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| 1 | An Eye for an Eye 04:25
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| | 2 | Shellfire Defense 04:22
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| | 3 | The Saw Is the Law 04:12
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| | 4 | Turn Your Head Around (Tank cover) 03:23
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| | 5 | Capture the Flag 06:08
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| | 6 | Bloodtrails 04:45
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| | 7 | Never Healing Wound 02:26
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| | 8 | Better Off Dead 03:44
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| | 9 | Resurrection 04:50
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| | 10 | Stalinorgel 04:42
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| | Total playing time: 42:57 |
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Michael Hoffman - Guitar
Christian Dudeck (aka Witchhunter) - Drums
Thomas Such (aka Tom Angelripper) - Bass, vocals |
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| 1. An Eye For An Eye
Oh great God, If you really exist
For many years, I am asking you why
Why are the innocent dead and the guilty alive?
Where is justice? Where is punishment
Something big is brewing
You can see it in my eyes
They burn with a beastly hatred
That will be realised
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4-й лонгплей легендарных немцев. Тяжелый, но очень легко воспринимающийся и, как следствие, хорошо запоминающийся альбом. Не отпускает с первой по последнюю песни - 10 мини-шедевров создали дядюшка Том и компания. Шрэддерская "Shellfire Defense", моторхэдовская "Stalinorgel", плюс каверы на Thin Lizzy и Tank, мелодичная "Resurrection"(посвящена ушедшему отцу Тома). В хронографии группы эта пластинка расположилась между, как многие считают, эталонным "Agent Orange" и сверхубойным "Tapping The Vein". Отсюда и такой контраст, потому что здесь Sodom дал волю своим хард-роковым фантазиям. Нет, музыка такая же тяжелая. но мощь трэша крепко сплетена с мелодичными хардовыми структурами, придавшими уникальность и привлекательность. Увы, большинство фанов не приняли и не поняли этот альбом именно из-за "легкого" звучания... А жаль... |
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Не совсем понятно, за что данный релиз может критиковаться.
Безусловно, после конструктивного "Agent Orange" трудновато выпустить нечто аналогично мощное, а потому, "Better off Dead" объективно слабее. Но поверьте, это отличный трэш-метал немецкого образца.
Добавив в звучание немного полифонии и хард-роковых акцентов, немцы слегка смягчили свою атаку. Однако, hair-metal'ом тут и не пахнет. Энджелриппер по-прежнему атакует слушателя страшным пением, могучими риффами и тяжелой артиллерией ритм-секции.
Вступительный "An Eye for an Eye", начинающийся монологом Френка Касла (ака Дольф Лундгрен) из к\ф The Punisher не оставляет сомнений, что Sodom пленных брать не намерены. Следом за этим боевиком следуют один за одним отличные боевые номера, которые (лишь самую малость) смягчены более мелодичными гитарными соло.
Главный недостаток альбома в том, что немцы пожелали разбавить отличный авторский материал не совсем необходимыми каверами.
"Turn Your Head Around (Tank cover)", как и "Cold Sweat (Thin Lizzy cover)", конечно, хороши, но место им в качестве B-side на синглах. Если бы наше трио потрудилось сочинить еще пару плотных номеров, то и оценка могла быть повыше. Но, в целом, повторюсь - это очень и очень хороший альбом от чуть ли не лучшей трэш-группы Германии. |
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Странно, что на этот альбом до сих пор нет рецензии.
Это творение немецких трэшеров мне нравится меньше всего
из того, что было выпущено группой с 1987 по 1992 год.
Обыкновенный трэш-альбом, где-то скоростной, где-то не очень
Мне больше всего понравились "Shellfire Defense", "Capture
The Flag", "Bloodtrails", "Better Off Dead", "Tarred And
Feathered". В остальные песни я не въезжаю, какие-то они
дебильные, особенно "Turn Your Head Around", "Cold Sweat",
"Resurrection" и "Stalinorgel". Короче, из альбома можно
слушать лишь половину вещей, остальная же половина просто
обыкновенный кал старого осминога. Слабовато для тех времён
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В принципе, соглашусь с Ампутатором. Альбомчик-то вроде нормальный, быстренький такой, но при этом абсолютно не видно никаких подвижек по сравнению с «Агентом» (хотя и «Агент» сам по себе не ахти какой получился). Такое чувство, будто ребятам нечего было делать, и они от скуки решили сварганить эту вещь, но при этом им явно не хватало свежих идей, а то и вообще никаких. Как, например, объяснить наличие в середине альбома аж двух каверов? По музыкальному направлению данный диск можно всё ещё отнести к трэшу, но уже становится заметно, что парням нечего придумать в рамках этого направления, и они потихоньку начинают вливать что-то от других стилей. Из песен могу выделить довольно агрессивные «Shellfire Defense» и «Bloodtrails», а также «Better Off Dead». Ну, по большому счёту об этом диске говорить нечего, может, и не надо было его делать? А вот через два года выйдет то, что заслужит уважения. |
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Come on god, answer me
Why are the guilty alive?
