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Heathen
« Breaking the Silence »
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1 | Death by Hanging 5:04
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| 2 | Goblins Blade 4:33
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| 3 | Open the Grave 7:21
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| 4 | Pray for Death 3:42
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| 5 | Set Me Free 3:46
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| 6 | Breaking the Silence 5:50
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| 7 | Worlds End 7:05
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| 8 | Save the Skull 5:20 |
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Lee Altus: guitar
David Godfrey: vocals
Mike "Yaz" Jastremski: bass
Doug Piercy: guitar
Carl Sacco: drums |
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Produced by Ronnie Montrose.
Engineered by Roger Wiersma.
Drum tracks recorded at Studio D, Sausalito, CA, by Joel Jaffe and Dan Godfrey.
Other tracks recorded at Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA, by Dave Porter and Keith Hatschek. |
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| 1. Death By Hanging
Well, raise 'em high and string 'em up
We've gotcha, now you're good as dead
From the gallows to your grave
It's gonna take your life away
Crime they say, does not pay
And you're the living proof
But not for long, cause you'll be hung
By your neck
Thirteen knots ar |
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Heathen – один из коллективов трэш-движения одиозной Bay Area. «Breaking the Silence» – классический дебют трэш-команды и по совместительству немного подзабытая классика. Будучи группой своего времени и своего стиля, Heathen играют трэш со всеми вытекающими, но вместе с традициями из альбома вытекает и специфика команды, а именно: агрессия и прямолинейность корректируются вокальной техникой NWOBHM, гитарной мелодикой более ранней поры и небольшой долей прогрессивности в структуре композиций. Не берусь утверждать, что Дэвид Годфри (он же Уайт) неотличим от молодого Брюса Дикинсона и иже с ним, но сходство определенно есть. Спид-трэш Heathen без пяти минут добродушен: если риффы держат марку, будучи довольно-таки злыми, то зачарованное пение вокалиста вовсе не хочет грузить слушателя насущными проблемами и даже многочисленные заливистые соло-партии, нападающие на слушателя, словно рой пчел, не заражают его страхом повседневности, они чисты и невинны. Хэви- и трэш-эстетика живут в альбоме душа в душу, и уж не поймешь, кому охота потихоньку прогрессировать и кого тянет постоянно салютовать гитарами в небо как в последний раз? От “Death by Hanging” и до самого конца группа держит громокипящий кубок трэш-метала и звучит ретро- даже для своего времени. И это даже походит на топтание на месте, честно говоря… Не то – нестареющие соло, которые заставляют переслушивать эти песни снова и снова. Главным хитом с альбома традиционно считается кавер-версия песни глэм-банды Sweet “Set Me Free”, перепетая не раз до и после Heathen. Полная раскрепощенность оригинала и особое отношение к жизни его творцов сыграли на руку и нашим героям. В своих же собственных опытах они не всегда могут отделаться от рутины, поэтому тексты слабы и неповоротливы: открывающий трэк – яркий тому пример.
«Breaking the Silence» – поздний ребенок трэш-метала, представляющий жанр еще таким свежим и непринужденным… и отчасти беззубым… но сделано все с нескрываемым профессионализмом (Диск предоставлен компанией Mazzar Records). |
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Первенец из дома Язычников, спродюсированный известным гитаристом Ронни Монтроузом. И первенец вышел собой, надо сказать! Музыкально "Breaking The Silence" просто прелесть: мощные и плотные гитары, соло такие, что просто заслушаешься, мощная голосина вокалиста. И всё это положено на солидно работающую ритм-секцию. Иногда, правда, композиции звучат слишком прямолинейно, но на то альбом и первенец. Но мелодии хороши. Музыкальные вылеты на территорию хэви я лично одобрить не могу, поскольку они отразились и на просто невероятно детской лирике: о виселицах, о гоблинах, мертвецах... В общем, смело читайте названия песен, они достаточно ясны, и за ними не скрывается никаких метафор, сравнений и прочей чепухи. Всё честно: если "Save The Skull", то вам расскажут зачем и как правильно сохранять черепа своих врагов. Вот в "Pray For Death" уже рассказывается история, типичная для калифорнийских трэшеров, какими они станут на следующем альбоме: о политиканах, о потенциале уничтожения, накопленном «цивилизацией», и о церкви. Слушая прекрасное соло в "Open The Grave", нельзя отделаться от мысли, что парни хорошо проштуровали Металликовскую "Orion". Отметить хочется и интересное вступление в "Worlds End" и забавный хэви-металлический кавер на "Sweet – Set Me Free", спетый отчасти с голосовыми эффектами. Благодаря этой песне Язычники получили радио-ротацию, хотя песня совершенно не представляет ни звука, ни направленности всей работы. Альбом хорош, но до высот "Victims Of Deception" (1992) ещё не дотягивает. Замечательный, хотя и прямоватый трэш калифорнийской школы с отчасти тупыми текстами, что портит впечатление. |
