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Ого!
Норвежский драккар Jorn от набега к набегу на наши уши (т.е. от альбома к альбому) становится все мощнее, здоровее и круче.
Где-то к "The Duke" Йорн стал потихоньку расставаться с амплуа вокального двойника Ковердейла, и в его голосе стали появляться совсем иные (более мрачные) нотки.
Еще парой лет ранее Йорн пришел к совершенно верному решению: он хочет построить свою сольную карьеру, благо талант у него есть.
Ланде, похоже, даже мыслит категориями эпохи винила: он выпускает альбомы чаще, чем кто-либо из представителей его жанра, а каждый его альбом легко уместился бы на виниловом пласте. Что-то в этом есть.
В прошлый раз Йорн слегка переборщил с проговыми акцентами. Иногда песни казались непомерно раздутыми и утомляли. В этот раз все продумано до мелочей. Материал напоминает Black Sabbath, причем больше эпохи Мартина, нежели Дио, хотя и не без этого. Звук стал тяжелее, мрачнее и мощнее. Вступительные ударные в титульной "Spirit Black" сродни шаманству индейцев: оглушают и гипнотизируют. "Road to the Cross" - потерялась то ли во времена "Mob Rules", то ли "Headless Cross", но внушает.
Рифф в "World Gone Mad" считаю лучшим в хард-роке за этот год (как и песню), а "Rock and Roll Angel" (не только совпадением названия) напомнит о "Heaven and Hell", причем, как об альбоме, так и о группе.
Главный минус - маловато собственного материала. Хотя кавер на "I Walk Alone" сдувает вполоборота даже тень мысли о Тарье, такая у норвежца харизма и мощь в голосе. И "Sun Goes Down" - идеальный финал альбома, но 8 своих песен +2 чужих - это немного "не то". Я по-прежнему жду полноформатника с 10-12 своими песнями, тогда и каверами можно потрафить публику.
С такими альбомами Йорн имеет все шансы стать новой рок-звездой, причем в массовых масштабах. Не сглазить бы. |
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You burn your soul with evil fire
And when it all falls down
You wave no flag of weak surrender
Hiding deep in your coldest sorrow
You keep playing the pretender... yeah
When the past has turned
Into a roaring silence
You're lonely as the sun
You are dreaming far to a distant morning
No more on the run... no more
Sending deceiving winds
You're a killer for desire
A traitor to the things you love
Your victory won't take you higher... higher
Crushing diamonds to sand
Winding scars inside the warrior
Bleeding doorways of time
Healing wounds of killing war... yeah
Riding a demon wind
I am evil I am fire
Burning the turning wheel
I can tempt you with desire... desire
Yeah... ooh... ah... all right
You're a devil playing God
It's the nature of your heart
Oh...
2. Below
[Jorn Lande / Jimmy Iversen]
We are sailing stormy water
Sinking souls in the blackest sea
Crawling hellhounds evil has been found
Feeding death to the war machine
Are you lonely you're not the only one
Feeling coldness in the burning rain
In your heart you're haunted by the life you wanted
You bleed your sorrow somewhere
Down tomorrow's road
Nobody knows what we are living for
Godless fire raging higher
There's something going on below
Under the surface so much deeper
Than this dark hole
We must find the secret eye
Break the chains and learn to fly
Fallen ages, kings and dreamers
Quest for power since the day the world was born
We keep on trying but we can't stop lying
Finding reason when the truth is hard to feel
You better watch out for the wicked man
He's gonna steal your crown before he takes you down
There's something going on below
Under the surface so much deeper than this dark hole
We must find the secret eye
Break the chains and learn to fly
Going under my ship of wonder
Drowning slowly as the pain is leaking in
From the sunlight to the frost night
Hope is fading on a silent wind
Something's going on below
Under the surface so much deeper
Than this dark hole
If we can find the secret eye
We lose our chains and learn to fly
And we must find the reason why
3. Road Of The Cross
[Jorn Lande / Willy Bendiksen]
No trace of the holy
No light on the new horizon
Dead rainbows of time
Forgotten warriors and stories
No sight for the blind
We have crucified religion
Seeking secrets and signs
My inner voices scream for vision... ooh
Burning road of the cross your eyes are blinding
Spirit black you attack and chain my soul
In the devil machine the world is grinding