Don't want to be deceived
They think they are above the law
They're trying to break my spine
Where is justice, where is punishment
Where is the human line
An eye for an eye
Inveterate despite
An eye for an eye
A one man war on crime
As I began to talk to god
I've even lost my mind
I only want to know one thing
What I've done, was it wrong or right
Why are the innocent dead?
Come on god, answer me
Why are the guilty alive?
Don't want to be deceived
They think they are above the law
They're trying to break my spine
Where is justice, where is punishment
Where is the human line
An eye for an eye
Inveterate despite
An eye for an eye
A one man war on crime
An eye for an eye
Inveterate despite
An eye for an eye
A one man war on crime
A loving husband, devoted father
Till the day the mob opened the fire
Retaliation and vindictiveness
His only mission and ardent desire
Why are the innocent dead?
Come on god, answer me
Why are the guilty alive?
Don't want to be deceived
They think they are above the law
They're trying to break my spine
Where is justice, where is punishment
Where is the human line
An eye for an eye
An eye for an eye
2. Shellfire Defense
The cover of darkness no longer conceals
An approaching enemy
There are many ways to kick some ass
With updated technology
You will always get on your knees
In the war you're gonna fight
Prevent agreements between nations
No democracy but more genocide
Keep your eyes open your under control
There is something that's over the top
Penetration and power sends bullets of lead
Inside your body to do the job
Shellfire defense
Pray to god that he will take you in his hands
Shellfire defense
You wish to get the final shot
That makes your nightmare end
Eliminate the threat and minimise the risk
Supremacy against the attacks
New weapons in front of fighting troops
They get no chance for shooting back
Who gave you the criminal passions?
Inclinations to kill
Retribution demand victims
No matter what you feel
Keep your eyes open your under control
There is something that's over the top
Penetration and power sends bullets of lead
Inside your body to do the job
Shellfire defense
Pray to god that he will take you in his hands
Shellfire defense
You wish to get the final shot
That makes your nightmare end
Shellfire defense
Pray to god that he will take you in his hands
Shellfire defense
You wish to get the final shot
That makes your nightmare end
Long vanished is the age of blows with a club
Wholesale murder guarantee
Soldiers within the meaning of law
Decimate the dregs of society
Where's man's dignity and human nature?
Disarmament and combination
Fit in with the needs of present
Peace not revelation
Keep your eyes open your under control
There is something that's over the top
Penetration and power sends bullets of lead
Inside your body to do the job
Shellfire defense
Pray to god that he will take you in his hands
Shellfire defense
You wish to get the final shot
That makes your nightmare end
3. The Saw Is The Law
Slazing scents taint with blood
Signed his path of death
Trace him to the place of fright
Searching for his daily bread
When midnight comes around
Be warned because he is out of sight
What carnal secrets does he hide
His ruthless rage will come
Buried deep inside his mind
The rites of the saw began
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
Executed children
Laughing mothers by their side
Feel the pain of ripping flesh
Those who've died
Have paid the price
And drawn their final breath
What carnal secrets does he hide
His ruthless rage will come
Buried deep inside his mind
The rites of the saw began
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
What carnal secrets did he hide
His worries of the flesh have come
With tears in his eyes and a gun in his hand
So ends the story of the chainsawman
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
The saw is the law
The law is the saw
The saw is the law
The law is the saw
4. Turn Your Head Around
[Tank Cover]
I can really safely say
That you're still alive
One thing they can't take away
Is your will to survive
I know I won't believe it
I know I won't believe it
They say you can't be found
This man is better off dead
They want to turn your head around
Turn your head around
Turn your head around
Turn your head around
How can they leave you lying there
Hiding from the lights
They don't know and they couldn't care
They'll be dead by tonight
Someone's made a big mistake
I can't believe my ears
Just how long will this thing take
Give him days, months and years
5. Capture The Flag
They took the oath of allegiance
Responsible and proud
Sold their soul for native love
In war to stand their ground
Don't bury the hatchet
Get on with your fight
Snipe down the enemies
Put them out of action
Don't look back
The promised words we never forget
Capture the flag
Capture the flag
Departure to conquest the Hamburger Hill
At the risk of our life
Embitters resistance, deadly traps
Rapid fire - Got no chance to dive
Don't bury the hatchet
Get on with your fight
Snipe down the enemies
Put them out of action
Don't look back
The promised words we never forget
Capture the flag
Capture the flag
Hollow bangs and cries of pain
That filled the air with blood
Fleeing in the minefield reign
Encircled by the flank attacks
A game like Russian roulette
Who will survive?