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Will really give you quite a stretch
From the gallows to your grave
It's gonna take your breath away
Death by hanging
Death from the gallows
Death by hanging around
Death by hanging
Death from the gallows
Death by hanging around
Raise the slime and string 'em up
We've gotcha, now you're good as gone
From the gallows to your grave
It's gonna take it all away
The crowd they cheer as you climb the stairs
Finally you're a star
But not for long, cause you'll be hung
By your neck
Death by hanging
Death from the gallows
Death by hanging around
Death by hanging
Death from the gallows
Death by hanging around
Crime they say, does not pay
And you're the living proof
But not for long, cause you'll be hung
By your neck
Death by hanging
Death from the gallows
Death by hanging around
Death by hanging
Death from the gallows
Death by hanging around
2. Goblin's Blade
Walking the path of no return
Lurks the evil that lives within
Shattered dreams of many men
Who tried to cross the bridge of sin
I'm the one who lives to tell the tale
Of the mythical demon that once impaled
The murders of many brought fear to the land
This mythical menace, I will slay in the end
The Goblin would sit beneath the rocks
Waiting in the shadows as the bridge was blocked
As the men would try to break the barricade
They would witness the Goblins Blade
It was not a pretty sight to watch them die
But I was young and I feared for my life
Their throats were cut at the flick of his wrist
And as they fell he said with a hiss
"I'm the keeper of the bridge of souls
And underneath is where the blood river flows
So never try to cross my path, for if you do
I'll split you in half"
The Goblin sits beneath the rocks
Waiting in the shadows as the bridge was blocked
As the men would try to break the barricade
They would witness the Goblins Blade
Walking the path of no return
Lurks the evil that lives within
Shattered dreams of many men
Who tried to cross the bridge of sin
I'm the one who lives to tell the tale
Of the mystical demon that once impaled
The murders of many brought fear to the land
This mystical menace, I shall slay in the end
The power is great within his sword
And the only way to defeat him
Is to steal his source, leaving him weak
I shall show no remorse
I shall take his last breath, with his own sword
3. Open The Grave
Feel the heat from the sweat of the cold
Bodies withered decayed and old
They lay beneath the cold, black earth
The final resting place, destined form birth
Buried alive in a prison below
Left to die in a six foot hole
As he feels his time has run out
He hears someone above, he begins to shout
Please open the grave and let me out
I'm still alive, can you hear me shout
Open the grave and then you will see
For it's not a spirit that you hear, it's me
Set me free, set me free
He begins to hear the sound of a pick
Someone is digging, but time is ticking
Now he begins to drip with sweat
Cause he knows his prayers haven't been answered yet
Buried deep in a prison below
Left to die in a six foot hole
Seeing his life pass before his eyes
Hoping that someone will hear his cries
Open the grave and let me out
I'm still alive, can you hear me shout
Please, open the grave and then you will see
I'm not a spirit, and I can breathe
Cause I'm free, yes I'm free
The churches of the world are crumbling
Feel the fall of tower of cultures
As your flesh is ripped by social vultures
So here I stand after the war
My body is broken and my mind is torn
Colliding with time, past and future
So tell me if I'm in the dead past or ruined future
The churches of the world are crumbling
Feel the fall of tower of cultures
As your flesh is ripped by social vultures
So here I stand after the war
My body is broken and my mind is torn
4. Pray For Death
Conquering the ages with their endless plan
Threatening the future of the new world man
Ultra technology in our wake
Who will make the last mistake
Billions are spent for our defence
To protect our freedom at our expense
For us to exist we must live as one
Divide the wealth to feed everyone
The future is blind in the political eye
Bringing us down with their nuclear guides
It'll be too late when they finally see the light
Filling our heads with economical lies
Refusing to hear the people cry
Leaving no choice but to pray for death
The government builds machines that kill
And they use out money against our will
When will they build a means of peace
And maybe the future can live with ease
And what about the churches and all their wealth
There's an unseen fortune under their belts
Are golden temples a symbol of God's way
This horde of wealth is a sickening display
Organized religion is deaf, dumb and blind
They think they see through God's eyes
It'll be too late when they finally see the light
If the pope would sell his robes of silk
