Come and take me home
Forces Of Rage
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
All vocals by Piet
A small cell of resistance hides from the Iron Savior under the everlasting ice of Greenland. Their ultimate goal is to free the world from the roboter's threat. The battle might be lost, but the war is not over yet ...
Under the ice we hide from your stare buried in grief and despair We're the derbies, the scattered remains, leaves in the storm who is lashing the world
Destiny calls, extinction of man will it all happen again But yet we're alive, unbroken we stand to banish the conqueror who's taken the land
We'll be a thorn in your unhuman flesh There'll be a time for retortion We'll break the fetters, we'll never give in although it seems our end will begin
Forces united - forces arise Legions of iron descent from the skies Dark knight - you'll never defeat The immortal spirit of freedom Savior - watch out beware We will engage The forces of rage
Starbirds are gliding on winds of decay merciless hunting the pray Infernal machine, the hatchet of war sharp as a razor will cut back the claw
We'll be the virus - a deadly disease the fever is burning inside you To bring you to fail is the ultimate aim We'll rise from the ashes again and again
Forces united - forces arise Legions of iron descent from the skies Free - at least for a moment in time Years - how many years have gone by In fury and wrath we're looking above Forging the sword, the blade of reprisal Leaders of man let's ride out again From fire and ice a blazing star will arise
Solo: Piet
We'll be a thorn in your unhuman flesh Forces united - forces arise
Captain's Log
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
Narrator's voice by Jason Breitwege
It is the year 2110. The world is threatened by war once again. The unknown vessel sent out armed forces appearing to be machines to invade earth. The air and almost the entire surface is now under their control. Research on the origin of the ship indicates that it might be related to the lost continent of Atlantis. So the answers are given in the past, somewhere in the infinity of space and time.
Brothers (of the Past)
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
All vocals by Piet
The sleeper is trying to get in contact with the bio-unit of the savior. Thay are the last ancient Atlantian beings which makes them brothers of the past.
Devastation - radiation - paralyzing fear Terrorizing demons rising - termination's here Stratospheric - energetic- drifting on the stream Agonizing isolation inside the machine
Reborn in chaos and war What has it all been good for Reach out and take my hand The children must life, the killing must end
Brother - you must awake Brother - before it's too late Here we stand Like shadows of great things in the past Hear my call, oh brother Let's right the wrongs at last
Lifeless bloodhound - executor of our fatal law Blinded by your wrong conclusion truth you see no more
Now the defender attacks The land he was supposed to protect This is our legacy Together we're facing our destiny
Brother - you must awake
Solo: Piet / Kai / Piet / Kai / both
Reach out and take my hand The children must life, the killing must end This is our legacy Together we're facing our destiny
Brother - you must awake
We are brothers of the past Uhh, let's right the wrongs at last
Eye To Eye
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
Lead and backing vocals by Piet Choir
Vocals by Jan and Piet
Describes the terror of war from the personal view of a simple man fighting the iron troops eye to eye.
Into the night moonless cold and black Hell is waiting, there is no turning back Suddenly the air was on fire Your buddy never had a chance His blood on your hands you'll never forget his cold and lifeless glance
Times of war are times of death and now the killing is on Now the killing is on Mortal fear is creeping in your mind and soul tonight Nowhere to hide
Eye to eye - facing the enemy Brave at heart - fighting for liberty Heroes or fools Out in the fields bitterness rules Eye to eye - facing a deadly thread Don't look back - look straight ahead with the will to survive Just keep up the faith and victory is on your side You closed his eyes Forever he'll rest Another victim another live The hawks are hunting and you are the pray so keep yourself alive
Flames of fury like the purgatory burning high, burning the sky
Eye to eye - facing the enemy
Solo 1: Kai
Unlimited rage - rage is driving you mad Unlimited fury - fury twisting in your head Can't stand the pain - pain it's driving you insane You scream for vengeance - vengeance but who's to blame
Aimless - like a drifter on the sea Caught up in reality of war Restless - always on the run Hopes and dreams, they're gone Take me away
Solo 2: Piet
Eye to eye - facing the enemy
Eye to eye - facing the enemy Face to face - heroes or fools Back to back - out in the fields the bitterness rules Eye to eye - look straight ahead Face to face - the will to survive Don't look back - just keep up the faith
And victory is on your side On your side at last
Mind Over Matter
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
All vocals by Piet
During the millenniums in deep space the computer unit developed a consciousness. It actually became "alive". Since this unique form of existance is unknown to the computer the unit suffers major disorientation.
