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 Мне кажется, в специализированных музыкальных магазинах уже давным-давно пора завести особую колонку дисков, которая будет называться "Итальянский симфо-пауэр". Сверху этой колонки должна располагаться коллекция альбомов королей жанра, великих и ужасных Rhapsody, ну а рядом можно разместить немногочисленную королевскую свиту, в лице Labyrinth, Skylark, да и еще, может быть, White Skull. Все остальные группы непременно надо продавать по втрое сниженной цене, чтобы после покупки не мучило ощущение выброшенных на ветер денег. А то вот представьте себе следующую ситуацию. Пришли Вы в магазин и увидели на полке свежий альбом группы Heimdall, имеющий исключительно оригинальное название "Hard As Iron". Будучи под впечатлением от довольно большого студийного опыта музыкантов (ведь это уже их четвертая работа) и поддавшись настойчивым рекомендациям продавца, Вы отдаете за этот диск свои кровные денежки. По пути домой Вы мысленно подготавливаете себя к прослушиванию эпических сказок про драконов и эльфов, обрамленных виртуозными гитарными соло и помпезными клавишными оркестровками. И вот - диск отправляется в недра проигрывателя и мы слышим ЭТО...Вместо кристально чистой записи сквозь динамики с яростью продирается довольно глухой и небрежно смикшированный звук. Вместо мужественного фальцета а-ля Фабио Леоне трепет нервы абсолютно не поставленный и лишь иногда вытягивающий положенные ноты голос некоего Джиакомо Меркальдо. Вместо красивой фэнтезийной лирики здесь абсолютно НИКАКИЕ, мутные и бессмысленные пародии на стихи (если кучу строчек без рифмы можно вообще назвать стихами). Еще в наличии абсолютно беззубые и не интригующие песни, отчаянно пытающиеся изобразить хоть что похожее на творчество Луки Турилли и Ко. После прослушивания этого диска у меня остался только один вопрос - как Heimdall умудрились с таким материалом выпустить уже четвертую пластинку? Наверное, у них там, в Италии, богатые спонсоры. В общем, итог - "Hard As Iron" это стопроцентный rip off. Рекомендуется музыкальным мазохистам. (Диск предоставлен компанией "CD Maximum") |
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Burning with anger - I'll take you into the depths
Deserts will be frozen - flames will arise to the heights of skies
I live in darkness
I knew death and despair
I am the emperor -
The master of your lives
Hard as Iron
Hard as Iron
Midnight
Down - Into the pit - I'll bring you, I'll bring you down
Down - Give me your soul - I'll bring you, I'll bring you down
Can you hear these voices? It's Hell that calls your name
Can you see these spirits? To Hell they're taking your soul
Can you hear this silence? Might you be dead now?
Can you feel my anger? It's midnight - Farewell
Look in my eyes
You can see just hate
No mercy, Pain left his old master
The blade in my hand
I want now your blood
I'm taking your soul - Your power is my life
The skies turn red
Madness is my only god
Rain will wash your sins and your blood away
Don't you hear the crows?
They are here for you
Look out - the worm is behind you
Wake up - it's midnight - and hear: it's the calling of death
She is crawling
She is coming
Wake up - it's midnight - don't turn and look to your end
She is crawling
She is coming
Down - Into the pit - I'll bring you, I'll bring you down
Down - Give me your soul - I'll bring you, I'll bring you down
Can you hear these voices?
Can you see these spirits?
You can pray now
It's midnight - Farewell
Can you hear this silence? Give me your soul
Can you feel my anger? Watching you fall
You can pray now
It's midnight - Farewell
Moon-Red Light
In this glorious night, my flame is burning again under the stormy sky
In the shades created by the cold moonlight, I have come back for you
I am the sign of the gods
The son of the dark
Moon - Red light - I am the legend that lives on
Moon - Red light - Testimony of my return
Here I am again, from the abyss I was reborn
My spirit roamed, he has known and gone through the living and the dead world
I am the immortal Lord
The almighty soul
Moon - Red light - I am the legend that lives on
Moon - Red light - Testimony of my return
Moon - Red light - I see your face shining on
Moon - Red light - I hear the night master's call
Black Tower
The sun is turning black now
And the shades are falling down
In this lonely hall I stand -
O dark queen of my dreams
Where are your bright wild eyes?