The mine barrier in front of us
Overpowered in running fight
Armour-piercing bullets
Slaughtered one by one
Two find a way to hide
The tables are turned
By hopeless defeats
Got the power, got the might
Don't bury the hatchet
Get on with your fight
Snipe down the enemies
Put them out of action
Don't look back
The promised words we never forget
Capture the flag
Capture the flag
Now twenty years later
Sitting by the beer
Remembrance comes awake
Talk about friends
That never came back
Fallen by the war's disgrace
Don't bury the hatchet
Get on with your fight
Snipe down the enemies
Put them out of action
Don't look back
The promised words we never forget
Capture the flag
Capture the flag
Capture the flag
Capture the flag
6. Cold Sweat
[Thin Lizzy Cover]
[Dedicated To Phil Lynott (RIP)]
I put my money in the suitcase
And headed for the big race
I felt a chill on my backbone
As I hung up the telephone
Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
To lose means trouble, to win pays double
And I got me a heavy bet
Cold, cold sweat
They say chances on the outside
Are looking very slim
I've been so lucky on the inside
I feel I'm going to win
Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
Take a little money, there's nothing left to lose
And I got me a heavy bet
Cold, cold sweat
I've got me a whole month's wages
I haven't seen that much in ages
I might spend it in stages
And move out to Las Vegas
Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
To lose means trouble, to win means double
And I got me a heavy bet
Cold, cold sweat
I put my money in the suitcase
They say chances on the outside
I got a whole months wages
Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Stone cold crazy
Place another bet
7. Bloodtrails
Blood...
Blood...
Blood...
Far away from native lands
Operation "Desert Shield"
Prevent a war of conquest
Military blockades
Securing the peace
Fighting for aggressor's rest
Beware of this place
The anger is growing again
Your buds lying there
The symptoms are always the same
Concentration of armies
No diplomatic conversation
Belligerents and lack of self control
Interventions by embargoes
There is a crisis brewing
Wanna get the treasure of the soil
Beware of this place
The anger is growing again
Your buds lying there
The symptoms are always the same
Bloodtrails - Effervesced till world war III
Bloodtrails - Suicide to kill the enemy
Bloodtrails - No reasons and no common sense
Bloodtrails - Call you to your end
Bloodtrails...
Bloodtrails...
Bloodtrails...
We got orders and inner instruction
By bad educations
Corrupt might took possession of our souls
From land to land
To form new generations
Where shadows join hand
With their own living dead rules
Beware of this place
The anger is growing again
Your buds lying there
The symptoms are always the same
Bloodtrails - Effervesced till world war III
Bloodtrails - Suicide to kill the enemy
Bloodtrails - No reasons and no common sense
Bloodtrails - Call you to your end
8. Never Healing Wound
Secluded by generalities
No eyes saw them before
Exiled and damned from birth till death
Rejected by their parents
Locked up as beasts
No clergy brought their souls to bless
Never ending pain
In the hour of their death
Driven to their tomb
By never healing wounds
Nobody perceived the cries
No famine got appeased
In hospitals of infanticide
Killers camouflaged
As harmless pediatrist
Children found no place to hide
Never ending pain
In the hour of their death
Driven to their tomb
By never healing wounds
Never ending pain
In the hour of their death
Driven to their tomb
By never healing wounds
With excrements soiled bodies
Starved by malnutrition
Whooping cough and AIDS disease
Now the regime is overthrown
Memorials are raised
But hopes to survive will freeze
Never ending pain
In the hour of their death
Driven to their tomb
By never healing wounds
9. Better Off Dead
Born to die in a game
Where there is no return
Try to find a pleasant means of death
All your life you have learnt
Tortured by the world till you
Draw your final breath
Terror, hate
Murder, rape
Through your life trying hard
To find out what it means
Those who know all have lost their mind
Through their eyes we can see
That nothing's to obscene
Empty shells, nothing there
Just bodies left behind
Terror, hate
Murder, rape
In this nightmare life time
You're better off dead
Pain and warfare, sex-crime
You're better off dead
Broken dreams devastated
By your will to live
Ruined by malignance and decay
We're betrayed until
There is nothing more to give
Praying for a final peace
To be there in our graves
Terror, hate
Murder, rape
In this nightmare life time
You're better off dead