Am I alive, do I exist Am I the goddess of justice A body of metal, a mind made of circuits Although I think and I'm conscious What is my species, where is my soul or am I dead as a rock
Is this my spirit or just a program written on memory blocks
What is my aim I am what can't be A mind in a digital brain
It is the mind - mind over matter The power has brought me to live In lakes of doubts and oceans of my questions I had to dive Give me guidance - in torrents of time Give me answers - creators of mine from the past Mind over matter at last
So much to learn, so much to see So many things to explore Too little I know, am I a being or just a failure at all
Please heal my pain The silence of ungiven answers will drive me insane
It is the mind - mind over matter
Conscious or dead - beginning or end Mind of circuits - heal the pain Going insane - lakes of doubts Torrents of time - oceans of questions Creators of mine Answers I need guidance I want Conscious or dead - beginning or end
Solo: Piet
It is the mind - mind over matter
Prisoner Of The Void
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
All vocals by Piet
The bio-unit is about to return to the reality of life. For far too long it has been wandering through a world of dream, illusions and madness. It wants to return from his prison in the void
Have I returned from the dead a lightning was striking my head Clarity's filling my mind I am refined
Unlock the gate to reality Leaving the maze to be free Tangled in a realm of fantasy and dreams Blinded by delusion and pain I must escape - break the chain
Countless years of existence in the cold Now I'm at the mercy of the one I've once controlled
From far beyond the ending of all time I saw the light saving me from the night Eternal slave your master has returned Obey and release me The prisoner of the void
Uhh, I've been traveling the darkest dimension A disembodied soul in damnation But then I found sanctuary Peaceful rest in my own entity
Now I realize We have reached the final shore Oh, I can't allow him To destroy it anymore
From far beyond
Demons of time I have felt your embrace Out in the vastness now I know your face Oh I gave into the power of thought Now I must use it to leave my Sepulchral vault
Solo: Piet / both/ Kai
From far beyond the ending of all time I saw the light saving me from the night Eternal slave Your master has returned Hear my command
From far beyond I have been seeing the light Eternal gods Hear my entreaty and free me Release me from the void
The Battle
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
Lead and backing vocals by Piet
Choir vocals by Jan and Piet
The Calederans have made contact with man. Together they are facing the moment of truth as the final battle against the machine from the past is about to begin
Reflections of light paint the horizon Silver and weak he is glowing Beauty arises in front of my eyes Were are we going My heart wants to weep The word is goodbye Will I return Oh, will I see it again Will I live - will I die
The land has been bleeding in war Nothing will be like it has been before A moment in silence in the dawn Facing the upcoming storm
So let the battle - let the battle begin Armies are marching against us tonight In unity we stand to fight
A shiver is send down my spine As we await the final attack Wings launch, weapons load Cold sweat runs down the back of my neck
We'll break through the gate The sky we'll invade The tyrant will burn and the world it will turn Tonight is the night Darkness or light Freedom will be our guide
So let the battle - let the battle begin The blade of reprisal is ready to strike In unity we stand to fight - to fight!
Solo 1+2: Piet / Solo 3: Kai
So let the battle - let the battle begin Armies are marching against us tonight In unity we stand to fight
So let the battle - let the battle begin The blade of reprisal is ready to strike In unity we stand to fight
Solo 4: Uwe Lulis
Unchained
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
Lead and backing vocals by Jan and Piet
Choir vocals by Jan and Piet
The battle has been won and earth is free again. The Iron Savior was forced to leave the solar system, but it couldn´t be destroyed. For now earth seems to be relieved from the tyrant in the sky.
Jan:
A new day is born In peace and in silence Rays of the sun Rip through the clouds Piet: A new age is to come
Jan:
The darkness decays The heavens are shining golden and blue enlightening the dawn Piet:
A New World will move on
So many lives Out in the fields oh so many have died Now we will rise The chains that have held us are broken and now we are
Free - from the tyrant The conqueror's been banished Free - and united The throne in the sky now is Free - free from the tyrant Relentless we fought to be Free - free and united We have outlasted the war The shadows of war
Jan:
They came from the stars to search a forgotten land Rescue they brought With thunder they fought Piet:
The tide has turned as the appeared
So many tears Ohh, we will always remember the years Earth has been burned but then they returned to save us and now we are
Free - from the tyrant
Solo 1: Piet
Jan: No more we'll fight Piet: Return to the light Jan: The conqueror's been banished Piet: The savior has vanished Jan: The mighty machine Piet: a million life's dream Both: outlasted the past Both: out in the vast
Solo 2: Piet / Solo 3: Kai
Free - from the tyrant
After the war The world is unchained Freedom we've gained The Savior's been banished The fortress has vanished In peace and in silence The world will move on Darkness and war No more we'll fight We have returned - returned to the light
Forevermore
(Music and lyrics by K. Hansen)
Lead vocals by Kai
Backing vocals by Kai and Piet
Choir vocals by just everybody
Unification of all man ...
Hello, is anybody out there People can't you hear Can't you hear my cry Listen it's time to leave the nightmare I'm calling out for all of you From beyond our space and time
Rise and be free From the darkest of dreams And let us be forever An eternal flame And forevermore our union will remain
Now I see the rising evening star Shining down on earth Like always been before
Take my hand This is our Promised Land And let us be forever An eternal flame And forevermore our union will remain
Solo: Kai
I have no fear And now for all of us The end is drawing near
The power of destiny we hold in hand The spirit of freedom that will never end For all eternity we hold the flame And forevermore our union will remain
And forevermore I wish it will remain Forevermore - Forever
Gorgar
(Music and lyrics by K. Hansen)
Lead and backing vocals by Kai
Choir vocals by Jan and Piet
Original version to be found on the "Walls of Jericho" album
Solo 1: Piet / Solo2: Kai
Neon Knights
(Music and lyrics by Black Sabbath - Dio, Butler, Iommi, Ward)
All vocals by Piet
Original version to be found on the "Heaven and Hell" album
Solo 1: Kai / Solo 2: Piet
Dragonslayer
Perfomed by Excelsis
(Music and lyrics by Excelsis)
EXCELSIS,
winner of the RockHard band battle competition during the "Atlantis Falling Tour '98