Hear the tick of the clock turning the wheel
Inside your mind you are the only one
Chasing dreams beyond pain
Pale face of the lost and lonely
You blame the moon and the rain... ah yeah
It's the road of the cross and we are turning
Coming back from the black to praise the sun
Sending waves with my rock the music's burning
Let it kick like a shock to make you feel
The unborn days of the future
Winding land in the dark
Tearing pages from the book of evil
You must keep your sacred spark... in your heart
See the sign of the cross it took us under
Looking back spirit black burning the wheel
I'm a man of the rock I give you thunder
Like a shock to the heart I make you feel
On the road of the cross... I'm going under
Spirit black coming back... you're not the only one
It's a devil machine... it's gonna burn
Hear the tick of the clock turning the wheel
4. The Last Revolution
[Jorn Lande / Willy Bendiksen / Sid Ringsby / Jon Berg / Jimmy Iversen]
I am soldier
With my demons I freeze out the pain
I am hunter
With my wolfpack I hunt till the dawn of sunrise
Fire... yeah
From cradle to grave
Burning in the shade of wonder
I'll be wondering why till the final sigh
Are we the last revolution
Lost children of the flame
Black hearts of desire
Breathing shadows in the rain
I am darkness
Like a fortress I lock out the sun
I am monster
I've seen evil so blind through the eyes of time
Liar
Faker of truth down the trail of fools
Going under
So many wizards and queens
With forgotten dreams
Waiting for the revolution
Hear it whisper in the wind
Black heart from the fire
Ghost of hell cries deep within
Slowly dying
But my story will be hammered in stone
One more future
Another legacy to carry my soul
Is this the end of evolution
Lost children of the game
Black hearts of desire
Death is crying our your name
Waiting for the revolution
There's a whisper in the wind
Black crow in the fire
The age of shadows must begin
5. City Inbetween
[Vagabond Re-recording]
[Jorn Lande / Ronni Le Tekro / P. Gelsomine]
The angel appeared to me last night
I heard the silence between his words
In the shadow the bells were ringing loud
I've been waiting for the call
When I saw the raven flying in from the light
It was the middle of the dream
Voices creeping slowly out of my past telling lies
My future came to my
Who will lead us
Who will guide us the the place
Where the road gets rough
On the edge of a dream
Will we find it
Will we know what we see
On the edge of a dream
In the city in between
Lightning fire and thunder was lost in the night
Beneath my feet the sky was turning red
Surrounded by the flames walking on the wind
Where they came from I don't know
Beyond your future see the pages as they turn
Hear the wisdom they will learn
Do you know truth is more than words
Who will lead us
Who will guide us to the place
Where the road gets rough
On the edge of a dream
Will we find it
Will we know what we see
On the edge of a dream
I've been waiting for the call
Who will lead us
Who will guide us to the place
Where the road gets rough
On the edge of a dream
Will we find it
Will we know what we see
On the edge of a dream
In the city in between
6. Rock And Roll Angel
[Jorn Lande / Willy Bendiksen / Sid Ringsby / Jon Berg]
Can you feel me
In the darkest hallways of your mind
Are you lost and lonely walking blind
Hear me calling are you falling from your dreaming sky
I see sorrow screaming in your eyes
So many lies... yeah
Cold in the darkness frozen within
Hiding your pain in the shadows
Blocking your vision caging your soul
Closing the door to what could have been
I know your secret window
Break the glass and let your strong winds blow
Yesterday's rain pouring again
Flooding the home of your memories
Closing the circle the ending is near
They have melted the sword of your victories
You're caught somewhere in between the sun and the shadow night
Invisible rainbow hiding in black and white
There's a voice in the wind that blows from the other side
You can tear down the wall of darkness to shine your light
And be my rock and roll angel
My angel
Holes in your blindness light coming in
Piercing your heart like an arrow
Bleeding from war reality's sore
But you got to believe in something better
There's a voice in the wind that blows to the other side
You can burn down your wall of silence to shine your light
And be my rock and roll...