He could provide the hungry milk
Leaving no reason to pray for death
They feed us the future through subliminal blinds
But we know the stories and we know the rhymes
So look in the mirror and see the lines
For it's just a picture seen through their eyes, eyes, eyes
5. Set Me Free
Rack, ball and chain
Feel just the same
Hands on the wall
Maybe you?re just playing games
Set me free
Hung by a hound,
Ganging around
Is this for real
I don't know when
I'll be found
Set me free
Set me free
Set me free from you
Taken by force
By you of course
Far from my bed
Maybe I'll feel better dead
Set me free
Set me free
Set me free from you
Fire in my brain
Burn me insane
Making your mark
Don't leave me here in the dark
Set me free
Call me a saint
That's what I ain't
Inside my head
I know I'd rather dead
Set me free
Set me free
Set me free from you
6. Breaking The Silence
Screaming for sanction with every breath
Break through the silence as you enter your quest
Misguided fortune, lost in your fear
When will you see what is so clear
Will we stand still and watch the blood spill
Until the blood is our own
The ones who deceive, lie that they are true
But where are they when you fall
We?re breaking the silence
So hear what I say
Just listen in silence, it?s the only way
Clinging transparent, your energy they?ll drain
They?ll help you down and pick your vein, yes they will
Unstable future, your face in the mirror
When will you face all that you fear
Will we stand still and watch the blood spill
Until the blood is our own
The ones who deceive, lie that they are true
But where are they when you fall
If you break the silence
There's a price to pay
You must take an alliance
It's the only way
Screaming for sanction with every breath
Break through the silence as you enter your quest
Misguided fortune, lost in your fear
When will you see what is so clear
Will we stand still and watch the blood spill
Until the blood is our own
The ones who deceive, lie that they are true
But where are they when you fall
If you break the silence
There's a price to pay
You must take an alliance
It's the only way
If you break the silence
There's a price to pay
You must take an alliance
It's the only way
Break the silence
Break the silence
7. Worlds End
Beyond in time the Astron glows
Tune into your inner past
The intervals of light
Between two successive nights
The mind predicts the maze
Cold and dense, but fast as light
Mercury, the messenger stands in flight
Sent by the gods to bring us the news
A methane blast, hard and fast
Speed through time, skating on glass
Time is well forgot
We are the ones of a race soon old
We are the ones who will witness the blow
Whose eyes will burn on whatever they behold
Whose flesh will bleed by the thorns of a rose
Whose lips shall whisper these words to be told
And you will scatter in the Earth's end
Step by step, we must fight
The war of our world is about to begin
Kill one another over the power of words
Cool and dense, but fast as light
Mercury, the messenger stands in flight
Sent by the gods to bring us the news
We are the race that was left for not
We are the ones that time forgot
In the Universe there is always constant change
Blinded by greed you fought over gold
Ready to take whatever you can hold
And you will pay in the Earth's end
A methane blast, hard and fast
Speed through time, skating on glass
Time is well forgot
Step by step, we must fight
The war of our world is about to begin
Kill one another over the power of words
We are the ones of a race soon old
We are the ones who will witness the blow
Whose eyes will burn on whatever they behold
Whose flesh will bleed by the thorns of a rose
Whose lips shall whisper these words to be told
And you will scatter in the Earth's end
8. Save The Skull
Timeless shadow stalking the night
Search for a victim before the new light
Demented by shame, lost in his pain
When will his hunger stop
Carving the flesh from her succulent chest
Through the fog into the mist
His relentless murders are never fast
He always saves the skull for last
Save the skull for last
Cause the life it's lived has passed
Save the skull for last
Hot young flesh, freshly killed
It makes him feel better when
He sees the blood spill
He must be stopped - dead or alive
Or many people won't survive
He preys on whores, he lures them in
This is where the nightmare ends and begins
Torturing them slow, never fast
He always saves the skull for last
Save the skull for last
Cause the life it's live has passed
Save the skull for last
Save the skull for last
Cause the life it's live has passed
Save the skull for last
Polish your sword for vengeance is sweet
And keep this evil off the street
He must be stopped - dead or alive
Or many people won't survive
I'll cut him up into little cubes
And put him an a pot
And make a bloody stew
I'll throw it in the alley
And feed him to the rats
He'll never save a skull at last
Save the skull for last
Cause the life it's live has passed
Save the skull for last
Save the skull for last
Cause the life it's live has passed
Save the skull for last