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Psychopath
« Making the Transition »
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1 | The Reality Serum 03:01
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| 2 | Spirit Pulling Me 02:42
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| 3 | Altered Minds 02:47
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| 4 | Unearthly Horror 03:55
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| 5 | Physics 04:00
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| 6 | Metro-Shock 05:06
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| 7 | A Dark Reaction 03:00
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| 8 | Overcast in Essence 04:02
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| 9 | Without a Clue 04:12
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| 10 | Brotherhood Has Vanished 05:15
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| 11 | Performing a Self-Discovery 06:01
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| 12 | Crystal Clear 05:24
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| | Total playing time 49:25 |
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Bill Lynn - vocals, guitars
Ben Trost - bass
Doug McIntosh - drums
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Recorded and mixed at Music Masters, St. Louis. |
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| 1. The Reality Serum
Drenched in darkness
Drowning your mind
The contract of your death
Has just been signed
In a palace of freaks
Of the most grotesque form
Fed L.S.D
To fit in with the ward
Minutes seem like hours
Over a period of time
From the electrical Pressure
He is unable to re |
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Трио Psychopath из Миссури – группа, классически для техно-дэта сдержанно эмоциональная и деликатно агрессивная. Этот релиз достаточно плотный и скупой на щедроты аудиоотделки, но нельзя сказать и что он напрочь лишен воздуха, и что он сделан только для музыкантов. Американцы придутся по вкусу не только техно-занудам, но и просто любителям риффов поострей да драмминга половчей. По мне, им удалось: "Making the Transition" с первой композиции производил на меня чарующий, гипнотический эффект. Риффы уверенно удовлетворяют требованиям базового пакета дэт-трэша, вдобавок у ребят самая теплая сцепка гитар и ритм-секции, какую только можно пожелать. Деловитые прогоны гитар под юркие, бархатно звучащие упражнения барабанщика заходят в наше сознание плавно и безболезненно. Даже резкие выстрелы гитар и последующее трэшевое гривотрясничество смягчают чистейшая подача меди с джазовым душком и гармонизирующая мягкость двойных бочек. Совсем немного надо и лирики, чтобы разбавить выдержанный в одной цветовой гамме и единых металических средствах стиль Psychopath, и тут ее хватает. Неожиданно в номере "Metro-shock" всплывают сюрреалистически-мечтательные зарисовки клавиш, гитар и баса. Пронзительный атмосферный инструментал "Overcast in Essence", располагающийся ниже, усугубляет астральную капитуляцию и соответствует золотым стандартам баллад конца 80-х - начала 90-х, души и духовности теперь хватит до конца диска. Да и дэт-трэш, который мы ненадолго отложили в сторонку, совсем не стереотипен: разнообразие дебютов, неповторение себя, низкий процент жанровых клише – «психопаты» все учли и где надо постарались прокачать. На самом деле, те мягкость и гладкость, которые я хочу выдвинуть как плюсы работы, помаленьку тянут группу ко дну, так как по мере прослушивания диска в энергетике и смертоубийстве начинаешь крайне нуждаться. На фоне общей выдержанности материала даже соло заметны не так, как мелодические переходы. Например, хороша лирическими проигрышами “Brotherhood has Vanished”, в финале которой реализована неплохая идея с эхо-выделением ударных. Напоследок у нас рубрика "Параллель дня": закрывашка "Crystal Clear", по-моему, вполне точно предвосхищает трэк Martyr "Ostrogoth" c первого альбома. Чувствуется, однако, что чаша весов больше склоняется в сторону трэша: так, вокал чаще возводят скорее к Тому Варриору, от музыкальных техник тоже все больше тянет додэтовым винтажем.
"Making the Transition" звучит не особенно современно, но его прелесть именно в скромной антикварности и небалаганности творчества. Только суровый техничный дэтотрэш: чинный благородный вокальный подход, мелодичность, отвешиваемая в граммах, трезвость, твердость и душевность, которую должен +/- иметь каждый образец жанра. Говорят, на последующих демках по пути к распаду они еще больше развернулись. |
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Philosophy - A way to do it
Psychology - Can you get through it ?
Autopsy - Cut you open
Technology - Is unspoken
He has been confined
The first and last time
By people scared to be
Told about reality
Scared of the truth
Mankind loves lies
To cover its insecurities
The purpose of peace defied
The brain is the control
But easily deceived
Sometimes operates off others
And the things they believePhilosophy - A way to do it
Psychology - Can you get through it ?
Autopsy - Cut you open
Technology - Is unspoken
2. Spirit Pulling Me
In another land
Something takes my hand
And me away
It refused to fade
Spirit pulling me
Through my mind vacancy
I can feel presence
Getting stronger
Maybe it's illusion?
In complete confusion
I can't fight what's right
Any longer
The spirit is in me
Sub-conscious the key
Unlock the door to fear
Peril up ahead
Clairvoyance in red
The purpose is made clear
I am saved
By brainwaves
Trust your thoughts
They serve you better
The catastrophe
Happened without me
I was not caught
I am self-taught
3. Altered Minds
You had
A future
But laughed
And died
Was it worth self-destruction?
Was it "bitch" to die?
The price some pay to be noticed
Results in throwing away their lives
Idiots sealed your fate
But you had no idea
You were following altered minds
Barbiturates are barbarous
And so is a crown
Who can't deal with life
You had
A future
But laughed
And died
4. Unearthly Horror
20 years ago
I left the earth
In search of peace
And a release
It was a fantasy
Something I had to see
No pollution
Or corruption
So I deserted
My home planet
Somewhere to live
Where nobody ran it
When I got out there
Little did I know
There would be lifeforms
I'd have to overthrow
Traveling in space
Wandering through time
What's this I've come across?