You're caught somewhere in between the sun and the shadow night
Invisible rainbow hiding in black and white
Hear the voice in the wind that blows from the other side
And you can burn down your wall of darkness to shine your light
And be a rock and roll angel
7. Burn Your Flame
[Jorn Lande / Jørun Bøgeberg]
I was born to give you sound
I came to play and rock this town
Welcome to my shadow land
The moon is full and in my hand
Burn my flame
Burn my flame
Gonna burn my flaming fire
Burning like a firewind
And woman you're my sweetest thing
Night is young and we can fly
Life is short and then we die
Burn your flame
Burn your flame
Burn your flaming fire
Come on and burn
When layers of the darkest pain
Is weighing down your heart again
Hope will rise and make you strong
So come with me and sing my song
Burn your flame
Burn your flame
Burn your flaming fire
Oh...
Burn your flame
Burn your flame
Burn your flaming fire
Burn your flame
Burn your flame
Burn your flaming fire
Yeah...
Gonna burn it higher
Gonna burn... burn... flame of fire
Take it higher... higher... higher... higher... flaming fire
8. World Gone Mad
[A. Wollbeck / M. Lindblom / H. Sommerdal]
Mm mm locked up in a world of madness crying crying
Drifting to my paradise below
Darker than a crow of moonlight I'm flying flying
Blinded by the dreams that made me grow whoa oh
Halfway to the final station dying
Frozen is my will to play the game
All my life I've had rock and roll it took my soul
The melody was there to ease my pain yeah eah
And the road has been long and lonely
I've been stabbed by a thousand spears
My heart was never forgiven for the things I had to steal
In my mind I can feel the demon
I still long for what I've never had
How can this be the age of reason
When the world's gone mad and it's all so sad yeah eah
Lookin' back at my younger years all those unknown fears
In my life I have walked against the wind
See the cynical and lying people they taint your love with evil
But I won't give up I won't give in no oh
The road is long and lonely
Been pierced by a thousand spears
Our souls will never be forgiven all the lives we had to steal
Inside us we must face the demon
Why do we have to fight and die
Like soldiers out of season we'll never make it back alive
Whoa oh on the road of blood and sorrow
We are praying for tomorrow
You say your heart has never been broken
But what about your silent tears
Among us there's a raging demon always there to give us hell
This must be the age of treason where are we going
Who can tell who can tell somebody tell me
Who can tell who can tell oh yeah oh yeah
9. I Walk Alone
[Tarja Turunen cover]
[A. Wollbeck / M. Lindblom / H. Sommerdal]
Put all your angels on the edge
Keep all the roses, I'm not dead
I left a thorn under your bed
I'm never gone
Go tell the world I'm still around
I didn't fly, I'm coming down
You are the wind, the only sound
Whisper to my heart
When hope is torn apart
And no one can save you
I walk alone
Every step I take I walk alone
My winter storm holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
Go back to sleep forever more
Far from your fools and lock the door
They're all around and they'll make sure
You don't have to see
What I turned out to be
No one can help you
I walk alone
Every step I take I walk alone
My winter storm holding me awake
It's never gone
When I walk alone
Waiting up in heaven
I was never far from you
Spinning down I felt your every move
I walk alone
I walk alone
Every step I take I walk alone
My winter storm holding me awake
It's never warm
When I walk alone
10. The Sun Is Goes Down
[Bonus track]
[Thin Lizzy Cover]
[Phil Lynott / Darren Wharton]
There is a demon among us whose soul belongs in hell
Sent here to redeem us, she knows it all to well
He comes and goes, he comes and goes, she knows it all too well
But when all is said and done
The sun goes down
She tries her best to leave him, but she is still captured by his spell
She knows now she must deceive him, he knows it all to well
She comes and goes, she comes and goes, he knows it all too well
But when all is said and done
The sun goes down... yeah
She comes and goes, she comes and goes, he knows it all too well
And when all is said and done
The sun goes down
There is a demon within us
(the sun goes down)
She tries so hard to deceive... oh
(the sun goes down)