Waiting for the time, for the time to come
I feel you in my solitude tonight
And in the dusk I am
I close my eyes and see you again
In this black tower
Watching you crawl...
I hear an echo, a whisper
After that...the silence
In these melancholic walls -
I hear the darkness breathe
I'm still in this dim hall
Like in a dream, in a dream I live
Watching you crawl...
Watching you fall...
Watching you lie...
Watching you die
Cold
Where are you, my angel?
It's cold in this dead world
Where are your dark long hair?
Where have you fallen?
...you fallen?
Among dark paths and tombs I roam
Why haven't you returned?
Again - my soul longs for her home
But tonight it's still cold
Where are you, my angel?
I've lost my way
For you I raise this song
I watched you flying
...I'm bleeding
Among dark paths and tombs I roam
Why haven't you returned?
Again - my soul longs for her home
But tonight it's so cold
The Emperor
Can you hear my voice?
What happens in your mind?
You cannot take it away
You are my slave
Alone without gods
Let me see what lies inside
I'm here - I'm coming back to you to possess your soul
I'm here - I'm coming back to you to dry your life from inside
I'm taking you beyond the dark line
To the reign of madness
I'm the emperor of your mind
I can see your secrets
your anguish and dreams
Now they belong to my soul
Distorted visions,
Darkness, Confusion,
Flashbacks and fears in your head
I'm taking you beyond the dark line
To the reign of madness
I'm the emperor of your mind
The master of the ancient secrets
Creator of nightmares
I'm the emperor of your mind
Feel the wind tonight
Here it comes and comes - the pain
Listen to the world
Waiting for your fatal time...
By the ways of madness
Through the fallen kingdoms
I'm coming to you
Dark Home
Show me what lies beyond the stars
Where the moon is black and the night has no end
Show me the path no mortal has seen
Give me the key - Take me home
I feel you
I still hear
your dreams and your screams
I whisper your name in the wind
Can you hear me?
Can you see me?
I'm coming to you
I'm ready - reveal me the Word of the King
I'm roaming through the shadows
I'm a prisoner between the light and dark
Like a damned phantom
Please take me away
Take me to the land without end
Through the black and infinite deserts
Take me through the shadows of the abyss
Through the door - the holy tomb - to the dark home
Endless valleys
Seas of fire
Dim blood red skies
The air is still tonight
Shadowy rivers
Dismal forests
I feel the door is near
So tell me what lies beyond
Show me what lies beyond the stars
Where the moon is black and the night has no end
Show me the path no mortal has seen
Give me the key - Take me home
Black Heaven
Look around - tonight - there is a strange atmosphere
No sound - no light - also the moon is black
Like her - like stars - I would like to disappear
To melt in the shades - to escape my memories
The crowd is gone
And the curtains are falling down
The start is like the end
Welcome to my beautiful land - my black heaven
Like in a gothic paint, the dim sea is still - no move
Cold winds don't touch and brush my skin anymore
Now words are dead - my song is fading away
I'll close my eyes - I don't want to be myself anymore
My black heaven
Holy Night
On these roads I'm a stranger
I don't belong to this world
The night's dark is calling my name
I disappear in the shadows
I want to feel your touch again
Where is my home - my real world?
I'm alone - there is no god where I dwell
By the sea - in this dark long winter night
Through the rain - I'm looking for your witching eyes
I'll reach your spirit forever
I'll fly far away from here
Holy night - give me the eternal deliverance
Holy night - show me the valley of the shades
Holy night - now the doors have been opened
Holy night - so take my soul
Headless men - fallen empires - ghastly flames
Distorted lands and dismal visions in my dreams
Ghouls in the dusk - bedight in veils and drowned in tears
Take my drama to the end
I'm flying away from here
Hollow Planet
(Japan Bonus Track)
Now forms are not clear
The last candle is fading away
My fate is to roam through dismal and solitary ways
I'm alone
The world is so far and so cold
In the arms of the night, in silence I'm watching the world
Is it lie or dream?
And...am I a man or a shade?
I'm alone
The world is so far and so cold
Hollow planet - I'm searching for you every night
Hollow planet - I stay and I wait in the dark
Like a sailor caught in a storm
I can't see the way I've to follow
Please free me
Please save my soul