Must be an alien enzyme
Try to sneak a glance
Now I have no sight
From the blistering heat
I have lost my eyes
In colour...
I am losing my soul
Swallowed by the black hole
Unknown has won
Returns to sun
When I got out there
Little did I know
There would be lifeforms
I'd have to overthrow
5. Physics
Creating the heat
Awaiting the unknown
The elder want new life
They are not alone
And with the help of physics
I will be reconstructed
A man again
Full of electricity
The sources come alive
There's no authority
To keep them deprived
Using the new mechanics
To create a type of static
Driving fast from old feelings
That will change completely
Light falls on new life
The assembly stares on
Can this be real?
What planet are they from?
And with the help of physics
I will be reconstructed
A man again
New found creativity
Rightly transformed
Into atomic energy
And the uninformed
The sound is solid
Perforate and demolish
Satisfied, they gave a chance
If it's true it will last
6. Metro-Shock
Hydro-Electric brain
Restoring a tragic conspiracy
The terror is dead-locked
Microcosm filled with anxiety
This crisis, obviously provoked
Was not a natural catastrophe
Originally a masterplan
To create a chemical dependency
Pharmaceutical cyborg
Paid to kill off poverty
It's senses are strong
That one of the dead, he will be
They gave him promises of open doors
And equal opportunities
He had no respect
So death in effect
A death he won't hear or see
This crisis, obviously provoked
Was not a natural catastrophe
Originally a masterplan
To create a chemical dependency
There are many magicians
In this high-tech palace
Millions of sparks
Fly from their minds
Ideas of wealth
Who will have the power?
The techno-brains
With secret designs
We are not alone
7. A Dark Reaction
Feel the pressure build inside
Adrenaline takes you for a ride
You are falling to pieces
Your self-control decreases
Get a hold of yourself
This is something you'll regret
Stop, think, use your head
You might as well forget
You like being alive
Not knowing when it's your time
You know where to find
Love and a state of mind
From this crime you will learn
You took the wrong turn
Now laying in silence
A victim of your violence
Truth you can't own someone
A life over and done
The ones with the problems
Don't try to solve them
Make everything worse
Themselves come first
You like being alive
Not knowing when it's your time
You know where to find
Love and a state of mind
From this crime you will learn
You took the wrong turn
8. Overcast in Essence
instrumental
9. Without a Clue
Down inside
There is one
Who can find
Comprehension
If you try
To lighten up
You just might
Release some tension
Pretending and defending
That the other man was born
With fame and fortune
So you won't have to
Work your ass off
To get where you dream of
That's you without a clue
That's you without a clue
That's you without a clue
That's you without a clue
Look at your life
And wonder why?
You're not in the groove
Or hip for the ride
Positively
Thinking
Everyone has chances
To do what they like
Defying
The lying
You and only you
Decide your own fate
Now you have a clue
Now you have a clue
Now you have a clue
Now you have a clue
Only needing
Self-confidence
Push yourself
The result is intense
10. Brotherhood Has Vanished
Staring at a wall
It is a canvas for my thoughts
Paint a mural with my mind
It is the neutrals that I fought
The neutrals being black and white
The war being won and lost
The problem is critical
Maybe the picture should be tossed
No, the artwork should be seen
Displayed in a museum
For millions to pass it by
Look at it and wonder why
Brotherhood has vanished
This is the way I feel
Maybe it was never there
Future actions will reveal
I'll add some red to the masterpiece
Because it wouldn't be complete
When you force neutrals on each other
The canvas always bleeds
It doesn't have to be that way
Not that way at all
Working hand in hand
Is the way the illness falls
When the sickness fades
We will all be saved
All lifeforms work as one
The world will properly function
Brotherhood has vanished
This is the way I feel
Maybe it was never there
Future actions will reveal
11. Performing a Self-Discovery
Inside - Freaking out
Mankind - What's it about
Unite - Live for your brother
In spite of all others
Creating better images
Not hating in massive doses
You're fading into obscurity
With all of your explosives
Take all of the gossip
Make it kill itself off
Try to believe
Things can be changed
Wounds will heal
And rearrange
Timing is all it takes
Finding all your mistakes
Admitting to yourself
Not kidding your mental health
Do not hold it back
Why turn your head and laugh?
You are the one to blame
For your life being insane
Take all of the gossip
Make it kill itself off
Try to believe
Things can be changed
The wounds will heal
And rearrange
You're performing
Self-discovery
There's finally
Self-discovery
12. Crystal Clear
I have seen everything
Or at least I thought
The mistake and the fake
I should've caught
Total dis on their part
But I'm the fool
For trusting them and their friends
Majority rules
Simply enough - Survive!
Not trusting yourself - A crime
The thick and the tough will slide
Through the sands of time
When it's real
It makes me feel
There's nothing to lose
If I take it smooth
All alone in their homes
When they're older
Looking back at their past
It could be colder
Rush through life stupid-like
Without a meaning
Kicking back as they laughed
It's so redeeming
Simply enough - Survive!
Not trusting yourself - A crime
The thick and the tough will slide
Through the sands of time
Take care of your mind
Don't fall behind
If you're in a mess
None the less
Crystal clear
I see right through it
Crystal clear
You'll see right through it
Crystal clear...