Pain and warfare, sex-crime
You're better off dead
Terror, hate
Murder, rape
In this nightmare life time
You're better off dead
Pain and warfare, sex-crime
You're better off dead
In this nightmare life time
You're better off dead
Pain and warfare, sex-crime
You're better off dead
Better off dead
10. Resurrection
[Dedicated To Tom's Dad, who died too early]
Your soul disappears in eyes of blue
With dignity and lonely lust
The moon is shining bright to you
Angels adore your mortal dust
Welcome to the paradise
Great master's hands will rise
To bring you to the holy place
Eternal life for a human race
Resurrection
Flesh to your bones
Everlasting fortune
You are born
Resurrection
With flowers of gold
Give credence to heaven
Believe in god
Your spirit was willing but your flesh was weak
Don't wanna leave the world of lies
They're standing around when you go to sleep
And give you no chance to say goodbye
Welcome to the paradise
Great master's hands will rise
To bring you to the holy place
Eternal life for a human race
Resurrection
Flesh to your bones
Everlasting fortune
You are born
Resurrection
With flowers of gold
Give credence to heaven
Believe in god
Resurrection
Flesh to your bones
Everlasting fortune
You are born
Resurrection
With flowers of gold
Give credence to heaven
Believe in god
Resurrection
Flesh to your bones
Everlasting fortune
You are born
Resurrection
With flowers of gold
Give credence to heaven
Believe in god
Now you go through a time of revival
Wisdom from above
A kingdom where you find your idol
Worship, liberty and love
Now you go through a time of revival
Wisdom from above
A kingdom where you find your idol
Worship, liberty and love
Resurrection
Flesh to your bones
Everlasting fortune
You are born
Resurrection
With flowers of gold
Give credence to heaven
Believe in god
11. Tarred And Feathered
Source and seed of misanthropy
Is the age of inquisition
Where kings and queens got the power
To lay down immoral religions
Pursuit of innocent flesh
Shredding of their blood
Plundering and robbing
A thousand natural lusts
Hypnotised by the smell of death
Stiff walking to the stake
Amusement, tar and feathers
You are gonna loose your faith
Delivered from the hell's great fear
Spirits lost in gloom
Seek them in their dread abode
Tarred and feathered
Beautiful red-haired ladies
They got put in the pillory
Skinned alive or stoned to death
Broken on the wheel
Sanguinary with arms across
The king watched the scenery
Exorcised and quartered
In the shambles of sin
Hypnotised by the smell of death
Stiff walking to the stake
Amusement, tar and feathers
You are gonna loose your faith
Delivered from the hell's great fear
Spirits lost in gloom
Seek them in their dread abode
Tarred and feathered
Hypnotised by the smell of death
Stiff walking to the stake
Amusement, tar and feathers
You are gonna loose your faith
Delivered from the hell's great fear
Spirits lost in gloom
Seek them in their dread abode
Tarred and feathered
Tarred and feathered
Tarred and feathered
12. Stalinorgel
Declaration of war by a madman
Offensive in blizzards and fog
Opening of the conflagration
Thrust to the hostile front
Snowed up Russian winter
There's nothing shining bright
Resistance in December
Against the deadly light
Stalinorgel
Carry the war into the enemy's camp
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Vomiting fire - Infernal thunder
Stalinorgel
Pugnacity and national defense
Grim struggles hand to hand
Curtain of fire at the frontline
Capitulation and retreat out of this land
Snowed up Russian winter
There's nothing shining bright
Resistance in December
Against the deadly light
Stalinorgel
Carry the war into the enemy's camp
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Vomiting fire - Infernal thunder
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Carry the war into the enemy's camp
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Vomiting fire - Infernal thunder
Stalinorgel
Arisen through their own fault by assumption of power
The end is immediately near
Red army struck back in triumphant advance
Madman lost the war and disappeared
Snow covered Russian winter
There's nothing shining bright
Resistance in December
Against the deadly light
Stalinorgel
Carry the war into the enemy's camp
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Vomiting fire - Infernal thunder
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Carry the war into the enemy's camp
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Vomiting fire - Infernal thunder
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Carry the war into the enemy's camp
Stalinorgel
Stalinorgel
Vomiting fire - Infernal thunder
Stalinorgel